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The immediacy in Langford for Canadian rugby is the preparation for the 2019 World Cup this fall in Japan. But the gears already need to be in motion for what happens after that on the road to the 2023 and 2027.

Frankie Niemann can’t recall the last time he was named an all-star in baseball. The closest he came, he said with a chuckle, was making his Little League’s rep team.

Cue the emerging St. Louis Blues storyline. Only this time not on ice, but the floor.

SEATTLE — Resurgent slugger Albert Pujols and Mike Trout homered, Brian Goodwin connected twice and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Seattle Mariners 9-3 on Sunday.

The majority of attention on the Canadian swim team at the 2019 FINA world aquatic championships in Gwangju, South Korea, is going to Penny Oleksiak, Taylor Ruck and Kylie Masse.

VICTORIA 9 YAKIMA VALLEY 1 Timing is everything in baseball, especially with pitching. But in many different ways. With Fireworks Night guaranteeing one of the best crowds of the season, Dakota Hawkins certainly picked a good time to have a big game.

PACIFIC FC 3 HFX WANDERERS 1 The only thing missing Saturday at Westhills Stadium was the Village People. But Elton John was present.

Greater Victoria’s newest minor hockey association now has a name and logo for its teams.

Pacific FC has shown an aptitude for scoring goals. But every time one goes in, it never seems enough because it is either chasing an opposition lead or is followed almost immediately by a defensive lapse and a goal against.

Connor Robinson scored a hat-trick and had seven points Friday night in the Victoria Shamrocks’ 14-2 Western Lacrosse Association victory over the Coquitlam Adanacs.