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The Riverside Rapids senior rugby team is proof attitude can go a long way.

The little boy was born in Iran, but when he was two-and-a-half his parents, afraid of being thrown in jail and limiting their son’s future, fled to Turkey where they were put in refugee purgatory.

The Coquitlam Tennis Club is hosting its annual open house on Sunday, from 1 to 5 p.m. The event includes a fast serve target hitting competitions as well as an opportunity to return volleys from a ball machine.

The Windies cricket club is looking for a few good batsmen. Maybe a silly mid-off or two as well.

It's a big weekend for the Coquitlam Minor Softball Association. Providing the rain holds off. The CMSA is launching its 25th season with a classics event tonight (Friday) from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Mundy Park.

The Simon Fraser University Clan women’s softball team will host a key doubleheader against Saint Martin’s University on Saturday at Beedie Field in Burnaby that could determine their fate in making the Great Northwest Athletic Conference playoffs.

Jayden Piao turned boredom into his passion. The Coquitlam teen was doing all the usual pursuits of an active adolescent like playing hockey, baseball and soccer, but still he was restless.

Two Coquitlam athletes and one coach have been recognized by Sport BC for their accomplishments in the past year.

It's time to bid farewell to the two greatest Canucks of all time

An artificial-turf soccer field at Inlet Park is a corner kick closer after Port Moody council referred a plan to redevelop the old gravel field to the city’s finance committee to determine a funding source to complete detailed design work.