Local News from Across the Rainy River District
When Billy Bridges first made the national Para-hockey team back in 1998, players had to buy their own Canada jerseys off the rack at a sporting goods store. They paid to have their names ironed on the back at the “mom and pop shop,” said Sami Jo Small, a three-time […]
Canadian bobsled and skeleton athletes have repeated their request for the resignations of their national sport organization’s executives. A group of now 80-plus athletes delivered a letter to Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton this morning, saying they stand resolute in their call for the immediate resignations of CEO Sarah Storey and high […]
Mark Arendz set the bar impossibly high by climbing the medal podium in every one of his six races at the Pyeongchang Paralympics in 2018. It was a Canadian record for a medals won in a winter Paralympics. And so, a fourth-place finish in the standing 20-kilometre cross-country ski on […]
There were dark days when Tyler Turner wished he’d died in the skydiving accident that cost him his legs. Because then he wouldn’t be facing the decision of whether to push forward, or simply exist. On Monday, the 33-year-old from Campbell River, B.C., captured Canada’s first Paralympic snowboarding gold medal, […]
Faced with threats of withdrawals and growing animosity in the Athletes Village, organizers of the Winter Paralympics on Thursday reversed course and expelled athletes from Russia and Belarus. The about-face came less than 24 hours after the International Paralympic Committee announced it would allow Russians and Belarusians to compete when […]
LEEDS, England (AP) — New manager, similar ethos. Don’t expect Leeds to look markedly different under the leadership of new American coach Jesse Marsch following his arrival at the struggling English Premier League club as the replacement for the fired Marcelo Bielsa. That, after all, is the reason why Marsch […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Peter Laviolette didn’t sugarcoat the feeling around the Washington Capitals after losing a third consecutive game in regulation and sixth in a row at home. “I think guys will probably leave the rink angry,” Laviolette said. “Everybody’s probably angry.” Anger and frustration have built up for the […]
Former Canadian internationals Patrice Bernier, Martina Franko and Rhian Wilkinson have been named to the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame in the Class of 2022. The trio combined for 292 Canadian caps, carrying Canadian colours around the globe. “Bernier was a Canadian champion and men’s national team hero while both […]
BEIJING – The Canadian Paralympic Committee wants Russian and Belarusian athletes excluded from the upcoming Paralympic Winter Games. The CPC joined a chorus of voices on Tuesday, including the International Paralympic Committee, in condemning Russia’s actions in Ukraine. “With the 2022 Paralympic Winter Games starting in only a few days, […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Brazilian soccer players from Ukraine’s two biggest clubs issued an appeal to the Brazilian government on Thursday, saying they are trapped by the Russian military attack on Ukraine. A group of players from Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv posted a video together with their families from […]
UEFA has called an emergency meeting of its top decision-making body to discuss moving the Champion League final out of Russia after Moscow attacked Ukraine on Thursday. The British government has been leading calls for the showpiece game to no longer be played in St. Petersburg on May 28. The […]
LONDON (AP) – The British government led calls for the Champions League final to be taken off Russia by European football’s governing body on Tuesday to punish its deepening intervention in Ukraine. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson highlighted concerns about the showpiece men’s game being played in St. Petersburg on […]
