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Sydney Morning Herald
4 days ago
- Sport
- Sydney Morning Herald
Broncos staffer fighting for Olympic spot
Australian aerial skier and Broncos staffer Abbey Willcox opens up about her journey to qualify for the Winter Olympic Games.
The Age
4 days ago
- Sport
- The Age
Broncos staffer fighting for Olympic spot
Australian aerial skier and Broncos staffer Abbey Willcox opens up about her journey to qualify for the Winter Olympic Games.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Dylan Strome Rooting For Tom Wilson To Make Team Canada For 2026 Olympics: 'There's No Question, There's No One Like Him'
Washington Capitals center Dylan Strome has been happy to be on the same side as Tom Wilson over the last few years, and now, he's rooting for him to make Team Canada. Strome, who is with Wilson and other NHL stars at the Smilezone Celebrity Golf Tournament up in Ontario this week, said in an interview with TSN's Mark Masters that Wilson should be a lock for the roster. "I fully believe Tom should be on the team," Strome said. "There's no question. There's no one like him. In a tournament like that, he strikes fear into opponents' eyes on a shift-by-shift basis. I'm very glad he's on my team and I don't have to play against him anymore." Wilson is coming off a career year with the Capitals, where he put up 33 goals and 32 assists for 65 points in 81 games, while also recording 233 hits — the 15th most in the league — and 100 penalty minutes. "It is (motivating). You think a lot about it, and just to have your name in the mix at all is a huge privilege," Wilson said. "It's something as a kid you could never even dream of... I'm just going to work as hard as I can, do whatever I can, play well and hopefully it takes care of itself." Strome, meanwhile, is coming off a career year where he led Washington with 82 points in 82 games. While he said that Canada is already deep down the middle, he is happy to be in the conversation when it comes to consideration for that team. "I know Canada's got some pretty good centers that they have in their repertoire. Even to be asked that question is an honor," Strome said, adding he feels a "little" motivation to try and go for a spot on the team. The 2026 Winter Olympic Games will be held in Italy in February.
Ottawa Citizen
03-07-2025
- Business
- Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa Senators preparing a bid for 2028 World Cup of Hockey
Article content The Senators understand what it takes to host this kind of event. The club can offer Parliament Hill and the Rideau Canal, the world's longest skating rink, as a backdrop for activities downtown. Article content The club also hosted Team Canada's training camp at the Canadian Tire Centre and some exhibition games before the last World Cup of Hockey was held in 2004. Article content Leeder said the competition will be fierce, especially after we saw the success of the 4 Nations Face-Off in Montreal and Boston in February. That was the first time the best players in the world played internationally since the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. Article content The NHL and the International Olympic Committee just signed an agreement to have league players participate in the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan/Cortina, Italy and in 2030 in the French Alps. Article content 'We've got a good track record, but I mean this is going to be a big event, right?' Leeder said. 'There are going to be 32 teams interested in hosting games. And, it doesn't sound like there will be a whole lot of sites. Article content Article content Article content 'They're going to look to Europe. But at the end of the day, it'll come down to what makes the most sense to put on the best event. That will be outside of our control as a bidder.' Article content The city and organization are coming off one of the most successful IIHF world junior championships in the history of the tourney over the holiday season. That was a joint bid with the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group, so the Senators know what it takes to make a strong pitch. Article content 'The economic benefit reports will be coming out shortly (for the world juniors). It was huge,' Leeder said. 'You get big, big numbers with these events. You're not always going to get them when you bid, but when you do bid, you may get the next one. So, we're going to bid.' Article content That's just it, even if the Senators aren't successful, the NHL and NHLPA plan to host this event every four years when there aren't Olympic Games. Article content
Hamilton Spectator
27-06-2025
- Sport
- Hamilton Spectator
B.C., Vancouver, First Nations sign deal to partner in planning, hosting World Cup
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's government, the City of Vancouver and three First Nations have signed an agreement to co-operate on hosting the seven World Cup games being played in the city next year. In a ceremony on Friday, Premier David Eby, Mayor Ken Sim, Musqueam Chief Wayne Sparrow, Squamish Nation councillor Wilson Williams and Tsleil-Waututh councillor Deanna George signed a memorandum of understanding to ensure 'interests of the nations are reflected throughout' the planning and hosting of the games. Sparrow said the location of the ceremony — a facility on Musqueam land used during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games — is symbolic of how local communities can benefit from events such as the World Cup. The B.C. government said the agreement is a framework on how the five parties will work together in planning, staging and hosting the World Cup games, as well as developing approaches to shared opportunities. Organizers are expecting the seven World Cup games in Vancouver to draw about 350,000 spectators to BC Place Stadium and to add more than a million out-of-province visitors between 2026 and 2031. They say that will generate direct and indirect provincial tax revenues of up to $224 million. The B.C. government issued a release this week saying the net core provincial cost of hosting the games is in the range of $85 million to $145 million. Organizers announced last year that the estimated cost of hosting the seven games more than doubled to between $483 million and $581 million, which includes costs for the city, the province and stadium upgrades. Eby said the agreement gives the province a unique opportunity to not only demonstrate the co-operation between governments and First Nations, but to also showcase Indigenous culture to the world. 'In this time of global turmoil and strife, it is a chance to demonstrate how we do things in British Columbia, how we work together to create something amazing,' Eby said. 'It is a huge opportunity for us culturally, economically, and yet another chance to demonstrate the British Columbia way of doing business.' Sparrow said the Musqueam community had relied on 'a small piece of grass' for its soccer needs before the 2010 Olympics, but the Games brought about the construction of the current facility, featuring a turf field, a grass field and a clubhouse. 'Where we stand today was how we came together in the 2010 Olympics and put our differences aside and came together as family and worked together,' Sparrow said at the ceremony site on Friday. 'Now that we have a place for our kids to play. And that shows how when we come together and our sport brings us together, that we have the opportunity now for our kids to have a place.' Williams, the Squamish chief, said the World Cup — with the First Nations acting as host partners — presents B.C. with an even greater opportunity to draw more major international sporting events. 'The experience when people come off those planes, come ashore, come and visit, the retention of the experience they're going to have is going to be so memorable and so strong, there's no way they're going to turn down a request that we're hosting the World Cup in the future — and any world international event for that matter.' This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 27, 2025.
