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Burnaby’s Emma Regan is gaining a world of experience as one of the youngest members of Canada’s under-20 women’s soccer team. At 16, Regan is one of the team’s youngest players.

Gold medals went to Iran and Vietnam in the female categories, while Korea won both golds up for grabs in the male divisions in the first matches of Day 1 of the 2016 WTF World Taekwondo Junior Championships in Burnaby.

Entering as a second-half substitute, Burnaby’s Admir Cejvanovic earned his first cap with the Canadian men’s rugby team in their opening match loss, a 52-21 decision to Ireland, on their November Tour.

Burnaby’s Damiano Pecile was among 30 boys invited to join Canada Soccer’s identification camp for the men’s EXCEL program for the 2002 age group. The four-day camp runs this week in Toronto.

The journey to the peak often starts at home. It’s the spot where a comfort zone is, but also where the foundation was formed.

When one door closes, another one opens. That slim proverb proves true for the St. Thomas More football program, which didn’t have much time to enjoy a AAA senior playoff berth. While the St.

Simon Fraser University men’s soccer campaign came to a painful halt in penalty kicks on Saturday when the Cal Poly Pomona Broncos advanced at the NCAA West Regional tournament after a 110-minute battle between the two squads ended 1-0 for the Califo

A journey is about to end, but Burnaby natives Isabella Di Trocchio and Lindsey Pulice are not looking down that road just yet.

It’s all coming to a head in high school volleyball. The Burnaby-New West league playoffs wrap up and champions are crowned this week at the various levels, with the league’s senior girls final to be played tomorrow (Thursday, 7 p.m.) at Moscrop.

With a title under its belt, the Simon Fraser University men’s soccer team is setting its sights high as the No. 1 seed in the West Region in the NCAA Div. 2 men’s soccer championships.