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Jordie Benn was an improbable longshot. Tyson Barrie was a sure-shot prospect. The pair of NHL defencemen from the Island, with disparate career paths, were part of the free agent and trade moves Monday.

Pacific FC painted Westhills Stadium red, white and purple in a sa国际传媒 Day soccer victory over the Canadian Premier League spring champions.

HOUSTON 鈥� After sitting out two days nursing a sore left knee, Yordan Alvarez didn鈥檛 waste any time getting back to work in his return to the Houston Astros鈥� lineup on Sunday.

Rob Britton is proving it鈥檚 never too late. The 34-year-old Rally UHC pro cyclist out of Victoria, who competed in the world championships for the first time two years ago, continued churning into his late-career success. Maybe even to Tokyo 2020.

Victoria-based triathlete Tyler Mislawchuk continued his breakout season by taking bronze on Saturday in Montreal to become the first Canadian male to medal in the 10-year history of the ITU World Series.

The Victoria Shamrocks won their fifth consecutive game, and sixth of their past seven, with a 9-7 victory over the host Salmonbellies on Saturday at Queen鈥檚 Park Arena in New Westminster.

The recent Meghan Trainor song with the lyrics 鈥淚f I was you, I鈥檇 wanna be me, too,鈥� could be the theme for Cavalry FC鈥檚 season. Every other team in the Canadian Premier League is wishing they could be Cavalry.

VICTORIA 5 KELOWNA 2 Baseball is the great American pastime. But the Victoria HarbourCats and Kelowna Falcons are turning it red and white, minus the blue, at Wilson鈥檚 Group Stadium at Royal Athletic Park.