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Russia, the only team in New Zealand making their rugby World Cup debut, became the 20th and last to join the party on Thursday but it was the United States who celebrated after securing a 13-6 victory in the day's only match.

You might have been startled by Mainstream Canada wanting to expand fish farms in Clayoquot Sound's UNESCO Biosphere Reserve at Plover Point. This won't make many friends. And on the East Coast of Canada there are issues, too.

World No. 2 Lee Westwood has become a master juggler in dealing with his close calls in the majors, but the Briton said everything was in place this week for a U.S. Open run at his first major.

It begins in 2011 where it ended in 2009. Tonight, at a sold-out Qwest Field in Seattle, the Los Angeles Galaxy launch its 16th Major League Soccer season, still seeking the championship that has eluded the club since 2005.

NFL -- The Washington Redskins suspended disgruntled defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth for the rest of the NFL season on Tuesday for "conduct detrimental to the club.

Belmont advances to B.C. final against Howe Sound or Frank Hurt

Buoyed by the lucky break that gave them a one-two finish in Turkey, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button believe they can beat Red Bull on their own merits in this weekend's Canadian Formula One Grand Prix.

When Mitch Evanecz of the University of Victoria Vikes golf team says his goal is to "come out on top" at the Canadian university golf championships starting tomorrow in Fredericton, N.B., you better take him seriously.

The Victoria Grizzlies have added some American muscle, with the addition of defenceman Dom Racobaldo of Merchantville, N.J.

Victoria 4 Orange County 2 (Game 1 of double-header)