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Rowing sa国际传媒 has set adrift senior national team women鈥檚 head coach Dave Thompson just five months before the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics. 鈥淒ave has been released from his duties,鈥� said Rowing sa国际传媒 CEO Terry Dillon.

Bruce Deacon, general manager of the 2020 Pan American cross-country championships taking place Saturday, said he had to 鈥減inch himself鈥� when the Brazilian team became the first to arrive Thursday on Bear Mountain.

The calibre of play in the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League has received some good advertisement this season in the WHL.

Wes Craig鈥檚 Island rink is headed back to the Canadian senior men鈥檚 curling championship. Craig鈥檚 foursome from Kerry Park and Nanaimo captured the sa国际传媒 senior men鈥檚 championship last weekend at the Vernon Curling Club.

It is everything Rob Friend envisioned when he and Josh Simpson began building a youthful Pacific FC roster last year for the inaugural soccer season of the Canadian Premier League.

Ben Fisk, who wore the captain鈥檚 armband on several occasions for Pacific FC last season, announced he will not be returning to the Canadian Premier League club for the 2020 season.

Ethan Boag will be a big man on campus next season at the University of Victoria. Literally. At six-foot-nine, he can鈥檛 help it.

James Kirkpatrick qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with the Canadian men鈥檚 field hockey team. Before that, he was a rugby and soccer player at Oak Bay High School.

The Oak Bay Bays are the Quad-A boys鈥� Island high school basketball champions. The Bays defeated the Claremont Spartans 74-69 in the championship game late Saturday night at Nanaimo District Secondary School.

Rugby fans in the province will get a direct taste of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics at sa国际传媒 Place in Vancouver and Westhills Stadium in Langford. The Canadian men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 teams, both based in Langford, have qualified for the 2020 Summer Games.