New funding is available for disabled children who are financially disadvantaged, Canada’s Paralympic organization recently announced. 
Marie-Danielle Smith, Centretown NewsOttawa-Carleton Wheelchair Association members play a basketball game at Immaculata High School.
Category: Sports
Viewpoint: Sexism in sport will continue to rear its ugly head
The skills and abilities of women in sports are undervalued on and off the field. Until the playing field becomes level, sex appeal will continue to outshine female athletes’ accomplishments.
Ottawa Fury FC players to get pro coaching
The Ottawa Fury FC will be facing top competition next year as the soccer organization begins its role in a new, elite player-development league. The semi-professional soccer club will be included in a plan to build the skills of talented young players throughout Ontario. 
Catherine Cross, Centretown NewsGirls under 13 tried out for the Ottawa Fury's Ontario Player Development League earlier this month.
Women’s Australian Rules Football championship comes to Ottawa
Centretown resident Kirsten Bodashefsky is gearing up for battle on Thanksgiving weekend when the Australian Rules Football national championship is held in Ottawa, where she’ll also be vying for a trip next year with Team Canada to the sport’s birthplace Down Under.