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It鈥檚 called the World Series but, of course, it only involves North American-based MLB teams.

The Victoria Highlanders careen into their final three regular-season games of the United Soccer League Premier Development League campaign with an outside chance of making the playoffs.

As in the old TV game show What鈥檚 My Line?, it is tempting to ask: Will the real Victoria Shamrocks please stand up? 鈥淥n any given night 鈥� you can throw out the form charts,鈥� Shamrocks head coach Bob Heyes said.

Joe Casey and Ryan Ober admit it will seem a little strange being in the visitors鈥� dugout and clubhouse this weekend at Goss Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon, when the Victoria HarbourCats play the host Knights in West Coast League baseball action.

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MOSCOW 鈥� No more ties, or tiebreakers. The World Cup is into the knockout stage, and every match will end with someone going home. After six of the eight round-of-16 games, these quarterfinals are set: France vs. Uruguay, Russia vs.

KAZAN, Russia 鈥� To get past Belgium in the quarterfinals at the World Cup, Brazil has to do something it has not been able to do since it last won the tournament in 2002: overcome European opposition in the knockout stages.

NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia 鈥� France picked up two trophies in 1998: One, of course, was the country鈥檚 only World Cup title, won on home soil.

Mason Shaw grew up tossing sliders and strikes just a few kilometres north of Bellingham on I-5 in Ferndale, Washington.

Spencer Carbery had dreams of skating in the NHL when he was coming up through Saanich Minor Hockey, Racquet Club, Peninsula Panthers in Junior B and Cowichan Valley Capitals of the BCHL.