TORONTO -- Canadas quest for an Olympic berth in womens basketball is about to heat up. Oniel Cousins Buccaneers Jersey . Tryouts and training for the team opens Thursday in Abbotsford, B.C., the beginning of a busy two-month stretch that culminates in the FIBA Olympic qualifying tournament in Ankara, Turkey. The Canadian women are gunning for their first Olympic berth since the 2000 Sydney Games, and need to finish top-five in the 12-country last-chance qualifying tournament this summer. The players will be based on B.C.s Lower Mainland for two weeks, and will host China in three exhibition games, May 16 in Langley, May 17 in Richmond, and May 18 in Abbotsford. The Canadians will regroup in Toronto to train early next month before travelling to Europe to play in an exhibition tournament in France. The Olympic qualifying tournament is June 25 to July 1. Canadas mens team didnt earn a spot in the last-chance qualifier. Buccaneers #31 Jersey . Burke scored 20 points, including two 3-pointers in the final four minutes, and the Jazz beat the Phoenix Suns 112-104 on Saturday night. Buccaneers #34 Jersey . Watch the game on TSN at 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt. The new format unveiled for the 2014 playoffs was designed to force more geographical rivalries in the first few rounds.ATLANTA - John Lannan wants to be able to help the Nationals with his arm and his bat. For the first time this season, he was productive both ways. Lannan gave up two runs in 5 2-3 innings and had his first two hits of the season to lead Washington to a 5-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night. "Definitely a monkey off the back," said Lannan, who also drove in two runs. "I want to help the team as much as possible. Lannan (6-6) earned the win eight days after he escaped with only a small cartilage break in his nose when he was hit by a line drive. He was 0 for 32 this season before his bases-loaded grounder made it through the middle to drive in two runs in the second inning. "Unbelievable," Nationals manager Davey Johnson said. "I couldnt believe that was his first hit. I thought about calling timeout and getting the ball." Lannan added a single in the sixth after Wilson Ramos hit a two-run homer. Ramos had a run-scoring double in the second. A career .083 hitter, Lannan ended his season-long drought when his grounder bounced past Tommy Hanson and over second base, driving in Rick Ankiel, who walked, and Ramos. "I just had some fastballs to hit and I was able to make contact and get it through the infield," Lannan said. Lannan didnt miss a start after being hit by Ty Wiggintons line drive. Johnson called the left-hander "a tough kid from New Jersey" before the game. He actually is from Manhasset, N.Y. "Just having last week off and that all-star break helps," Lannan said. "It helped me get over it a little bit. Its something thats going to happen. Balls come up the middle." Drew Storen pitched the ninth for his 24th save. Alex Gonzalez hit a twoo-run homer for Atlanta. Johnthan Banks Buccaneers Jersey. Michael Morses leadoff double sparked the Nationals three-run second inning off Hanson (10-5). Morse scored on another double by Ramos before Lannans two-run single. Hanson suffered his first loss since May 27. He pitched 5 1-3 innings and gave up season-high totals of five runs on eight hits, falling to 0-2 in three starts against the Nationals this season. Hanson had two walks and eight strikeouts. Lannan gave up five hits and four walks but was helped by double plays in the fourth and fifth innings. A man dressed in a white wedding dress was quickly tackled by security officers after he ran into the outfield in the bottom of the eighth inning. Players in both dugouts chuckled and fans cheered and flashed their cameras as the man stopped a few yards away from right-fielder Jayson Werth. Security officers started to escort the man off the field through the Braves bullpen, but bullpen coach Eddie Perez apparently directed the group toward a tunnel behind the right-field foul pole. There was a brief delay in the ninth when home-plate umpire Kerwin Danley was hit by Ankiels foul tip. Danley, who appeared to be hit immediately below his facemask, was knocked on his back. He remained in the game. NOTES: Lannan is 7-4 in 13 career starts against Atlanta, including 5-2 at Turner Field. ... RHP Chien-Ming Wang is scheduled to start for triple-A Syracuse on Tuesday. He will make his fifth rehab start as he returns from 2009 shoulder surgery. ... Johnson said C Ivan Rodriguez is "getting close" in his recovery from a strained right oblique. ... Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez rested LF Nate McLouth to start Wilkin Ramirez against Lannan. ... There was a post-game concert by the B-52s. ' ' '
