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Perhaps the toughest way to lose a soccer game is by having the winning goal scored against you when down to 10 players. Even more so when the red card was controversial.

Another national team is centralizing in Greater Victoria in what is turning into a growth industry.

Eight of the 12 Canadian NBA players are expected in the lineup when sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ plays China at Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre on June 24 in an international exhibition basketball game.

The Caribbean, in both history and culture, can be divided between the baseball islands and the cricket islands. The differing vibes are instantaneously recognizable.

The town’s slogan is missing a word. It should read Sidney-by-the-Sea-Sports because if it’s happening on water, it’s happening in Sidney.

They started out as adversaries in Island high school rugby, Luke Campbell with the Oak Bay Barbs and Noah Barker with the G.P. Vanier Towhees of Courtenay. They continued as teammates with James Bay Athletic Association.

Side competitions within regular seasons are a tradition in soccer. For instance, MLS games between the Vancouver Whitecaps, Seattle Sounders and Portland Timbers count for their own three-team Cascadia Cup competition.

Rowing sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ will learn this week what a winter of training on Elk Lake has produced.

Tristan Alexander capped a golden judo season with, what else, a gold medal at the Judo sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ National Championships at Calgary Olympic Oval. Alexander used an ippon pin in the final to win the U-21 100-kilogram division.

The boys in blue graduate to being the boys in red today at Westhills Stadium in Langford. James Bay Athletic Association has always been noted for its forward pack in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Premiership rugby play.