Several Canadian national men's soccer team players tell me they have not yet had any educational sessions about migrant labour and 2SLGBTQ+ human rights issues in Qatar, or any training to prepare for questions from the world's media on the subjects.

Portland Thorns coach Rhian Wilkinson asserts that player harassment/abuse issues stretch beyond National Women’s Soccer League:

“I’m Canadian and I was working in England, and this is everywhere…. This is not only about soccer. It’s not about the NWSL. It’s not just about women.”

My good friend Susan says you can’t look at a picture of her pooch Levi in his “shapewear-fitting jersey” without feeling a bit better about life.

Hockey Canada says it has become a full signatory to the Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner (OSIC), meaning that the government-funded agency will accept and investigate abuse allegations moving forward.
OSIC will also accept historical complaints, officials have told me.

Canada's Leylah Fernandez ($6.4M in on-court winnings and endorsements) among the top paid female athletes in the world in 2022, according to @sportico.
Naomi Osaka ($55.2M) led the way.
Via Kurt Badenhausen and Lev Akabas.
sportico.com/personalities/…
leylahfernandez 🎾🇨🇦

The Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage plans to subpoena Hockey Canada CFO Brian Cairo and former CEO Bob Nicholson to testify on Nov. 15 in Ottawa, source tells me.