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Almost every Canadian athlete who makes a national team describes the rush of emotion when for the first time they are handed their Maple Leaf-emblazoned kit.

They haven鈥檛 even happened yet, but the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics are already ancient history when it comes to long-term planning. In terms of development, national teams are looking ahead to Paris 2024 and even Los Angeles 2028.

Carson Miller has displayed some enticing offensive flourishes for the Victoria Royals of the Western Hockey.

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One is good. Two is better. A group of Langford-based women鈥檚 rugby players are looking to pull off the Tokyo Olympics and World Cup double next year in sevens and XVs, respectively.

Youth hockey on the Island has been put on ice in the other sense of the term. The Vancouver Island Amateur Hockey Association announced cancellation of game play for two weeks in all 17 of its associations. Provincial health officer Dr.

Camosun College volleyball coach Charles Parkinson says the repercussions from the cancellation of the 2020-21 Pacwest sports season, announced Wednesday, will have more effects on graduating Grade 12 high school athletes than it will on current coll

Normal is a relative term in sports this year.

It鈥檚 as good as omens get. Ellis Rickwood attended the same elementary school, Greenbrier, as fellow Brantford, Ont., native Wayne Gretzky. But it鈥檚 a more contemporary NHL player, Mitch Marner, who is Rickwood鈥檚 favourite player.

Because of its historical culture and codes, male team sports remain among the last frontiers in terms of coming out. 鈥淚 thought [being gay] was a deal breaker in sports,鈥� Bayne Pettinger said.