National Sports

Victoria will feel like home court for Canada's men's basketball team after all. Organizers for Canada's last-chance Olympic qualifying tournament which tips off Tuesday in Victoria have been given the green light to have fans at games.

Montrealers won't be the only ones to start celebrating next week as the Habs make a run for Canada's first Stanley Cup in 28 years.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Austin Hays drove in two runs to cap an eighth-inning rally, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 in 10 innings Friday night to snap a 20-game road losing streak.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Andrei Vasilevskiy had 18 saves and Yanni Gourde scored a short-handed goal to help the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Islanders 1-0 in Game 7 of their NHL playoff semifinal series on Friday night.

MONTREAL — Shea Weber and his teammates gathered around the Clarence Campbell Bowl for a celebratory picture. They also didn't dare touch the trophy. The Montreal Canadiens, after all, have a much bigger goal in their sights.

MONTREAL — After years of flirting with the two-minute barrier, Lindsey Butterworth finally smashed it -- in emphatic fashion. The 27-year-old from North Vancouver, B.C.

Next year, Henri Richard and Joe Zuger will be roommates. Not the former hockey and football standouts. Rather, their horse-racing namesakes.

Toronto FC captain Michael Bradley is calling on fans to' keep the faith despite the MLS team's troubles this season.

Veterans Harry Jones, Nate Hirayama and Ghislaine Landry will lead the Canadian rugby sevens squads at the Tokyo Olympics. The Canadian women won bronze at the Rio Olympics in 2016. Tokyo marks the Canadian men's first Olympic appearance.

Canadian forward Gloire Amanda, named the NCAA men's soccer player of the year in May, has signed with SK Austria Klagenfurt in Austria's top tier. "A new challenge.