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Victoria HarbourCats head coach Graig Merritt’s plan, personnel wise, for the playoffs was set in place several weeks ago and he isn’t about to sway over these last few games of the West Coast League season.

Five sports, all popular on the Island, were voted into the Olympics for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics during an IOC vote taken Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro.

The late Daryl Wells of Victoria, who became a legend as an announcer and promoter of horse racing in Ontario, was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame on Wednesday in Toronto.

Who could blame Tyson Barrie if he is humming the old Johnny Nash tune I Can See Clearly Now.

The Victoria HarbourCats will play their final West Coast League game ever in Kitsap tonight. Their second-to-last game in the Washington state community was a 7-0 victory on Tuesday night over the BlueJackets.

The University of Victoria Vikes players know well in which conference the Wisconsin Badgers play women’s basketball. As part of a Canadian cable package, the Big Ten Network is readily available.

Phil Mack won’t end his career as an Olympian, but that career has been Olympian in fighting spirit. The undersized but pugnacious Victoria player, the embodiment of the Canadian men’s rugby sevens team, has announced his retirement.

The Victoria Mariners fell one win shy of claiming the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Premier Baseball League crown, losing 10-1 to the Abbotsford Cardinals in Sunday afternoon’s final at Delair Park. It was the first league crown for the host Abbotsford team.

The Victoria HarbourCats finally got to utter that magical baseball ‘C’ word: Victoria clinched the West Coast League overall regular-season title Monday night in Kitsap. “It feels great. Nobody can catch us.

Victoria cyclist Ryder Hesjedal will retire at the end of this season. The 35-year-old pro athlete announced Monday that 2016 will be his final competitive season.