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Central-defender Amer Didic, outstanding in Pacific FC’s first two games of the season, was held out until subbing in late in the Trident’s third ­consecutive Canadian Premier League ­victory last Saturday at Starlight Stadium.

The NBA and MLB have expanded their playoff format — is it time for the NHL to do the same?

The recruitment letters and calls just kept coming for ­Jeevan Sihota of Gorge Vale Golf Club. He turned them all down.

There was an Island tinge to the proceedings as all three players from Victoria teams scored Sunday as Canada defeated host Germany 8-3 in the IIHF world U-18 championship tournament in Landshut.

The Canucks postponed two games in January because of capacity restrictions at Rogers Arena. Those rescheduled games came back to bite them.

Teferi Kebede Balcha and Jen Millar led the pack in Sunday's Times Colonist 10K — the first time the race has been run in person since 2019.

UNITED STATES 8 - CANADA 3 There could be plenty of assist-goal combinations for Canada featuring linemates Matthew Wood of Nanaimo and Connor Bedard from North Vancouver over the next few years, up to the World Junior Hockey Championship.

The 2-1 victory pushed the defending Canadian Premier League-champion Tridents to 3-0 to start the season while Halifax fell to 1-2.

The lingering effects of the pandemic have severely limited the number of participants from running hotbed nations such as Kenya and Ethiopia, who have dominated the front of the men’s pack in many previous editions of the Times Colonist 10K.

The veteran colour commentator has apologized for his words, saying: “Racism has no place in hockey or anywhere else in this world. I’m truly sorry.”