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Even up against sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½-wide hoops Raptor-mania on Friday night, a decent crowd of 2,181 was on hand for the Victoria HarbourCats’ home opener at Wilson’s Group Stadium at Royal Athletic Park.

There is plenty to criticize about the International Olympic Committee. But at least it is trying to stay current with the addition of sports such as surfing, wall climbing and skateboarding for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games.

Team Tomorrow was Team Terrific to begin the qualifying process for the 2019 Junior World Trophy of rugby. sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ defeated the U.S. 44-33 on Tuesday at Shawnigan Lake School in the first leg of the two-game, aggregate-score North American qualifier.

Spokes will be spinning as the top masters cyclists in the country converge on the roads of Greater Victoria tonight through Sunday for the Canadian Masters Road Cycling Championships and Robert Cameron Law Cycling Series.

The Victoria HarbourCats open at home tonight in what are heady times for the West Coast League. Adley Rutschman, made the No.

Midfielder Noah Verhoeven of Pacific FC is far from intimidated by his call-up to be a practice player for the Canadian national team in Los Angeles ahead of its CONCACAF Gold Cup opener June 15 against Martinique.

The University of Victoria Vikes golf teams had some impressive showings at the recent Canadian University/College Golf Championships in Komoka, Ont., but that still wasn’t good enough to dethrone the UBC Thunderbirds.

The Victoria Shamrocks rallied for their first victory of the Western Lacrosse Association season by defeating the Nanaimo Timbermen in the Island derby Thursday night at Frank Crane Arena in the Harbour City.

It’s early in the West Coast League baseball season, so an ironing out of the kinks is to be expected.

The present overshadowed the future.