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The NHL Central Scouting's preliminary draft rankings have left a smile on Victoria Grizzlies defenceman Nolan De Jong's face.

Real Madrid and AC Milan, with 16 Champions League titles between them, advanced to the knockout stage on Wednesday, along with Borussia Dortmund and Schalke to make it three out of three teams from Germany.

The Subaru Sooke International Triathlon, which the last two years has given the Island community national exposure on TSN, will not be held in 2013.

Chelsea surprisingly brought Rafael Benitez out of the coaching wilderness on Wednesday, hiring the Spaniard in an interim role after mercilessly firing the man who guided the club to its first Champions League title just six months ago.

SACRAMENTO 113 LOS ANGELES 97 Marcus Thornton scored 23 points, Tyreke Evans had 18 and the Sacramento Kings snapped a five-game losing streak by beating the lethargic Los Angeles Lakers 113-97 on Wednesday night.

As Josh Van Meurs was winning a gold medal at the World Youth Pankration (mixed martial arts) championship in Greece on Saturday, word later filtered out that his hero George St-Pierre won his own crown.

The South Island Royals have jumped into playoff contention in the sa国际传媒 Major Midget Hockey League. And they can thank the last-place Thompson Blazers.

Happy U.S. Thanksgiving. Welcome to our home. Feel free to take a victory with you when you leave. That's how we see today's three holiday games: all wins for the visitors. Nice hosts, those Lions, Cowboys and Jets.

VIJHL's only unbeaten team, Victoria hosts Saanich tonight

With the senior team having crashed out of World Cup qualifying, Canadian under-20 coach Nick Dasovic hopes to give home fans something to cheer about by qualifying for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.