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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Winnipeg is set to host the 2025 championship weekend for the Canadian Elite Basketball League. The league, along with local club the Winnipeg Sea Bears, announced Tuesday that the annual event — a combination of basketball, music and entertainment — will be …
Read More »Winnipeg kid takes national stage for ninja league finals – Winnipeg
There was a local face at this year’s Canadian Ninja League finals. Lachlann Roberts, 11, took to the stage, competing at the national level for a competition that’s got everything to do with what he loves — namely, parkour. For the Winnipeg local, cheered on by his mother, Cori-Lee, and …
Read More »Dakota Lancers win 1st football title in Winnipeg high school league history – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Dakota Lancers are the champions of the Winnipeg High School Football League for the first time in school history. The Lancers won the ANAVETS Bowl with a 28-7 win over the Grant Park Pirates on Friday at IG Field. Lancers running …
Read More »Kingsbury, Sauvageau named general managers by Professional Women’s Hockey League
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 1, 2023 9:32 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Gina Kingsbury is the general manager of the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s team in Toronto. Kingsbury, who has been GM of the Canadian women’s hockey team since 2018, was among six …
Read More »Upstart pro pickleball league launches first season in Guelph
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Professional pickleball is coming to Guelph. The Canadian National Pickleball League (CNPL) will launch its inaugural season with an event at Sleeman Centre July 29-July 30 featuring 32 of Canada’s best pickleball players, including some from the Guelph area. League commissioner Mike McAninch …
Read More »Ontario government says Greater Toronto Hockey League faces independent investigation
Ontario’s minister of tourism, culture and sport, Neil Lumsden says an independent investigation of the Greater Toronto Hockey League is in the works. The announcement, which came at a question period Tuesday in Toronto, comes after Ontario NDP leader Marit Stiles called on the provincial government to launch an investigation …
Read More »Five of eight Canadian Premier League teams set to make playoffs this season
By Neil Davidson The Canadian Press Posted March 15, 2023 3:37 pm Updated March 15, 2023 6:04 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Canadian Premier League is expanding its playoffs to include a fifth team. Previously the top four clubs in the eight-team league made the …
Read More »Kalnins named as new commissioner of Intercounty Baseball League
The Intercounty Baseball League has a new man in charge. The league’s executive announced on Monday that Ted Kalnins has been named as their new commissioner. Kalnins works as a personal and litigation lawyer. He was a former IBL player having played in Hamilton in 2001 and with the London …
Read More »Calgary Foothills, Project 8 outline next steps for professional women’s soccer league – Calgary
Mya Jones could hardly believe the news as she stared down at her phone. As soon as she’d learned to kick a ball, her instincts were driving her toward a career in soccer. But even then, the goal involved playing in Europe or the United States. A pro team? In …
Read More »Canadian Premier League teams add young soccer talent to rosters via U Sports draft
Expansion Vancouver FC added to its roster Thursday by taking Anthony White and Ameer Kinani with the first two picks of the CPL U Sports draft. The eight Canadian Premier League clubs were allowed to each select two players from a list of 199 university athletes who declared for the …
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