By Martin Cleary Athletes get the headlines, the medals and the invitations to speak at schools and service clubs. But if it wasn’t for the coaches on the sidelines and the volunteers behind the ...

Ottawa has a long and proud sport tradition, and in this ongoing series, we will present highlight moments and figures from our local sport history. The Ottawa Sport History Highlight series is ...

By Isabella Disley & Keiran Gorsky Walk into any championship youth volleyball tournament nowadays and you’ll be greeted by a deafening sounds unbecoming of their sprawling ...

By Fionn McGuire The basketball bloodlines and connections run deep in Ottawa, so Fabienne Blizzard had an inkling pretty early on that one of her latest products from Capital Courts Academy could ...

By Anfal Hanif Long before she wore the maple leaf on the international stage or undertook NCAA women’s hockey, Kate Viel’s hockey journey began with a simple request. Pink equipment.

The Atlético Ottawa Juniors under-15 boys’ Ontario Player Development League soccer team soaked up the atmosphere for their showdown with their fellow unbeaten hometown rivals at Ottawa South United, ...

By Dan Plouffe The highly-successful Ottawa South United under-14 boys’ soccer team experienced the worst type of heartbreak – a penalty-kicks shootout loss in a national final – but as the sting ...

The Connecting Athletes of All Means to Paths in Sport Project provides free sports opportunities to local kids from low-income neighbourhoods. Find out more at OttawaSportsCAMPS.ca.

Hannah Schmidt confidently stands in her individual start hut at the top of the ski cross course with three peers/rivals around her. The gate drops, the skiers pop out like jack-in-the-box figures and ...

Lauren Gale and David Moulongou showed there’s no place like home at the 2026 Canadian Track and Field Championships. Both athletes from the host Ottawa Lions Track and Field Club won the first senior ...

Most parents tell their kids not to chase cars. Well, Joe Gale encouraged it, and now his daughter is a speedy two-time Olympian and Canada’s fastest one-lap runner heading into the Glasgow 2026 ...

Marty Swords was an active young man when he attended the now defunct University of Ottawa High School and the now thriving University of Ottawa, playing hockey, baseball, volleyball, basketball, well ...