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Women’s soccer player Ashley Thomas practices in Richmond for the upcoming Special Olympics World Summer Games in Berlin, Germany in June. (Lauren Collins photo)

Special Olympics Canada athletes gearing up for World Summer Games

89 athletes heading to Berlin in June

Women’s soccer player Ashley Thomas practices in Richmond for the upcoming Special Olympics World Summer Games in Berlin, Germany in June. (Lauren Collins photo)
FILE - Dan and Tanya Snyder, co-owner and co-CEOs of the Washington Commanders, pose for photos after unveiling their NFL football team's new identity, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Landover, Md. Dan Snyder has an agreement in principle to sell the Washington Commanders to a group led by Josh Harris and Mitchell Rales that includes Magic Johnson for a North American professional sports team record $6.05 billion. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

NFL’s Commanders sold for a record $6 billion to a group that includes Magic Johnson

Deal is the highest price ever paid for a North American professional sports franchise

FILE - Dan and Tanya Snyder, co-owner and co-CEOs of the Washington Commanders, pose for photos after unveiling their NFL football team's new identity, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Landover, Md. Dan Snyder has an agreement in principle to sell the Washington Commanders to a group led by Josh Harris and Mitchell Rales that includes Magic Johnson for a North American professional sports team record $6.05 billion. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Simon Fraser University football team players hold a banner after attending a hearing at B.C. Supreme Court, in Vancouver, on Monday, May 1, 2023. Simon Fraser University says it has appointed a special adviser to help determine the future of its cancelled football program.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

SFU names special adviser as it looks for feedback on its cancelled football team

Bob Copeland will provide assessment regarding viability of resuming SFU football in 2024 or later

Simon Fraser University football team players hold a banner after attending a hearing at B.C. Supreme Court, in Vancouver, on Monday, May 1, 2023. Simon Fraser University says it has appointed a special adviser to help determine the future of its cancelled football program.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Wrexham co-owner Ryan Reynolds, center, celebrates with members of the Wrexham FC soccer team the promotion to the Football League in Wrexham, Wales, Tuesday, May 2, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jon Super

Reports: Ryan Reynolds’ bid for NHL’s Ottawa Senators will not proceed

Senators were put up for sale after owner Eugene Melnyk died March of 2022

Wrexham co-owner Ryan Reynolds, center, celebrates with members of the Wrexham FC soccer team the promotion to the Football League in Wrexham, Wales, Tuesday, May 2, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jon Super
Wrexham co-owner Ryan Reynolds celebrates with members of the Wrexham FC soccer team the promotion to the Football League in Wrexham, Wales, Tuesday, May 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

Why Ryan Reynolds, Snoop Dogg, other celebrities want to buy the Ottawa Senators

Team up for sale, deadline for submitting final non-binding offers is May 15

Wrexham co-owner Ryan Reynolds celebrates with members of the Wrexham FC soccer team the promotion to the Football League in Wrexham, Wales, Tuesday, May 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
York United FC forward Brian Wright (9) tumbles as he battles for the ball with Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder Sebastian Berhalter (16) during the second half of Canadian Championship quarterfinal soccer game in Toronto on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Vancouver Whitecaps advance to Canadian Championship semifinal with 4-1 win over York

Team will visit Greater Victoria’s Pacific FC, in a May 23 semifinal

York United FC forward Brian Wright (9) tumbles as he battles for the ball with Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder Sebastian Berhalter (16) during the second half of Canadian Championship quarterfinal soccer game in Toronto on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
Minnesota Wild’s Marcus Foligno (17) fights Chicago Blackhawks’ Andreas Englund (28) during the third period of an NHL hockey game Monday, April 10, 2023, in Chicago. A study looking at National Hockey League players who spend more time dropping the gloves or in the penalty box tend to live 10 years less than their peers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Paul Beaty

NHL tough guys die 10 years younger than their fellow players, study finds

Differences in causes of death between the enforcers and their fellow players was striking

Minnesota Wild’s Marcus Foligno (17) fights Chicago Blackhawks’ Andreas Englund (28) during the third period of an NHL hockey game Monday, April 10, 2023, in Chicago. A study looking at National Hockey League players who spend more time dropping the gloves or in the penalty box tend to live 10 years less than their peers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Paul Beaty
Vancouver Whitecaps’ Russell Teibert, centre, hoists the Voyageurs Cup after Vancouver defeated Toronto FC in penalty kicks during the Canadian Championship soccer final, in Vancouver, on Tuesday, July 26, 2022. The message from the Vancouver Whitecaps is clear: success in the Canadian Championship is crucial to the club and its fans this season.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

‘It’s fundamental’: Whitecaps see Canadian Championship success as crucial to season

