Weekend recap: Huge soccer win, new track records and Canada vs. Giannis

As you may have heard, Canada scored a pretty big soccer victory on Friday night. Here's a look at that and some other important results from the weekend in international sports:

Soccer: Canada earned a rematch with Argentina at the Copa America

The Canadian men's soccer team scored one of its most important victories ever on Friday night in Texas, defeating Venezuela 4-3 in a penalty shootout following a 1-1 draw to advance to the semifinals of the Copa America.

Jacob "Maritime Messi" Shaffelburg scored early in the match for Canada and goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau atoned for a positioning gaffe that allowed Venezuela to tie it by making two saves in the shootout. Crepeau's diving stop on his opponents' final attempt set up Ismael Kone's crowd-silencing winner as fans in the pro-Venezuela crowd at the Dallas Cowboys' stadium pointed lasers at his face to try to distract him.

The result wasn't exactly shocking, as Canada is ranked 48th in the world to Venezuela's 54th. But the surprising Vinotinto were the slight betting favourites after going a perfect 3-0-0 to win Group B while Canada went 1-1-1 to finish second in Group A.

Canada's reward is a rematch with Lionel Messi's World Cup champion Argentina on Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET in New Jersey. The Canadians are big underdogs, but they gave the world's top-ranked team real trouble in the tournament opener, falling 2-0 in a match that was up for grabs until the closing minutes. And Argentina nearly blew its quarterfinal on Thursday night, slipping past 30th-ranked Ecuador in a shootout after Messi clanked his opening attempt off the crossbar.

The semifinals of the European Championship also begin Tuesday, when new title favourite Spain faces France. The Spaniards defeated host