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Name
CFL

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Poster

Established
1958 (66 years old)

First Recorded Event
2008-09-06

Current Season
2024

Sport
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American Football

Location
Canada

Gender
Male

TV Rights
TSN - Canada
CBS Sports Network - United States

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27/07	Toronto Argo	-	Winnipeg Blu	11:00pm
28/07	Edmonton Elk	-	Hamilton Tig	11:00pm
02/08	Winnipeg Blu	-	BC Lions	12:30am
02/08	Hamilton Tig	-	Montreal Alo	11:30pm
03/08	Saskatchewan	-	Edmonton Elk	11:00pm
04/08	Calgary Stam	-	Toronto Argo	11:00pm
08/08	Ottawa Redbl	-	Saskatchewan	11:30pm
09/08	Toronto Argo	-	Calgary Stam	11:30pm
10/08	Montreal Alo	-	Hamilton Tig	11:00pm
11/08	Edmonton Elk	-	BC Lions	11:00pm
Results
26/07	Ottawa Redbl	-	Calgary Stam
25/07	Montreal Alo	20 - 16	Saskatchewan
21/07	Calgary Stam	25 - 24	BC Lions
20/07	Saskatchewan	19 - 9	Winnipeg Blu
20/07	Hamilton Tig	27 - 24	Toronto Argo
19/07	Ottawa Redbl	20 - 14	Edmonton Elk
14/07	Edmonton Elk	34 - 37	Ottawa Redbl
13/07	Winnipeg Blu	41 - 37	Calgary Stam
13/07	BC Lions	35 - 20	Saskatchewan
11/07	Montreal Alo	18 - 37	Toronto Argo

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The Canadian Football League (CFL; French: Ligue canadienne de football, LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a city in Canada. They are divided into two divisions: four teams in the East Division and five teams in the West Division.

As of 2019, it features a 21-week regular season in which each team plays 18 games with three bye weeks. This season traditionally runs from mid-June to early November. Following the regular season, six teams compete in the league's three-week playoffs, which culminate in the Grey Cup championship game in late November. The Grey Cup is one of Canada's largest annual sports and television events.

The CFL was officially named on January 19, 1958, upon the merger between the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union or "Big Four" (founded in 1907) and the Western Interprovincial Football Union (founded in 1936). Before the introduction of interlocking play in 1961, Eastern teams competed against Western teams only in pre-season and the Grey Cup Championship (similar to Major League Baseball in the United States prior to the 1997 season).

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