SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY, JUNE 19TH
Canadian Football League—Week 3 begins with
B-C Lions at Hamilton Tiger-Cats—5:30 p.m.
(The Saskatchewan Roughriders return to action on Saturday when they visit the Calgary Stampeders. Kickoff is 5 p.m. The Green and White have 1 win, 0 losses, and 0 ties for 2 points…tied for 1st place in the West Division. Calgary has 0 wins, 1 loss, and 0 ties for 0 points…tied for 5th place in the West. The Riders’ next home game is Friday, June 26th against the Toronto Argonauts with kickoff from Mosaic Stadium at 5 p.m.)
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Major League Baseball:
American League—4 day games, 1 night, including:
Toronto Blue Jays at Chicago Cubs—11:35 a.m.
Inter-League—2 day games
National League—2 day games
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Western Canadian Baseball League—5 games:
Saskatoon Berries vs Regina Red Sox
(Game time is 7 p.m. at Cairns Field. The Berries have 10 wins, 6 losses…good for 2nd place in the East Division. Regina has 6 wins, 9 losses…tied for 4th place in the East.)
Fort McMurray Giants at Medicine Hat Mavericks—6:45 p.m.
Moose Jaw Miller-Express at Swift Current 57s—6:57 p.m.
Sylvan Lake Gulls at Brooks Bombers—7:05 p.m.
Okotoks Dawgs at Lethbridge Bulls—7:10 p.m.
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The 49th annual Saskatoon Padres Men’s Fastball Tournament begins today and runs through Sunday, June 21st at Joe Gallagher Field and Bob Van Impe Field. First pitch today is 6 p.m. with the final Sunday night.
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The 2026 World Cup of Soccer continues today and runs through Sunday, July 19th. The host nations are Canada, the United States and Mexico. There are 48 men’s national teams taking part, split into 12 groups of four teams each for preliminary round-robin play. The top two teams from each group, plus the eight best third place finishers advance to a 32-team single-knockout playoff. Canada is in Group B and has 1 win, 0 losses, 1 tie for 4 point…tied for 1st place. On today’s schedule…
U-S-A vs Australia—1 p.m. in Seattle
Scotland vs Morocco—4 p.m. in Boston
Brazil vs Haiti—6:30 p.m. in Philadelphia
Turkiye vs Paraguay—9 p.m. in San Francisco
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There’s drag racing at the Saskatchewan International Speedway with the 2nd annual Home ¼ drag and drive. Gates open at 9:30 a.m. with qualifying starting at 10:00 a.m. and eliminations starting at 1:30 p.m.
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Women’s National Basketball Association—3 games, including:
Toronto Tempo at Connecticut Sun—5:30 p.m.
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