For the 28th consecutive year, elite mountain bike racers from around the world gathered at Mont-Sainte-Anne for the only Mercedes-Benz UCI Mountain Bike World Cup stop in North America. Competitors…
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Notre Dame de Paris comes to the Grand Théâtre!
It’s back! For its 20th anniversary, Notre Dame de Paris, with lyrics by Quebec’s Luc Plamondon and music by French-Italian composer Richard Cocciante, is being presented for the first time…
NCAA competition for Rouge et Or
It’s becoming a preseason tradition for the Université Laval men’s basketball program. For the past 10 years, they have hosted a series of NCAA basketball teams at different levels every…
Hockey lovers get a chance to see NHL players at annual Boot Camp
Any keen hockey fan will recognize the names Jonathan Audy-Marchessault, David Perron, Jonathan Drouin, Alex Chiasson and Jonathan Huberdeau. These National Hockey League players, who are all from Quebec, headline…
Local Sports Briefs: mountain biking, football and baseball
Vélirium looking for volunteers The 2018 UCI Vélirium World Cup downhill mountain bike races will be held at Mont Sainte-Anne from Aug. 10 to 12. This is the only stop…
Capitales among Can-Am League’s best at mid-way point
With a month and a half to go in the regular season, the Capitales de Québec of the Can-Am Baseball League are well positioned to make the playoffs.Even though the…
Sports Briefs: Rugby, hockey and basketball
The Rugby Québec girls’ Under 16 (U16) and Under 18 (U18) 15s teams will play a pair of games on July 29 at the Stade Telus at Université Laval against…
Runners race up and down Quebec City’s staircases
At 7:20 a.m. on June 17, participants in the 10th Quebec City Staircase Challenge stepped up to the starting line in the Parc du Bois-de-Coulonge and set off to conquer…
BC Lions’ Edward Godin says, “It’s a dream come true!”
St. Patrick’s High School graduate Edward Godin is living his dream. The first graduate of the Fighting Irish football program to make it to the Canadian Football League (CFL), Godin…
Fighting Irish junior girls capture regional rugby banner
Two teams from St. Patrick’s High School competed in the Réseau du Sport Étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) girls’ rugby sevens championships on June 3. The bantam and junior teams qualified…