Toronto to be first WNBA team outside the United States

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The Women’s National Basketball Association’s 14th franchise will play home games at an 8,700-seat arena in the city’s downtown area and additional games may also take place at the home of the NBA’s Toronto Raptors and across Canada. “On behalf of the province of Ontario, I’m thrilled to welcome the first WNBA team in Canadian history to Toronto,” said Doug Ford, Ontario’s premier.

The preseason game offered another sign that there is a growing appetite in Canada’s biggest city and financial capital for professional women’s basketball.

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