What to watch this long weekend in international sports

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The Buzzer is off Friday and Victoria Day, so we're giving you an early look at what to watch through the long weekend in international sports. Plus, a tough night for Toronto hockey fans, a good one for the Oilers, and big game(s) coming up for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

A few things for Canadian fans to keep an eye on over the next few days:

Track and field: Canadians in two global meets

The road to the world championships continues Friday in Doha, which is hosting the third Diamond League meet of the season. Two Canadians are competing: sprinter Aaron Brown and pole vaulter Alysha Newman.

Brown is coming off last week's World Athletics Relays in China, where he helped the Olympic-champion Canadian men's 4x100m team take bronze and qualify for the world championships. A bad exchange between Brown, who runs the leadoff leg, and Jerome Blake hurt the Canadians in the final before Brendon Rodney and Andre De Grasse rallied them from fifth place to the podium.

Brown is in the men's 200m on Friday at 1:22 p.m. ET, featuring Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo of Botswana.

Newman makes her outdoor season debut in the women's pole vault, starting at 11:02 a.m. ET. The Olympic bronze medallist will take on reigning world champion Katie Moon of the United States, who took silver last year in Paris after winning Olympic gold in 2021.

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Other international stars competing in Doha include reigning Olympic champs Hamish Kerr of New Zealand