FGL Sports Ltd. is a Canadian sporting goods retailer based in Calgary, Alberta. It operates under these corporate banners: Sport Chek, Atmosphere (renamed from Coast Mountain Sports), Sport Mart (all stores closed as of March 2013), National Sports, Pro Hockey Life, Athletes World (all stores closed as of March 2013), Sports Experts, Intersport, Tech Shop, RnR, Hockey Experts, Nevada Bob's Golf, The Fitness Source (all stores closed), Pegasus, S3, Econosports and Sports Rousseau. With revenues of over a billion Canadian dollars a year, FGL Sports Ltd. (FGL) accounts for 16.4% of the Canadian sporting goods retailing market, which in 2003 was worth CDN$6.753 billion. FGL competes on a regional basis with independent retailers and regional chains, and on the national level with Sporting Life, Mountain Equipment Company, Hudson's Bay Company, and Walmart. FGL Sports has 551 stores shared between its corporate and franchise banners. By 2009–2010, Athletes World was discontinued in Quebec. In 2011, Canadian Tire bought FGL Sports Ltd. (referred to as Forzani Group Ltd. prior to being renamed upon acquisition) for $771 million, and has since embarked on a large scale brand restructuring. References Companies based in Calgary Sporting goods retailers of Canada Canadian Tire 2011 mergers and acquisitions