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Russ Hartley, then tennis pro at the Racquet Club of Victoria for five years, left after it went into receivership.

After the retirement of hockey’s Hayley Wickenheiser, the three most recognizable Canadian athletes in women’s team sports are probably Christine Sinclair in soccer, Kia Nurse in basketball and the heavily tattooed Jen Kish in sevens rugby.

British Columbia’s 16-year drought is finally over.

Tyler Soy certainly knows how to commemorate a milestone.

The 16-year drought is finally over, thanks to Tyler Tardi and Co. Team British Columbia claimed its first Canadian Junior Men’s Curling Championship crown on Sunday afternoon with a 9-7 victory over Ontario’s Matthew Hall in front of a partisan sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

It was thievery at its finest Sunday morning as Alberta’s Kristen Streifel stole two points in the 10th end to defeat Ontario’s Hailey Armstrong 5-3 in the Canadian Junior Women’s Curling Championship at Archie Browning Sports Centre.

Pro athletes rarely play on the teams they rooted for as kids. Growing up in Victoria, that was naturally the Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners for Michael Saunders.

There were more than just provincial bragging rights on the line Saturday night as Ontario’s Matthew Hall faced Northern Ontario’s Tanner Horgan in what was very much a heated rivalry.

The University of Victoria Vikes are getting the hang of this home-court advantage thing.

Cinderella wore glass cleats. The Langford-based Canadian men's team, ranked No. 13, stunned the rugby world by reaching the Final Four at the Wellington Sevens in New Zealand.