Canada took the lead over Denmark last night in the newest round of International Capture the Flag, being played over Hans Island, a barren Arctic rock rumored to be somewhere between Greenland and Canada. Team Canada won two points for capturing two flags -- one flying on a flagpole and the other cleverly hidden in a barrel near the flagpole.
As required under current rules of the international competition, Canadian soldiers delivered the flags to Denmark to establish that they had gained their points.
Canada last scored in July when it erected a $2,000 flag pole and a sensitive multicultural pile of rocks on the island. The Canadian military had to fly in the 300-pound rocks by helicopter.
Using a classic stealth maneuver, Denmark later informed Canada that its flag hadn't survived. Canada disputed whether that deserved any points, but finding the two Danish flags on the island proved both the earlier Danish claim and their own.
The score seems to be 3-2 Canada, though it's hard to be sure.
The most recent round of International Capture the Flag was when England bested Argentina in the Falkland Islands match in 1982.
And that's all the news for today, sports fans.
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