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.

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 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 ...

By Keiran Gorsky & Dan Plouffe The summer of 2026 will undoubtedly go down as one of the most memorable for local artistic gymnastics coach Lauren Mooney, with many of those moments ...

By Anfal Hanif Lacrosse has taken Alyssa Brulé and Chloe Chalmers way beyond anywhere they ever imagined. This summer brought the pair of Gloucester Lady Griffins players some of their biggest ...

By Dan Plouffe & Keiran Gorsky Melanie Li has many passions in her life. She’s a professional musician, playing violin with the Kingston Symphony. She’s a medical school student at ...

By Anfal Hanif One tournament done. Another tournament, and another airport, already waiting. For Ottawa’s Josh Adamson, that’s the regular rhythm this year, as he embraces new places, ...

By Dan Plouffe It was the moment Evangelia Sarlis had been dreaming of day after day for the better part of three years, and once it came, it was even better than she’d ever imagined. The ...

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 ...

A diverse contingent of Ottawa athletes was spread across Canada, France, Morocco, China and Ireland, winning medals, flirting with podium finishes and adding to their sporting experiences. But if ...

Do you remember Bobby Orr’s give-and-go overtime goal with Derek Sanderson and his flying-through-the-air finale to give the Boston Bruins a four-game sweep in the 1970 Stanley Cup finals? How about ...