SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 18TH
Canadian Football League—Week 3 begins tomorrow, as follows…
B-C Lions at Hamilton Tiger-Cats—5:30 p.m.
(The Saskatchewan Roughriders return to action on Saturday when they visit the Calgary Stampeders. Kickoff is 5 p.m. The Green and White have 1 win, 0 losses, and 0 ties for 2 points…tied for 1st place in the West Division. Calgary has 0 wins, 1 loss, and 0 ties for 0 points…tied for 5th place in the West. The Riders’ next home game is Friday, June 26th against the Toronto Argonauts with kickoff from Mosaic Stadium at 5 p.m.)
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Major League Baseball:
American League—4 day games, 1 night, including:
Toronto Blue Jays at Boston Red Sox—11:35 a.m.
Inter-League—2 day games
National League—2 day games
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Western Canadian Baseball League—5 games:
Saskatoon Berries vs Weyburn Beavers
(Game time is 7 p.m. at Cairns Field. The Berries have 10 wins, 5 losses…good for 2nd place in the East Division. Weyburn has 6 wins, 8 losses…tied for 3rd place in the East.)
Fort McMurray Giants at Medicine Hat Mavericks—6:45 p.m.
Sylvan Lake Gulls at Brooks Bombers—7:05 p.m.
Lethbridge Bulls at Okotoks Dawgs—7:05 p.m.
Moose Jaw Miller-Express at Regina Red Sox—7:05 p.m.
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Saskatoon Amateur Softball Association:
Bob Stayner Women’s Division:
S’toon Pirates vs S’toon U19A Blue Selects—6:45 p.m. at Glenn Reeve-3
Cal Galambos Women’s Division—6 games:
S’toon Green Selects U19B vs S’toon Grand Aces—Doubleheader at 6:30 p.m. at Glenn Reeve-6
S’toon Lunar Eclipse vs S’toon Riot—Doubleheader at 6:30 p.m. at Glenn Reeve-4
S’toon Fury vs S’toon U17A Black Selects—6:45 p.m. at Bob Van Impe Stadium
S’toon Sr Eclipse vs S’toon U17A Red Selects—6:45 p.m. at Glenn Reeve-5
Ken Gunn Men’s Division—3 games:
S’toon Jacks U20 vs Valley Blue Jays U17—Doubleheader at 6:45 p.m. at Joe Gallagher Field
Conquest Capitals vs S’toon Jacks U17—8:30 p.m. at Bob Van Impe Stadium
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The 2026 World Cup of Soccer continues today and runs through Sunday, July 19th. The host nations are Canada, the United States and Mexico. There are 48 men’s national teams taking part, split into 12 groups of four teams each for preliminary round-robin play. The top two teams from each group, plus the eight best third place finishers advance to a 32-team single-knockout playoff. Canada is in Group B and has 0 wins, 0 losses, 1 tie for 1 point…tied for 1st place. On today’s schedule…
Canada vs Qatar—4 p.m. in Vancouver
Czechia vs South Africa—10 a.m. in Atlanta
Switzerland vs Bosnia and Herzegovina—1 p.m. in Los Angeles
Mexico vs Korea Republic—7 p.m. in Guadalajara
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Tomorrow, there’s drag racing at the Saskatchewan International Speedway with the 2nd annual Home ¼ drag and drive. Gates open at 9:30 a.m. with qualifying starting at 10:00 a.m. and eliminations starting at 1:30 p.m.
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Women’s National Basketball Association—1 game
(The Toronto Tempo return to action tomorrow when they visit the Connecticut Sun at 5:30 p.m.)
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