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It isn’t lost on the 2016 Rio Olympics-bound Canadian women’s sevens rugby team that its worst tournament performance in more than two years came the only time it has played at home — the inaugural sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Sevens in April before capacity crowds at Wes

With Mario Gotze’s goal in the final in Rio, which won the 2014 World Cup for Germany, came the reset for every other national men’s soccer team to start afresh for Russia 2018.

The 27th annual Victoria International Classic is shaping up more like a greyhound race than a track meet. Just pin back the ears and chase those rabbits.

VICTORIA 7 BREMERTON 2 The pre-game news on Tuesday turned out pretty good for the Victoria HarbourCats, with 2014 HCats star player Nathan Lukes selected in the seventh round of the 2015 MLB draft by the Cleveland Indians.

They are two very different players, but both come with a respected value to the Victoria Shamrocks.

The Cowichan Thunderbirds scorched to a new record by winning the girls’ 4x100 metres in 48.27 seconds at the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ high school track and field championships over the weekend in Langley, breaking the old standard of 48.

There is nothing left to save it for now.

There aren’t too many baseball players who can say they played in the California state high school championship game at Dodger Stadium. Or that actors and comedians Jamie Foxx and George Lopez were in the stands cheering him on as family friends.

Something familiar gate-crashed something fresh Sunday on the streets of the capital. A new era began in Island cycling with an old face, as Craig Richey won the inaugural Accent Inns/Russ Hay’s Grand Prix around the legislature.

TAMPA BAY 3 CHICAGO 2 (Tampa leads series 2-1) CHICAGO — While Ben Bishop battled pain, the Tampa Bay Lightning and Chicago Blackhawks put on another fast, fun, classic performance in the Stanley Cup final.