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Belleville Sports Hall of Fame Call for Nominations

Nominations are now open for the Belleville Sports Hall of Fame (BSHoF). To date, 110 individuals and six teams have been inducted into the hall, their plaques proudly on display in the Dr. RL Vaughan Atrium at the Quinte Sport and Wellness Centre. BSHoF Committee Chair Ian Press says submissions are being accepted in the categories of Athletes, Builders and Teams. Those who were born or lived in the Belleville area and have brought sporting honor to the community on the regional, national or international stage may be eligible. Nomination forms can be found on the BSHoF website. A…Continue Reading

Decathlon to rent out sporting equipment for £10-a-day in a new hobby deal

SPORTS gear is being rented out by Decathlon after almost a third of Brits said taking up a new hobby is too expensive. Equipment will be given out from just £10 a day. 2 Sports equipment can be rented from Decathlon for as little as £10credit: Getty Paddleboards, kayaks, mountain bikes and tennis rackets are just some of the things Brits can pick up. It comes as a poll found 28 per cent wanting to take up a new sport but said they can’t afford it. Sharon Poulter, Rental Leader at Decathlon UK, said: “Despite having an appetite for trying…Continue Reading

Busted will bring 20th anniversary comeback tour to Aberdeen

They’re back… Busted are reuniting for their 20th anniversary – and are coming to Aberdeen’s P&J Live. Image: P&J Live Pop icons Busted are reuniting to celebrate their 20th anniversary – including a gig at Aberdeen’s P&J Live. They will visit the Granite City as part of a major UK arena tour that will see Matt Willis, Charlie Simpson and James Bourne hit the road again for 15 dates. The trio will play their hits and fan favorites to thousands of fans as they mark 20 years since they first bounced into the charts with their debut single, What I…Continue Reading

Portage RCMP have a great time with newcomer youth – PortageOnline.com

Youth who’ve recently moved to Portage la Prairie as newcomers from nations where the police just aren’t quite the same as they are here. They enjoyed a time of playing sports with the RCMP on Sunday. Miriam Ghitale is Settlement Coordinator at the Portage Learning and Literacy Center (PLLC) and helps organize an effort to see newcomer youth and local RCMP officers come together and just have some plain fun. “We were contacted through e-mail by the RCMP in Winnipeg, and they wanted to do something with youth,” said Ghitale. “However, when we talked to our youth in town about…Continue Reading

Aberdeen captain says blame lies with players not Jim Goodwin

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Aberdeen captain Anthony Stewart insists players must take full responsibility for the worst result in the club’s history… not boss Jim Goodwin. Pressure has intensified on Goodwin following the humiliating 1-0 Scottish Cup defeat at the sixth-tier minnows Darvel. Some Aberdeen fans are calling for Goodwin to be axed after the worst result in the club’s history, but the defiant boss has vowed to fight on. Aberdeen’s United States-based chairman Dave Cormack was at Darvel to witness a defeat Stewart describes as a “disaster”. Skipper Stewart says the players let Goodwin, the club and supporters down. Centre-back Stewart has now…Continue Reading

Zara Tindall found it ‘hard work’ returning to sporting career after children

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Zara Tindall has been told of “feeling guilty” about returning to her sporting career after having children in an interview with her husband Mike. The Queen’s granddaughter, speaking to the former England rugby player, admitted she found it “hard” to “get her body back” after giving birth. Zara, an Olympic equestrian, spoke about her three children – Mia, Lena and Lucas Tindall – as part of a new YouTube series called Mike Drop in collaboration with the Magic Millions horse-racing event. Zara and Mike Tindall credits: James Manning/PA The Princess Royal’s daughter said: “After having Mia (in 2014), I was…Continue Reading

World Eskimo-Indian Olympics: How ripped ears are preserving a rare culture in Alaska

Matthew Chagluak takes part in the two-foot high kick, where competitors aim for the suspended target while trying to hold their balance Sign up for notifications to the latest Insight features via the BBC Sport app and find the most recent in the series here. Hundreds of years ago, the Native people of Alaska’s coastal whaling settlements had a unique way of communicating when a hunt had been successful. The vast, icy plains had few hills, so it was possible to see for miles on a clear day. Once there had been a successful catch, a messenger would run inland…Continue Reading

The New York Times to Disband Its Sports Department

The New York Times said on Monday that it would disband its sports department and rely on coverage of teams and games from its website The Athletic, both online and in print. Joe Kahn, The Times’s executive editor, and Monica Drake, deputy managing editor, announced the change to the newsroom as “an evolution in how we cover sports.” “We plan to focus even more directly on distinctive, high-impact news and enterprise journalism about how sports interact with money, power, culture, politics and society at large,” the editors wrote in an email to The Times’s newsroom on Monday morning. “At the…Continue Reading