(Jun 28, 2010) – English and German soccer fans alike had a lot riding on their World Cup match yesterday, but in the end it was Germany that won the game in South Africa and good sportsmanship that won the day in Hamilton.

(Jun 25, 2010) – Hamilton is poised to be a key player in a national sports renaissance, says one of the architects of Canada’s record gold-medal haul in Vancouver.

(Jun 25, 2010) – Hamilton is poised to be a key player in a national sports renaissance, says one of the architects of Canada’s record gold-medal haul in Vancouver.

(Jun 18, 2010) – Tom Roebuck, a Grade 3 student at Balaclava Public School, puts all his might into the ball throw competition at the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board Elementary Track and Field Meet at Mohawk Sports Park yesterday. A total of 830 students from 21 schools took part in the annual meet.

WATERLOO (Jun 15, 2010) – The University of Waterloo has suspended its football program for a year amid the biggest drug scandal in the history of Canadian university sports.

(Jun 11, 2010) – Bars and restaurants will open earlier, parades will clog city streets, ethnic neighbourhoods will show their flag colours and sports clubs will host viewings, as Hamilton becomes a part of the global soccer event.

JARVIS (Jun 10, 2010) – A young cyclist killed in a Hamilton crash is being remembered by his parents as someone who was dependable, reliable and who enjoyed cycling, motorcycles, laughing, ketchup sandwiches and “all kinds of sports.”

(May 27, 2010) – Robert Badgerow was a poor scholastic achiever at Orchard Park High School in the 1970s, but excelled at sports. He played on the school football team and was a champion wrestler several years running in his weight class.

(May 19, 2010) – All of the open-air stadiums built or renovated in Canada during the past four years have relied on money from sports teams or private investors — investments that have yet to materialize for Hamilton.

(Apr 28, 2010) – With few exceptions, girls who have wanted to play high school sports in Ontario over the years have had to do so on girls’ teams, if one was available.

VANCOUVER — The closing ceremonies of the Vancouver Games will be young, light-hearted and will poke fun at Canada, says VANOC CEO John Furlong.
Furlong also promises that the ceremonies will showcase some “pretty amazing Canadian …

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Hockey Canada apologized Thursday for an impromptu party the Olympic women’s hockey team threw for itself on the Canada Hockey Place ice after winning the gold medal.
Canadian players, still wearing their uniforms …

(Feb 20, 2010) – The city and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats are set for more detailed talks now that the site of the Pan Am stadium has been pinned down.

(Feb 13, 2010) – A Pan Am Games stadium on a west harbour site would mean a massive economic gust to revitalize Hamilton’s economy, a business plan forecasts.

(Feb 12, 2010) – TOURISM HAMILTON’S executive director David Adames will make recommendations to city council next week about how to acquire properties on a three-block parcel of land in the west harbour where a Pan Am Games stadium has been proposed. A business report says the costs of acquiring and remediating the land could add $10 million to the projected cost.

(Feb 11, 2010) – The voice of city businesses is trumpeting the west harbour as the best site for the Pan Am Games stadium.