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The RFL have announced Canadian side Toronto Wolfpack will join the Kingstone Press League 1 from 2017. Adidas Superstar Baratas Online . In addition to competing in the UKs third tier competition, Toronto have also been invited to participate in the historic Ladbrokes Challenge Cup in 2017, which celebrates its 120th anniversary next season.The RFL are hoping the historic move can help develop their brand and the sport across North America. It is with great pleasure that I can confirm Toronto Wolfpacks entry into Kingstone Press League League next season, said RFL Chief Executive Nigel Wood.We have worked closely with the Canadian clubs officials and investors in the last few years and have no doubts that Toronto Wolfpack will enhance a competition which has already established a reputation for welcoming new clubs. Toronto calling Rugby league will benefit from Toronto expansion, says Phil Clarke Rugby League has always had a pioneering philosophy throughout its history and this initiative offers further evidence of the sports wide appeal and readiness to embrace innovation.We are looking forward to working with Toronto Wolfpack, who will join us with the unanimous support of our member clubs.Toronto Wolfpack will play home and away fixtures in four or five-match blocks, staying in residential accommodation while in the UK and flying out other teams at their expense for home matches at Lamport Stadium in the Liberty Village area of downtown Toronto.Visiting teams to Lamport Stadium, which is known as The Den, will fly out on a Thursday, play on Saturday and return to Europe on Sunday.Toronto have already recruited a backroom and administrative team with a rich Rugby League pedigree which includes Brian Noble, Paul Rowley and Adam Fogerty, the former St Helens and Halifax player who has been appointed as Chief Executive. The people behind the scenes, the owners, the financial backers and certainly the CEO Eric Perez have moved mountains in 18 months and it was just an opportunity I didnt want to miss. Brian Noble Noble, the former Bradford Bulls and Great Britain coach, has joined the club as Director of Rugby with ex-Leigh Centurions coach Rowley as head coach.Speaking to Sky Sports News HQ, Noble said he took little persuading to grab an opportunity too good to miss.He said: I had a chance meeting with Adam Fogarty and he told me there was a big project going ahead in Canada and asked me if I was interested?A couple of big breakfasts later and i was signed up. The people behind the scenes, the owners, the financial backers and certainly the CEO Eric Perez have moved mountains in 18 months and it was just an opportunity I didnt want to miss.The Wolfpack will commence an ambitious player recruitment campaign over the summer months when their drive to sign talent from sports clubs across North America will be the subject of a reality television series called Last Tackle. Also See: Rugby League on Sky Fixtures and results Follow @SkySportsRL Pundits Comprar Adidas Superstar Baratas . -- Charline Labonte couldnt have asked for a better homecoming. Adidas Superstar España . Q: Team Canada announces their Olympic roster three weeks from today. Who is general manager Steve Yzerman watching? LeBrun: Over the last 48 hours, hes taken in the home-and-home between the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche with Jamie Benn and Matt Duchene being the obvious targets. http://www.baratasadidassuperstar.es/ . -- Timbers coach Caleb Porter didnt stray from his business-like approach to the season even after Portland downed the two-time defending league champion Los Angeles Galaxy to gain crucial playoff position. SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium -- While Formula One leader Lewis Hamilton expects to swallow a severe grid penalty at the Belgian Grand Prix this weekend, Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg hopes to take advantage.Hamilton won six of the past seven races to turn a 43-point deficit into a 19-point lead heading into the summer break.But, after being hampered by mechanical woes during the early part of the season, the British driver has used up his five allotted engine component parts, including the turbo charger. That means he must take on new components, either here or at the Italian GP next weekend, leading to a grid penalty and demotion to the back of the grid.As far I am aware we will be taking the penalty here. I have no engines left, Hamilton said on Thursday. We already discussed engine penalties before and that will come into play, but I will do everything I can to minimize the damage.Mercedes has yet to confirm whether the penalty will be taken in Spa, where a win for Rosberg would give him 25 points and, depending on Hamiltons result, even out the championship standings.Of course Im aware of Lewis misfortune having to get the grid penalty, and thats going to make the weekend less difficult for me because hes my biggest rival, Rosberg said. It doesnt change the pressure I would put myself under.Although starting from the back of the grid all but rules out the chance of a 50th career win for Hamilton in Spa, the nature of the track -- one of the best for overtaking -- gives him a better chance of points than he would get in Monza next week.Hamilton started from the back in China and finished seventh. Two years ago in Hungary, he started from the back and finished third. But he thinks rivals Red Bull and Ferrari are faster than they were back then.Its going to bbe harder than it was last year or the year before to climb through the field, Hamilton said. Adidas Superstar Baratas España. . Honestly, I really dont know how far I can get. I started last in Hungary a couple of years ago when the gaps were much bigger. Sunday is going to be a lot harder.Chasing his first F1 title, Rosberg has appeared to wilt under pressure over the past few races, handing the initiative back to Hamilton.A third straight year as runner-up to Hamilton -- his rival since they were racing karts as teenagers -- would be unbearable for Rosberg, after winning the opening four races of the season.Last year, Hamilton won here from pole -- five years after his other win -- and Rosberg was second after recovering from a poor start.Stretching through the Ardennes forest, the Spa circuit is the longest of the year at just over seven kilometers (four-plus miles), features famed corners such as Eau Rouge and Blanchimont, an incredibly steep hill, and moody weather that can leave one part of the track damp and another part dry.These ingredients make it arguably F1s most pure test of drivers pure skill, and is regularly cited alongside Japans Suzuka as the race they enjoy most.Unlike another iconic track in Monaco, which is twisty, sinewy, notoriously slow and tough to overtake on, Spa is incredibly fast with more than 70 percent of the race at full throttle and average speeds around 230 kph (143 mph).That will give Hamilton hope of scoring some significant points, even if he does start last.With a bit of luck and safety cars at the right moment, theres no reason why he cant come back through the grid, Rosberg said. 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