Now that they finally have a win this season, the Calgary Stampeders can get back to .500 on Thursday night when they host the Toronto Argonauts.

But their defense might need to perform better than it did on Saturday in a 41-33 victory over the B.C. Lions in Kelowna, B.C. Calgary avenged last November’s playoff loss to B.C. by controlling both sides of the ball and building a 38-17 fourth-quarter lead before a couple of late Lions touchdowns made the game closer.

The uneven ending didn’t thrill defensive lineman Folarin Orimolade.

“We needed one,” he said. “Sometimes, the hardest one to get (is) the first one. We did enough to win and the most important thing is getting in the win column. But I think we finished the game poorly.”

The Stamps (1-2) played well until the endgame. Vernon Adams Jr. threw for 227 yards and three touchdowns, while the defense sacked Nathan Rourke four times. Tyreik McAllister returned a punt 90 yards in the fourth quarter for a game-sealing touchdown.

They might need four quarters of consistency instead of three against Toronto (2-1), which logged a statement win Friday night with a 40-34 decision in Saskatchewan. Chad Kelly threw for 321 yards and accounted for three touchdowns, including one on the ground.

In three games, Kelly has thrown for 1,190 yards and a league-high nine touchdowns. Calgary coach Dave Dickenson hopes his defense can force some mistakes from Kelly, who tossed four interceptions two weeks ago in Ottawa.

“I’d like to see us get as many turnovers as possible,” Dickenson said.

The Argos’ defense gave up a lot of yardage, but did make the necessary plays to keep the Roughriders in check. One was the interception by Tarvarus McFadden in the end zone that turned a potential Saskatchewan touchdown into a field goal drive — a 10-point swing that might have made the difference.

“We can get a lot better,” McFadden said of a defense yielding 31.7 ppg. “We’ve got a lot more to do.”

–Field Level Media

Harry Kane scored two goals after the 70th minute to pull England out of a funk and lift the Three Lions to a 2-1 defeat of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the World Cup round of 32 on Wednesday afternoon in Atlanta.

England played from behind most of the match as Brian Cipenga put DR Congo ahead with a seventh-minute goal before Kane found the equalizer on a headed goal in the 75th minute.

Eleven minutes later, Kane scored his 13th career World Cup goal — three more than any other England player — taking a pass at the top of the penalty box and unleashing a magnificent running shot into the upper-right corner of the net.

The game-winner sets England up for a round of 16 clash vs. Mexico at Mexico City on Sunday.

Kane’s second goal of the match and fifth of this year’s tournament, off an assist from Anthony Gordon, moved him into a tie for third with Norway’s Erling Haaland on the Golden Boot leaderboard, one behind Argentina’s Lionel Messi and France’s Kylian Mbappe.

The Wednesday match was the first time since the 1966 World Cup championship that England won a World Cup finals match after conceding first, improving their record in such situations to 2-17-5.

DR Congo took its early lead when Cipenga found the net for his first international goal. Chancel Mbemba uncorked a lofted pass that bounced in the box past a pair of players. Cipenga was wide open and ripped a shot past Jordan Pickford inside the near post.

England responded with a rush of chances in pursuit of the tying goal. DR Congo keeper Lionel Mpasi (five saves) stood on his head to keep the Leopards ahead at the break.

He made a pair of reflex saves on close-range Jude Bellingham headers and another in the closing seconds of the half on a proximity rocket of a shot from Kane.

He also got help in the 35th minute from defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka, who cleared Marcus Rashford’s shot off the line attacking an open net.

DR Congo nearly made it 2-0 in the 42nd minute when Yoane Wissa hit the post off a pinpoint cross. Immediately after, Kane was denied a penalty appeal after he appeared to be brought down by Mpasi in the box.

England managed just one shot on goal in the second half until Kane’s first goal.

DR Congo’s final chance, a close-range free kick from Wissa in the sixth minute of stoppage time, floated just over the bar.

–Field Level Media

Tampa Bay slugger Junior Caminero became the youngest player in major league history since at least 1900 to hit a home run in six straight games, after delivering a two-run shot in the first inning at Kansas City on Wednesday night.

Caminero, 22 years, 361 days old, went deep on the first pitch he faced, a sinker, from Royals right-hander Seth Lugo just three batters into the contest. A first-time All-Star in 2025, third baseman Caminero has hit nine of his 24 home runs in the last eight games.

Ken Griffey Jr. was 23 years and 246 days old when he homered in his sixth consecutive game on July 25, 1993. Griffey went on to homer in eight straight games, tying the MLB mark belonging to Dale Long (1956) and Don Mattingly (1987).

Willie Mays and Nolan Arenado homered in six straight when they were each age 24. Carlos Pena had set the Tampa Bay franchise record of six in a row from June 6-12, 2010, and now shares it with Caminero.

Lugo also gave up the first two homers in Caminero’s streak at Tropicana Field last Thursday when the native of the Dominican Republic posted his first career three-homer game.

Caminero, who turns 24 on Sunday, entered the day with 75 career home runs in 286 regular-season games, a .269 batting average, .518 slugging percentage and .330 on-base percentage.

–Field Level Media