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Cleve Dheensaw

Cleve Dheensaw

Cleve Dheensaw has been covering sports for the Times Colonist since 1981. His more than 40 years of stories on Island athletes and events earned him induction into the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame in 2020 as first inductee into the media category who spent his entire career outside the Vancouver market.

Cleve has followed Island athletes around the world. His range of stories — from Island players in the soccer and rugby World Cups to Silken Laumann, Steve Nash, Simon Whitfield in the Olympics and the legendary Gait twins in lacrosse — have captured an era in Island sport.

Cleve is also the author of six books about the Olympics, Commonwealth Games, B.C. lacrosse history and the history of sport on Vancouver Island.

A native of Vancouver Island, Cleve is a graduate of Victoria High School and the University of Victoria.

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Recent Work by Cleve

Royal Victoria Marathon: Husband, ready to die, watches wife race for last time

Royal Victoria Marathon: Husband, ready to die, watches wife race for last time

Tim Kite was diagnosed this year with amyotrophiclateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Commissioner Ambrosie brings 're-imagined' CFL to the Island

Commissioner Ambrosie brings 're-imagined' CFL to the Island

Touchdown Pacific goes Saturday at Royal Athletic Park
Cleve Dheensaw: Curtain set to drop on unforgettable Paris Olympic Games

Cleve Dheensaw: Curtain set to drop on unforgettable Paris Olympic Games

Closing ceremonies on Sunday with broadcast coverage starting at noon Pacific time.
Victoria film company in Paris documenting Canadian basketball bid for Olympic glory

Victoria film company in Paris documenting Canadian basketball bid for Olympic glory

The Canadian men's basketball team will face host France — with NBA rookie-of-the-year Victor Wembanyama and NBA veterans Rudy Gobert, Evan Fournier, Nicolas Batum and Bilal Coulibaly — in Tuesday's quarter-final game.
Nanaimo's Ethan Katzberg wins Olympic gold in hammer throw

Nanaimo's Ethan Katzberg wins Olympic gold in hammer throw

No one else approached the 84.12 metres by Ethan Katzberg, who captured Canada’s first Olympic gold medal in the event.
'So special': Island rowers win silver in women's eights at Paris Olympics

'So special': Island rowers win silver in women's eights at Paris Olympics

The Canadians were the defending gold medallists in the event after winning at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
Soccer is the story that has gobbled the Paris Olympics for Canada

Soccer is the story that has gobbled the Paris Olympics for Canada

Drone scandal a cloud over Canadian accomplishments
Soccer scandal hangs over Canada at Olympics opening ceremonies

Soccer scandal hangs over Canada at Olympics opening ceremonies

All the talk about Canada at the opening ceremonies of the Paris Olympics centred on the expulsion of three members of the women’s soccer team
Floating opening ceremony in Paris recalls Victoria's unfulfilled 1994 plans

Floating opening ceremony in Paris recalls Victoria's unfulfilled 1994 plans

The original concept for the 1994 Victoria Commonwealth Games called for the opening ceremony to be held in the Inner Harbour on floating barges with bleachers
Mixed-gender doubles badminton nixed from B.C. schools; petition calls for reversal of decision

Mixed-gender doubles badminton nixed from B.C. schools; petition calls for reversal of decision

Nearly 3,000 people have signed an online petition calling for the decision to be reversed
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