Sports

Studio Fitness at Sixth Avenue in Lively will be presenting a seminar Aug. 23, lead by fitness and nutrition expert, Paul Plakas, head trainer on the television show X-Weighted.

Seven past and present NHL hockey stars hit the green on Wednesday for the 12th Annual NHL Legends of the Game Golf Tournament.

One can go to great lengths to develop as a coach. In the case of long-time Sudbury volleyball aficionado Shane St. Louis, it’s a journey that virtually spanned coast to coast. A year ago this time, St.

Instructor Dan Sabau teaches kids about kayaking during the Canoe Kids day camp at the Sudbury Canoe Club. Participants learn the basics of canoeing and kayaking before moving on to sprint boats.

The Sudbury Canoe Club will host the Ontario Canoe Championships in sprint canoe racing Aug. 22 for midget, juvenile and open men's and women's age categories.

Gordon Apolloni, head coach of Sudbury's Top Glove Boxing Academy, has been named head coach of Canada's male boxing team. The team is headed the World Championships in Milan, Italy, from Aug. 24 to Sept. 12.

Welcome all. Here we are at week four of six in the “So you want to run” columns. Topics to date have included getting started, safe practices and a bit on biomechanics, or running form.

In a time when people are careful about every cent that leaves their pockets, a large group of golfing enthusiasts have found it in their hearts to use those cents to help local charities.

Two Track North athletes won medals at the Legion National Youth Track and Field Championships in Quebec this past weekend. Caroline Ehrhardt, 17, of Espanola, won the women's triple jump with a best jump of 12.25 metres.

The Nickel City Triathlon Team is holding its first local triathlon Aug. 15 at Whitewater Lake in Azilda. “We hope to see many enthusiastic athletes come out that day to test the course for the 2010 Summer Games Triathlon.