National Sports

The time has arrived for Diego Maffia and the Victoria Vikes. Victoria enters the U Sports men’s basketball Final 8 as the top seed for the second year in a row and is coming off its third consecutive Canada West title.

Canada will play the sixth-ranked Netherlands in a men's soccer friendly in June in Rotterdam. The 50th-ranked Canadians will face the Dutch on June 6 at Stadion Feijenoord.

REGINA — Larry Dean is transitioning from the football field to the front office. The veteran linebacker retired Thursday after seven CFL seasons.

SANYA, China (AP) — Minjee Lee shot a 7-under 65 for a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Blue Bay LPGA on China's southern island of Hainan on Thursday.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — James Stefan scored twice as the Portland Winterhawks downed Kamloops Blazers. Josh Davies, Nate Danielson, Kyle Chyzowski and Hudson Darby all scored once for Portland. Winterhawks netminder Jan Špunar saved 23 of 27 shots.

SAN DIEGO — Goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher stopped three penalties and scored one herself to help the U.S. win a shootout after Canada rallied twice to tie it 2-2 after extra time in the CONCACAF W Gold Cup final on a dramatic, soggy night.

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — When Milos Raonic takes the court at the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday night, the patriarch of the current Canadian tennis wave will be back on the big stage, where he belongs. For how long is the question.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Franz Wagner scored 28 points, Paolo Banchero added 25 and the Orlando Magic rallied from a 21-point second-quarter deficit to beat Washington 119-109 on Wednesday night, handing the Wizards their 16th consecutive loss.

DENVER (AP) — Cale Makar had his first career hat trick, Nathan MacKinnon extended his home points streak to 31 games with a goal and three assists and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Detroit Red Wings 7-2 on Wednesday night.

GUELPH, Ont. — Leo Serlin had the game-winning goal at 13:16 in the third period as the Storm edged the Knights. Leo Serlin, Braeden Bowman, Vilmer Alriksson, Ryan McGuire and Brody Crane all scored for Guelph.