Sports

University of Victoria Vikes shooting-guard Diego Maffia has gone from lighting up CARSA Gym to electrifying the country in being named the winner of the Mike Moser Award as U Sports men’s basketball most valuable player for 2023-24.

The championship games are Saturday evening at the Langley Events Centre

The UVic Vikes soccer team meets Pacific FC of the Canadian Premier League in a friendly Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Centennial Stadium.

This has been a rebuilding season for the Chargers after graduating six players from last year’s national-champion squad, including five of six starters.

A capsule look at the eight teams competing in the U Sports men's basketball Final 8 in Quebec City.

UVic 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.

The Royals will conclude the regular season with two home games each against the Prince George Cougars and Wenatchee Wild.

Canada came back twice with goals in the 82nd minute from Jordyn Huitema and the 127th minute from Adriana Leon, also from the penalty spot.

The top-two ranked teams are on a collision course for the first all-Island final since the Nanaimo District Secondary Islanders defeated Oak Bay in the 1978 final