No damage to Olympic venues: China Sports venues built for the Beijing Olympics were not damaged by the 7.9-magnitude earthquake that struck southwest China, a Games spokesman said. All 31 venues and related sites in Beijing and facilities in six host cities around China were unaffected by the major quake. 5/12/2008 12:21:31 PM

Beckham expected to miss Toronto game Toronto soccer fans will likely have to wait a little bit longer for the arrival of David Beckham in their fair city. He has been named to England's squad for a pair of exhibition games, meaning in all likelihood he will miss L.A.'s road game against Toronto 5/12/2008 11:01:57 AM

Team Canada, Finland battle for 1st place As much as fans at the Halifax Metro Centre enjoyed Canada's last-minute victory over the United States on May 6, the players would probably prefer an easier ride next time. The winner plays Latvia or Norway. 5/12/2008 10:59:44 AM

South Okanagan Junior Flames Lacrosse in action Friday night the South Okanagan Junior Flames traveled to Armstrong to face the Shamrocks and got out of the gate quickly building up 4-0 lead on goals by cam Betts (2), Ryan Ferguson and Niko Sopow. 5/12/2008 7:17:10 AM

Baseball roundup: Sunday's action The Tampa Bay Rays aren't flying under the radar anymore. The surging Rays climbed five games over .500 for the first time in the club's 11 seasons, with Carl Crawford hitting a three-run homer, stealing two bases and scoring twice. 5/12/2008 5:45:44 AM

Sid's turn to Shine Evgeni Malkin stepped it up in Game 1 against the Philadelphia Flyers, and it was Sidney Crosby's turn in Game 1. Sid The Kid got a goal and an assist as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Flyers 4-2. 5/11/2008 7:48:00 PM

Controversial goal helps Finland top U.S. Finland roared back from a 2-0 deficit in the third period Sunday afternoon at the Halifax Metro Centre scoring three goals to upend the United States at the IIHF world hockey championships. 5/11/2008 7:19:48 PM

Big Brown not unbeatable in Preakness Big Brown was so overpowering in winning the Kentucky Derby, none of the 19 rivals he dusted off is showing up for another try in the Preakness Stakes. The last time just the Derby winner moved on to the Preakness was 60 years ago, when Citation won the 1948 Derby. 5/11/2008 5:49:38 PM

Ribiero, Osgood avoid suspensions The verdict came early Sunday evening —Dallas Stars forward Mike Ribiero will not be suspended for his love tap, baseball-style, against Wings goalie Chris Osgood. Presumably, they saw what Stars' coach Dave Tippett did — a little provocation from Osgood to set off Ribiero. 5/11/2008 5:47:54 PM

Jazz even series with Lakers Andrei Kirilenko blocked Kobe Bryant twice in overtime and converted a three-point play with 35 seconds remaining as the Utah Jazz beat the Los Angeles Lakers 123-115 on Sunday, tying the Western Conference semifinal at 2-2. 5/11/2008 5:44:33 PM

350th win 'kind of cool' for Maddux It took 23 seasons and 719 games for Greg Maddux to win 350 games. And when he did, limiting Colorado to one unearned run in six innings Saturday, Maddux admitted “it was kind of cool.” 5/11/2008 12:00:50 PM

Massa wins Turkish GP, 3rd in a row Brazilian driver Felipe Massa won the Turkish Grand Prix, at Istanbul, in his Ferrari. Lewis Hamilton finished in second in his McLaren-Mercedes, 3.7 seconds behind. Kimi Raikkonen in the second Ferrari finished third, 4.2 seconds behind. 5/11/2008 9:52:36 AM

Flyers looking to counter Penguins John Stevens has an interesting problem in drawing up a game for his Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday night (4 p.m. PT, CBC) against the soaring Pittsburgh Penguins: in Game 1, nothing worked. 5/11/2008 9:49:52 AM

Baseball roundup: Saturday's action Just when the Toronto Blue Jays thought it couldn't get any worse, the Cleveland Indians dug them a new hole. Grady Sizemore homered twice and drove in five runs to support Aaron Laffey's sharp pitching in a 12-0 win over Toronto. 5/11/2008 8:42:18 AM

Busch overcomes car, wall, pits for victory If a wall got in his way, the Sprint Cup points leader just bounced off and kept going. And after his primary competition, polesitter Greg Biffle, left the race with a blown engine, it was clear sailing for Busch, who cruised to the win. 5/11/2008 6:47:48 AM

Ganassi teams take top spots for Indy 500 Strategy was almost as important as speed Saturday as Scott Dixon won the pole for the Indianapolis 500 with a big gamble by his Target Chip Ganassi Racing team. 5/11/2008 6:43:40 AM

Mega-marathoners stop in Penticton On your mark, get set, CRACK! The starting pistol sounded and set a crowd of thousands in motion. It was the beginning of last Sunday‘s BMO Vancouver Marathon, a 42-kilometre tour of Vancouver. Among the throngs of runners two of them are still running. 5/11/2008 6:03:45 AM

Canada humiliates stunned Germans The breakout Canadian rout was so ridiculous that, at one point in the second period, the home team had more goals than the Germans had shots. "I think everyone is a little embarrassed right now," said German captain Marco Sturm. 5/11/2008 5:50:40 AM

U.S. women crush Canada in friendly Canada’s national women’s soccer team was shut out by the United States Saturday night, losing 6-0 to the world’s No. 1 ranked team in an international friendly at RFK Stadium in Washington. 5/11/2008 5:33:03 AM

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