Canadian Football League–Week 9 of the regular-season started:

Toronto Argonauts 7 at Calgary Stampeders 20

(The Saskatchewan Roughriders are idle until tomorrow when they host the Ottawa RedBlacks. Kick-off time is 5 p.m. at Mosaic Stadium. The Green and White have 3 wins, 4 losses for 6 points…good for 3rd place in the West Division. Ottawa has 3 wins, 4 losses for 6 points…tied for 2nd place in the East Division.)

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The following Canadian Fastpitch-Softball Championships continue today and run through tomorrow…
Under-23 Men, with seven teams taking part including the host Delisle Pride. Delisle has 4 wins, 2 losses…good for 2nd place. Games run from 11 a.m. through 8:30 p.m. at Bob Van Impe Stadium and Joe Gallagher Field. On Delisle’s schedule yesterday…

Pride 10 vs Owen Sound, Ontario, Selects 1

Pride 8 vs Nova Scotia Selects 2

Under-19 Women, with 16 teams taking part including the Saskatoon Selects in Langford, B-C. Saskatoon has 3 wins, 1 loss…tied for 3rd place. On Saskatoon’s schedule yesterday…

Selects 10 vs Mississauga, Ontario, North Tigers 1

Under-17 Boys, with 10 teams taking part including Saskatoon S-I-G-A Selects in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Saskatoon has 2 wins, 2 losses…tied for 4th place. On Saskatoon’s schedule …

S-I-G-A Selects 9 vs Tara Twins, Ontario 11

S-I-G-A Selects vs Team Newfoundland—TBD

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The Western Canadian Under-19 Women’s Fastpitch-Softball Championship started yesterday and runs through Monday in Regina.

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The 22-and-under Men’s Canadian Baseball Championship continues today and runs through tomorrow in Stonewall, Manitoba. Eight teams are taking part, including Saskatchewan.  On their schedule yesterday…

Saskatchewan 2 vs Manitoba 24

Saskatchewan 4 vs Prince Edward Island 8

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The following Provincial Baseball Championships start today and run through tomorrow…

Boys 13-and-under Triple-A, with 12 teams competing, at Geoff Hughes Park in Saskatoon

Boys 15-and-under Triple-A Tier 1, with eight teams competing, at Nutana-Kiwanis Park in Saskatoon

Boys 15-and-under Triple-A Tier 2, with five teams competing, in Moose Jaw

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

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Major League Baseball:

American League—5 night games, including

Toronto Blue Jays 7 at Boston Red Sox 3

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The Hlinka-Gretzky Cup Men’s Under-18 Hockey Tournament continued yesterday in Slovakia and Czechia with the following 4 games…..

Semi-Final: Canada 7 vs United States 2

(Canada had 3 wins, 1 loss …good for 1st place in Group B. The United States had 2 wins, 2 loss for 6 points…good for 3rd place in Group A.)

Semi-Final: Finland 2 vs Czechia 8

Fifth Place Game: Sweden 3 vs Switzerland 2

Seventh Place Game: Slovakia 4 vs Germany 6
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F-I-F-A Women’s World Cup of Soccer—2 Round of 16 matches in Australia and New Zealand:

Switzerland 1 vs Spain 5

Japan 3 vs Norway 1

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The 109th Canadian Amateur Women’s Golf Championship continues and wrapped up yesterday in Halifax. The field of 154 competitors has been cut to 79 with both Saskatchewan entrants failing to qualify.