Canadian Football League–Week 8 of the regular-season starts:

Hamilton Tiger-Cats 16 at Ottawa RedBlacks 12

(The Saskatchewan Roughriders return to action today when they take on the Toronto Argonauts in the Touchdown Atlantic game at 2 p.m. in Halifax. The Green and White have 3 wins, 3 losses for 6 points…good for 3rd place in the West Division. Toronto has 5 wins, 0 losses for 10 points…good for 1st place in the East Division. The Riders’ next home game is Sunday, August 6th against the Ottawa RedBlacks. Kick-off time is 5 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium.)

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Canadian Elite Basketball League—2 games:

Saskatchewan Rattlers 89 vs Calgary Surge 92

(The Snakes have 8 wins, 12 losses…good for 4th place in the Western Conference. Calgary has 12 wins, 8 losses…good for 2nd place in the West.)

Montreal Alliance 91 vs Niagara River Lions 98

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Major League Baseball:

American League—5 night games, including

Toronto Blue Jays 4 vs Los Angeles Angels 1

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Saskatoon Men’s Baseball League:

A Division

Brewers 5 vs Rangers 4

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The following Provincial Baseball Championships started yesterday and run through tomorrow…

Boys 18-and-under Triple-A, with eight teams competing, at Cairns and Leakos Fields in Saskatoon

Boys 18-and-under Double-A Tier 1, with eight teams competing, in Yorkton

Boys 18-and-under Double-A Tier 2, with six teams competing, in Prince Albert

Senior Men’s Double-A Tier 1, with four teams competing, in Regina

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The following Provincial Fastpitch-Softball Championships started yesterday and run through tomorrow…

Women’s Open, with nine teams competing, in Moose Jaw

Men’s Open, with 14 teams competing, in Earl Grey

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F-I-F-A Women’s World Cup of Soccer—3 matches in Australia and New Zealand:

Sweden 5 vs Italy 0

France vs Brazil–4 a.m. Saturday

Panama vs Jamaica—6:30 a.m. Saturday

(Canada is off until Monday when they play their final group stage game against Australia at 4 a.m. Canada has 1 win, 1 draw, 0 losses for 4 points…tied for 1st place in Group B. Australia has 1 win, 0 draws, 1 loss for 3 points…good for 3rd place in Group B.)

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Saskatoon Adult Soccer

What the Hell?!? 2 vs N-L-A C-F-C 5

Ganbaro!!! 2 vs Victorious Secret 1

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Saskatchewan International Raceway had Street Legal racing on . Gates opened at 5:30 p.m. with racing from 6 p.m. to dusk.

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