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It takes time to accrue a history. Entering its fourth season, the Canadian Premier League now has one, complete with heroes, villains and rivalries.

It is a blend of the celebratory and practical that brings the Olympic-champion Canadian women鈥檚 national soccer team to Starlight Stadium on 颅Monday night to face Nigeria in a friendly.

The noose continues to tighten on the Victoria Royals鈥� playoff hopes. The Prince George Cougars recorded a critical 2-1 Western Hockey League victory over the Royals on Saturday night at the CN Centre.

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The Victoria Royals playoff hopes took a crushing sudden turn Friday night, thanks to a basketball-style buzzer-beater loss to the Blazers in Kamloops. The Royals were short-staffed but not short of heart.

Nicholas Bennett of 颅Parksville and Kayla Sanchez from 颅Scarborough, Ont.

A depleted Victoria Grizzlies squad saw their season come to an end in Langley on Friday night. The fourth-seed Rivermen defeated the fifth-seed 颅Grizzlies 5-3 to win the best-of-seven opening-round sa国际传媒

sa国际传媒鈥檚 starry generation of female swimmers stormed to the wall Thursday night at Saanich Commonwealth Place Pool in a riveting 200-metre 颅freesytle final that featured seven 颅Olympians.

It鈥檚 a game of Western Hockey League musical chairs, only substitute playoff spots for the chairs.

The prospect of impending elimination has a feel all its own in sports. 鈥淭he guys know the 颅situation and that they are playing for their season,鈥� said Victoria 颅Grizzlies GM and head coach Craig Didmon.