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The championship final of the University of Victoria Nike Spring Classic high school senior girls’ soccer tournament seemed destined for penalty kicks until a high hop caught a Reynolds Roadrunner defender on the arm with 10 minutes to go, leading to

One got the sense, by the tentative and less than sold-out responses to Games 3 and 4 in Kelowna, that even the Rockets’ fans perhaps thought the gig was up after a run to the Western Hockey League title and Memorial Cup national championship game la

They have arrived from near and far as Victoria Highlanders FC open training sessions Monday night in preparation of the team’s return to the United Soccer League’s Premier Development League for the 2016 season.

It could have been a sneak preview. World No. 3 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ versus No. 4 Great Britain could be projected as the bronze-medal game in women’s sevens rugby at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, based on rankings.

KELOWNA ROCKETS 4 VICTORIA ROYALS 1 Rockets lead series 3-2 The holders have pushed the upstarts to the brink. The way it happened stunned the capacity crowd of 7,006 fans at Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre.

The pitch at Westhills Stadium in Langford will be the same for the 12 national teams in the HSBC World Series women’s rugby sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Sevens tournament today and Sunday, but their situations much different.

Stories and memories are guaranteed to be shared as the Victoria Auto Racing Hall of Fame and Museum inducts four more racers to the hall today to bring that number to 56.

After missing the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Premier Baseball League playoffs for the first time last season, the Victoria Mariners are keen for a bounce-back campaign in 2016. The Mariners open play today in White Rock in a doubleheader at 1 p.m.

The sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Football Conference is returning to a balanced schedule in 2016, only with a twist.

KELOWNA ROCKETS 4 VICTORIA ROYALS 3 Series tied 2-2 The Empire strikes back.