Growing up in Jamaica, Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw wasn’t allowed to play football and had to sneak out her house to play with her brothers in her school uniform. Now, the new Manchester City forward is one of the most prolific goal scorers in the women’s game and is Jamaica’s all-time top scorer at 24 years […]
Golden State Warriors forward Andrew Wiggins has received his COVID-19 vaccine and will be eligible to play in all games. The Warriors said coach Steve Kerr made the announcement to reporters last Sunday after practice before the team traveled to Portland to play its first pre-season game. Wiggins faced the possibility of not being allowed […]
The 2021 T20 World Cup tournament is all set to start on 17 October. The marquee event will be played in OMAN and United Arab Emirates (UAE). Notably, the final of the tournament will take place in UAE on 14 November 2021. Previously, it was scheduled to begin in India. However, with the COVID-19 situation […]
Thirteen years before Jackie Robinson broke the colour barrier in the MLB, the Chatham Coloured All-Stars became the first baseball team with Black players to compete in a championship in Ontario. The team played the Penetang Shipbuilders in the Provincial Ontario Baseball Amateur Association championship in 1934 in its second year in the league. The […]
At least nine young Cuban baseball players have defected during a tournament in Mexico, officials say, in the largest defection of Cuban athletes in years. Cuban officials called the players’ actions during the World Cup for athletes under the age of 23 “vile abandonments”, state media report. The rest of the team, which originally had […]
Logo Design Competition with $5,000.00 prize up for grabs Thanks to Canadian Tire Corporation and a $15K grant from the Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities’ Sport Relief Fund, the Ontario Schools Cricket Association (OSCA) has provided 50 schools in the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) free cricket equipment to introduce and teach the game in […]
Growing up in downtown Hamilton, Vincent Kuber says there was a lack of training and other opportunities for young athletes who identified as Black, Indigenous, or People of Colour (BIPOC). “I grew up with so many athletes where, if they were given the opportunity to go further with it after high school, I feel like […]
On Saturday, September 25, the City of Mississauga and the Nav Bhatia Superfan Foundation unveiled four new basketball courts located at Malton’s Paul Coffey Park. “The addition of these courts brings something extra special to the Malton community and to Mississauga as a whole. Basketball lovers from across the city will come here to play, […]
Pele is the only player to win the World Cup three times Brazil legend Pele says he is “recovering very well” after briefly being readmitted to intensive care following a recent operation. The 80-year-old had surgery to remove a tumour from his colon this month and was initially released from intensive care on Wednesday. Sao […]
Touchless spas Missing the spa, but not ready to be in close quarters with anyone yet? Touchless spas are on the rise. They provide services like no-touch facials, relaxation pods, and dry hydrotherapy massages. Virtual fitness Virtual fitness classes were already gaining in popularity pre-COVID. This made them well-positioned to take advantage of the need […]
