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SAINT-DENIS, France -- Portugal is facing France in the European Championship final on Sunday. Here are five Portugal players to watch:---CRISTIANO RONALDOThe most compelling character on the Stade de France stage.Ronaldo had a difficult start to Euro 2016: He was uncomplimentary about crowd-favorite Iceland, missed a probable match-winning penalty against Austria, and was furious when Hungary took the lead for a third time in their 3-3 draw.But hes still here, after raising his game and his team at key moments as Portugal steadily improved through the knockout rounds.The way he leapt high in the air to head the opening goal against Wales in the semifinals suggested Ronaldo is energized again.Aware of where he stands in the Ballon dOr race, Ronaldo knows that victory on Sunday could bring him a fourth career award ahead of Lionel Messi, Gareth Bale and Frances Antoine Griezmann.---PEPEThe love-him-or-hate-him Real Madrid defender had an excellent Euro 2016 until a thigh muscle injury kept him out of the semifinal.Pepe deserves a chance to play after being on his best behavior, and marshalling the defense through tightly-fought knockout games against Croatia and Poland.It would also reunite Pepe with referee Mark Clattenburg after their memorable meeting at the Champions League final in May. Pepes play-acting after minor clashes with two Atletico Madrid players prompted a disapproving, tongue-wagging gesture from Clattenburg and a repeated warning to Look out.---JOSE FONTEAt age 32, defender Fonte is reaching a late-blooming career peak.When Ronaldo and Pepe played at the 2010 World Cup, Fonte was preparing for another season in the third tier of English football with Southampton.Since then, Fonte was central to Southamptons rise to the Premier Leagues top half.Fonte stepped on the international stage when Fernando Santos became Portugal coach in 2014. His first call-up came in Santoss first match -- a 2-1 loss to France in a friendly at the Stade de France.Fonte had to wait for his chance at Euro 2016, replacing veteran Ricardo Carvalho after the draw with Hungary in the last group game.---RAPHAEL GUERREIROGuerreiro was born to Portuguese and French parents in the northeastern suburbs of Paris just 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the Stade de France.The 22-year-old left-back has impressed at Euro 2016 after playing just once in Portugals eight-match qualifying program. When he did not play here, Portugal trailed three times before salvaging a draw with Hungary.Guerreiro has been lively going forward and provided the cross for Ronaldos header against Wales.This should be no surprise to Borussia Dortmund, which acted early in the tournament to sign Guerreiro from French club Lorient.---ADRIEN SILVABetween the tough defense and the star attackers, Portugal has relied on a trio of Sporting Lisbon midfielders to link the play.Sporting captain Adrien Silva has been perhaps the standout alongside teammates William Carvalho and Joao Mario.Like Guerreiro and Fonte, Adrien Silva is a relatively late arrival in Santoss plans.Adrien Silva did not play in the group-stage games, and his neat passing has coincided with Portugal improving in each game since. John Hannah Patriots Jersey . -- Stanford squashed Oregons national championship hopes again, schooling the Ducks in power football. Tedy Bruschi Patriots Jersey . 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TORONTO -- Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock rolled all four lines on Tuesday night.He only really needed the top one, though.James van Riemsdyk scored three goals, Tyler Bozak had four assists and Mitch Marner had a goal and set up two more to help Toronto beat the Nashville Predators 6-2.Van Riemsdyk added an assist, and now he, Bozak and Marner are 1-2-3 in scoring for Toronto after combining for 11 points.Just the way we read off each other is getting better every game, the three of us have pretty good hockey sense, said van Riemsdyk, who leads the club with seven goals and 15 points in 16 games.I think the puck was following us as a line and I was fortunate for the bounces.Leo Komarov and William Nylander also scored to help Toronto improve to 6-2-0 at home.James Neal and Viktor Arvidsson scored for the Predators, who had their three-game winning streak halted.Frederik Andersen made 32 saves for Toronto, and Marek Mazanec stopped 26-of-32 shots for Nashville.Marner got it going with his sixth of the season, fighting off a check behind the net before curling out from the corner and beating a screened Mazanec 1:04 into the game.The 19-year-old rookie, listed at six-feet and 170 pounds, isnt surprising his linemates with what he can do physically on the ice. He also has 15 points in 16 contests.You know how good he is on his edges, you see it in practice, when he does it in games it doesnt surprise you, van Riemsdyk said. Hes good with his body position to come up with pucks and obviously hes got a good stick, too.Hes tenacious and doesnt back down from going into dirty areas.Van Riemsdyk scored 13 minutes later by carrying the puck aacross the blue line and beating Mazanec glove side with a snap shot.ddddddddddddeal scored nearly four minutes later off a cross-crease pass from Ryan Johansen, but van Riemsdyk restored the two-goal lead 7:52 into the second period. Bozak threw the puck toward the net from the corner and van Riemsdyk beat his man to deflect the puck over Mazanecs leg.Arvidsson, denied by Andersen on a great chance in the first period, finally finished one of his many opportunities with 3:51 left in the second, beating Andersen low glove side on a breakaway.Komarov scored 7:18 into the third by tipping Martin Marincins point shot, then van Riemsdyk capped his hat trick with a shot off a faceoff with 6:22 left. Nylander fired in his goal about two minutes later.Despite a lopsided score, Nashville coach Peter Laviolette thought his team deserved better.They got a quick one right off the bat, they got another one. I thought we had lots of chances to score goals, he said. They had a couple goals that were seeing-eye goals.We took as many attempts if not more but it didnt find its way through. They capitalized on their opportunities.Game notes F Peter Holland and D Connor Carrick and Frank Corrado were scratches for the Leafs. ... Nashville G Pekka Rinne is day to day with a lower-body injury. ... Mazanec made his second start of the season after he was recalled from Milwaukee of the AHL on Monday.UP NEXTPredators: At Ottawa on Thursday night in the middle game of a three-game trip.Maple Leafs: Host Florida on Thursday night. ' ' '