Vancouver trying to reclaim the Voyageurs Cup it won last season

Vancouver Whitecaps’ Russell Teibert, centre, hoists the Voyageurs Cup after Vancouver defeated Toronto FC in penalty kicks during the Canadian Championship soccer final, in Vancouver, on Tuesday, July 26, 2022. The message from the Vancouver Whitecaps is clear: success in the Canadian Championship is crucial to the club and its fans this season.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
FILE - Buffalo Bills’ Damar Hamlin speaks in front of University of Cincinnati Medical Center staff during the NFL Honors award show ahead of the Super Bowl 57 football game, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, in Phoenix. Damar Hamlin will put the $9.1 million given to a GoFundMe campaign by well-wishers after his on-field collapse into his own nonprofit, the Chasing M’s Foundation. The decision, first shared with The Associated Press Monday, May 8, 2023, is a first step in the 25-year-old’s plan for the unprecedented outpouring of support that he received after his heart stopped following a tackle during a Monday night football game in January. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Bills’ Hamlin will put the millions raised into his charity

Player received an unprecedented outpouring of support after his heart stopped during a game

FILE - Buffalo Bills’ Damar Hamlin speaks in front of University of Cincinnati Medical Center staff during the NFL Honors award show ahead of the Super Bowl 57 football game, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, in Phoenix. Damar Hamlin will put the $9.1 million given to a GoFundMe campaign by well-wishers after his on-field collapse into his own nonprofit, the Chasing M’s Foundation. The decision, first shared with The Associated Press Monday, May 8, 2023, is a first step in the 25-year-old’s plan for the unprecedented outpouring of support that he received after his heart stopped following a tackle during a Monday night football game in January. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
FILE - Joe Kapp, quarterback for California 1956-58, talks about his experiences in college and pro football during an interview Aug. 13, 2005, at the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Ind. Kapp, was a tough quarterback who led the Minnesota Vikings to their first Super Bowl appearance and the B.C. Lions to their first Grey Cup title. (AP Photo/Joe Raymond, File)

Former CFL, NFL quarterback Joe Kapp dead at age of 85

Known for his toughness, Kapp led the B.C. Lions to their first Grey Cup title in 1964

FILE - Joe Kapp, quarterback for California 1956-58, talks about his experiences in college and pro football during an interview Aug. 13, 2005, at the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Ind. Kapp, was a tough quarterback who led the Minnesota Vikings to their first Super Bowl appearance and the B.C. Lions to their first Grey Cup title. (AP Photo/Joe Raymond, File)
U14 Cranbrook Bucks team member Dryden Hanson receives a $1,200 cheque from The Fernie Fox Hotel. The hotel is one of many businesses that agreed to sponsor individual players’ jerseys (photo courtesy of Georgia Tiernan)

Kootenay hockey players to compete internationally in Sweden’s Göteborg Cup

Players from Cranbrook, Fernie, Invermere and Kimberley will compete overseas this winter

U14 Cranbrook Bucks team member Dryden Hanson receives a $1,200 cheque from The Fernie Fox Hotel. The hotel is one of many businesses that agreed to sponsor individual players’ jerseys (photo courtesy of Georgia Tiernan)
FILE - Regina Pats’ Connor Bedard smiles for a team photo ahead of the CHL/NHL Top Prospects game, in Langley, British Columbia, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. The NHL draft lottery is drawn, determining which team gets the chance to select Connor Bedard with the No. 1 pick. The Anaheim Ducks, Columbus Blue Jackets and Chicago Blackhawks have the highest odds of landing the most anticipated top pick since Connor McDavid in 2015. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Inside NHL draft lottery as Blackhawks win first shot at phenom Connor Bedard

The Chicago Blackhawks won the NHL draft lottery and the chance to…

FILE - Regina Pats’ Connor Bedard smiles for a team photo ahead of the CHL/NHL Top Prospects game, in Langley, British Columbia, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. The NHL draft lottery is drawn, determining which team gets the chance to select Connor Bedard with the No. 1 pick. The Anaheim Ducks, Columbus Blue Jackets and Chicago Blackhawks have the highest odds of landing the most anticipated top pick since Connor McDavid in 2015. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
A few members of the Cranbrook Men’s U13 Bucks hockey team will playing with the U14 team at the Göteborg Ishockey Cup in Göteborg, Sweden this December. The U13 team, pictured here, won the U13 BC Hockey Championships in Prince George last month (photo courtesy of U13 Bucks team)

Kootenay hockey players to compete internationally in Sweden’s Göteborg Cup

Players from Cranbrook, Fernie, Invermere and Kimberley will compete overseas this winter

