Danish singer Ida Henrietta da Fonseca (1802-58) appeared as Lady Pamela in Daniel Auber’s comic opera Fra Diavolo about the Napoleonic era Italian guerilla leader Michele Pezza. If you want to get a handle on 19th Century culture, learn the opera. I hadn’t heard of any of these people. Source.
Ottawa and Montreal in action in the 2025 semi-finals. Source.
It’s the finals of the 2026 Walter Cup: Montréal versus Ottawa. This is the first time that two Canadian teams have made the Walter Cup finals. In Year One of the PWHL the finalists were Minnesota and Boston; last year Minnesota and Ottawa. The last time two Canadian teams met in the Stanley Cup finals was 1989. The last time Ottawa and Montréal played for the Stanley Cup was 1908, back in the challenge cup days.
The best-of-five series so far:
2026/5/14 Montréal 3, Ottawa 2
2026/5/16 Montréal 2, Ottawa 1
[2026/5/18 Ottawa 2, Montréal 1]
[2026/5/20 Montréal 4 – 0 Ottawa]
The PWHL is expanding to twelve teams. The new cities are Detroit, Hamilton, Las Vegas and reportedly San Jose.
Nova Scotians in the PWHL: Jill Saulnier (Boston), Carly Jackson (Seattle), Blayre Turnbull (Toronto), Allie Munroe (Toronto).
Newfoundlanders in the PWHL: Abby Newhook (Boston), Maggie Connors (Toronto).
Premiership playoff semi-finals:
Dunfermline Athletic 1 – 1 Partick Thistle (May 12)
Partick Thistle 2 – 1 Dunfermline Athletic (yesterday) Partick advance.
Championship playoff finals:
Alloa 1 – 3 Stenhousemuir (May 13)
Stenhousemuir [0 – 1] Alloa [Stenny are promoted.]
League 1 playoff finals:
Clyde 1 – 1 Hamilton Academical (May 12)
Hamilton Academical 4 – 3 Clyde (yesterday) Accies stay up.
League 2 playoff final, leg 2:
Edinburgh City [2 – 0] Brora Rangers [Edinburgh City stay up.]
Other matches:
Lesmahagow 4 – 2 Greenock (May 12)
Kluczevia Stargard 0 – 3 Lipno Stęszew (May 13)
Ottawa Rapids 2 – 0 Halifax Tides (May 13)
Scrosoppi 4 – 0 Unionville Milliken (yesterday)
Mynavi Sendai [2 – 3] Elfen Saitama
This ends the 2025-26 WE League. Elfen Saitama finish eleventh.
Celtic [3 – 1] Hearts
Hearts [had to] win or draw to finish atop the Premiership.
Kilwinning Rangers [1 – 2] Largs Thistle
This ends the WoS Premier Division season. Largs are promoted to the new Lowland League West.
Cambuslang Rangers [1 – 7] Greenock [Greenock finish eleventh.]
This ends the WoS 2nd Division season.
Finnart [2 – 2] Port Glasgow
This ends the WoS 3rd Division season. Port Glasgow are promoted.
Coldstream [4 – 3] Kennoway Star Hearts
This ends the EoS 2nd Division season. Coldstream are promoted.
Lipno Stęszew [0 – 5] Luzino (tomorrow)
Armadale Thistle [1 – 2] Morton Women (tomorrow)
This ends the Scottish Women’s Championship season. [Morton stay up.]
Atlético Ottawa [1 – 0] HFX Wanderers (tomorrow)
The Vancouver Whitecaps will use 5,000-seat Swangard Stadium in Burnaby for their Canadian Championship quarter-final against Cavalry FC. The Whitecaps are out of BC Place until August due to the World Cup.
Mortonalia: Michael O’Halloran has signed on for another year.
The Hokkaido Soccer League starts this weekend. Let’s follow Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth:
Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth [3 – 0] Sapporo FC (tomorrow)
J League 100 Year Vision League East, matchday 12 (May 13):
Machida Zelvia (3rd) 0 – 0 Tokyo Verdy (5th) (Zelvia win on PK)
J League 100 Year Vision League East, matchday 17:
Mito HollyHock (7th) [0 – 1] Tokyo Verdy (4th)
Urawa Red Diamonds (5th) [0 – 0] FC Tokyo (2nd) [FC Tokyo win on PK]
Yokohama F Marinos (8th) [0 – 1] Kashiwa Reysol (9th)
JEF United (10th) [0 – 2] Kashima Antlers (1st) (tomorrow)
Kawasaki Frontale (6th) [1 – 1] Machida Zelvia (3rd) (tomorrow) [Frontale win on PK]
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