Kelowna Athletes

Okanagan cheerleaders win big in Las Vegas
KELOWNA – Two minutes and thirty seconds isn't a lot of time to make a…

Legally blind Kelowna woman wins gold at martial arts competition in Kamloops
KELOWNA – A Kelowna woman, who is legally blind, won the gold medal at the…

Locally trained contender was in the best UFC fight of 2015
KELOWNA – A UFC welterweight contender from Kelowna was involved in what Yahoo Sports has deemed the best fight of 2015. Rory MacDonald, 26, was born in Quesnel but started fighting in Kelowna with Toshido MMA. After a loss to Carlos Condit in June 2010 he moved to Montreal to train at Tristar gym with...

Local UFC fighter back in the octagon this month
KELOWNA - Local MMA welterweight Matt Dwyer will be back in the UFC octagon for the fourth time at the end of this month. Dwyer, 25, a Kelowna resident since he was two years old, fights out of Toshido MMA. He was signed to a remarkably rare four-fight contract with the UFC in 2014 and although...