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The University of Victoria and University of British Columbia have a spirited and long-established rivalry in sports.

Eighteen-year-old Desirae Ridenour of Cowichan Bay placed in the junior women鈥檚 world top-10 for the third consecutive year by finishing eighth Saturday at the World Triathlon Grand Final in Gold Coast, Australia.

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These are heady times for the Victoria Grizzlies. That will be evident tonight when the projected best Grizzlies team in several years watches as the No. 16 and No.

It might be a little wet, which is to be expected on the West Coast, when the University of Victoria Vikes (1-2) take on respective Alberta visitors Calgary Dinos (1-1) and Lethbridge Pronghorns (0-2) in sa国际传媒 West women鈥檚 soccer today and Saturday,

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The resurgent Elk Lake-based Canadian team, held to a lone medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, is making encouraging waves at the 2018 world rowing championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

It isn鈥檛 lost on Tofino surfing stars Peter Devries and Mathea Olin where they are for the World Surfing Games beginning Thursday in Tahara, Japan. The dream is to return to Japan in two years when surfing makes its Olympic debut at Tokyo in 2020.