A few members of the Cranbrook Men’s U13 Bucks hockey team will playing with the U14 team at the Göteborg Ishockey Cup in Göteborg, Sweden this December. The U13 team, pictured here, won the U13 BC Hockey Championships in Prince George last month (photo courtesy of U13 Bucks team)
Canada’s goaltender Thomas Milic, left, stretches to make a pad save on Sweden’s Jonathan Lekkerimaki during second period IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship action in Halifax, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. The Vancouver Canucks’ top draft pick from 2022 says he’s looking to develop and put last season’s illness and injury struggles behind him. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

Canucks’ top pick Lekkerimaki aims to put adversity behind him to grow as a player

Swedish forward signed his entry-level three-year deal over the weekend

Canada’s goaltender Thomas Milic, left, stretches to make a pad save on Sweden’s Jonathan Lekkerimaki during second period IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship action in Halifax, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. The Vancouver Canucks’ top draft pick from 2022 says he’s looking to develop and put last season’s illness and injury struggles behind him. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
The Weeknd performs during The After Hours Til Dawn Global Stadium Tour at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, in Atlanta, Aug. 11, 2022. The Weekend is the latest celebrity to join the race to purchase the NHL’s Ottawa Senators, according to a report from the Ottawa Sun. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul R. Giunta-Invision-AP

Report: The Weeknd becomes latest celebrity attached to bid for NHL’s Senators

Toronto recording artist has agreed to be a partner in a bid led by two Toronto billionaires

The Weeknd performs during The After Hours Til Dawn Global Stadium Tour at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, in Atlanta, Aug. 11, 2022. The Weekend is the latest celebrity to join the race to purchase the NHL’s Ottawa Senators, according to a report from the Ottawa Sun. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul R. Giunta-Invision-AP
Florida Panthers center Sam Reinhart (13) scores the game-wining goal against Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Joseph Woll (60) during overtime of Game 3 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup second-round playoff series, Sunday, May 7, 2023, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Michael Laughlin)

Falling Leafs and 4 other things to know about the NHL playoffs

As round 2 of the playoffs play out, those on the outside turn their thoughts toward draft lottery

Florida Panthers center Sam Reinhart (13) scores the game-wining goal against Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Joseph Woll (60) during overtime of Game 3 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup second-round playoff series, Sunday, May 7, 2023, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Michael Laughlin)
Simon Fraser University football team players hold a banner after attending a hearing at B.C. Supreme Court, in Vancouver, on Monday, May 1, 2023.The Simon Fraser Football Alumni Society outlined details Friday of a proposal it sent to the school regarding the future of its football program.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Simon Fraser Football Alumni Society tables save-the-team proposal to university

Proposal calls for university to open talks with Canada West and U Sports

Simon Fraser University football team players hold a banner after attending a hearing at B.C. Supreme Court, in Vancouver, on Monday, May 1, 2023.The Simon Fraser Football Alumni Society outlined details Friday of a proposal it sent to the school regarding the future of its football program.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Calgary Flames' Tyler Toffoli celebrates his goal against the Vancouver Canucks during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, on Friday, March 31, 2023. Toffoli and top prospect Adam Fantilli were among 20 players named Friday to Canada's roster for the upcoming world hockey championship. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Toffoli, Fantilli highlight Canada roster for upcoming world hockey championship

Calgary Flames veteran forward Tyler Toffoli and top prospect Adam Fantilli were…

Calgary Flames' Tyler Toffoli celebrates his goal against the Vancouver Canucks during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, on Friday, March 31, 2023. Toffoli and top prospect Adam Fantilli were among 20 players named Friday to Canada's roster for the upcoming world hockey championship. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Canada 15s captain Sophie de Goede, a nominee for World Rugby’s Women’s 15s Player of the Year award in 2022, will make her HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series debut next week in France. De Goede lines up for a penalty kick, Sunday, July 24, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Canada rugby 15s captain Sophie de Goede set to make World Series sevens debut

B.C. product off to France to help a Team Canada struggling with 11 injured players

Canada 15s captain Sophie de Goede, a nominee for World Rugby’s Women’s 15s Player of the Year award in 2022, will make her HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series debut next week in France. De Goede lines up for a penalty kick, Sunday, July 24, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Formula E’s CEO says that a Canadian stop on the electric car racing circuit would make a lot of sense. ABT Schaeffler FE02 driver Lucas di Grassi, of Brazil, drives through the chicane on his way to winning the season three driver’s championship at the Montreal Formula ePrix electric car race, in Montreal on Sunday, July 30, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tom Boland

Formula E considering a return to Canada as new GEN3 engine revolutionizes sport

‘When we look at Canada, Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, they would all really fit’

Formula E’s CEO says that a Canadian stop on the electric car racing circuit would make a lot of sense. ABT Schaeffler FE02 driver Lucas di Grassi, of Brazil, drives through the chicane on his way to winning the season three driver’s championship at the Montreal Formula ePrix electric car race, in Montreal on Sunday, July 30, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tom Boland