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BASEL, Switzerland - Cristiano Ronaldos first-half goal helped Real Madrid beat Basel 1-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday, and tie a club record with a 15th straight win. Buffalo Sabres Pro Shop .Ronaldos 71st career goal in the Champions League, in his 108th match, also equaled the previous competition scoring record long held by Madrid great Raul Gonzalez.Both trail Lionel Messi by three after the Barcelona forwards record-setting hat trick on Tuesday.Madrids 15-match winning run started with a 5-1 rout of Basel on Sept. 16, and is the third in club history. The most recent was achieved three seasons ago under coach Jose Mourinho.That we have put together a run of 15 wins is a great achievement for the club, Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said.Ronaldo scored in the 35th minute, tapping left-footed into an empty net from Karim Benzemas cut-back.The FIFA player of the years shot also grazed the post in the 77th, two minutes after Gareth Bales shot struck the underside of the Basel crossbar.Victory in Switzerland means defending champion Madrid wins Group B and is seeded in the last-16 draw on Dec. 19.Basel remains second on six points, two ahead of Ludogorets Razgrad and Liverpool who drew 2-2 on Wednesday. The Swiss champion visits Liverpool in the final round in two weeks.We deserved more, Basel coach Paulo Sousa said. You can see that we can compete better and better with big teams.Madrid ended Basels own five-match win sequence, though two teams on winning runs served up a tepid opening until Ronaldos goal.Basel responded forcing Madrid goalkeeper Keylor Navas, making his Champions League debut, into two 40th-minute saves from shots by Derlis Gonzalez and Shkelzen Gashi.Gashi wasted a 56th-minute chance, slicing a shot on his weaker right foot, and worried Navas when sending a 20-meter header just high.The Costa Rica keeper then scrambled back to push away Breel Embolos shot after being rounded by the 17-year-old forward.After Madrids stars twice struck the frame of Basels goal, the hosts pressed for a leveler as Liverpool led 2-1 late in the game in Bulgaria.Play was held up in the 88th when three fans sprinted across the pitch, chased by stewards.In stoppage time, Basel substitutes Yoichhiro Kakitani and Ahmed Hamoudi both had efforts on goal, with the Egypt midfielder curling a left-foot shot just wide. Buffalo Sabres Gear . Just as the meeting was beginning, Major League Baseball unveiled Rule 7.13, an experimental rule for the 2014 season aimed at eliminating what the league calls “egregious” runner/catcher collisions at home plate. Cheap Sabres Jerseys . - A week after a late-game debacle on defence, the Pittsburgh Steelers showed they can finish. https://www.cheapsabres.com/ . -- Stacy Lewis shot 7-under 65 to lead the LPGA Tour team to the championship of the 3Tour Challenge on Tuesday.LENNOXVILLE, Que. -- Bishops quarterback Jordan Heather came into Saturdays game against McGill needing 400 yards to surpass the Canadian Interuniversity Sport record of 3,047 passing yards in a single season set by Westerns Will Finch last week. He finished the day with 484. Heather was 26-for-47 passing for four touchdowns to lead the Gaiters in their 40-21 thrashing of the Redmen in Lennoxville. Receiver Alexander Fox picked up 256 yards and scored all four TDs for Bishops (6-2), while kicker Mathieu Pacquette added 16 points on four field goals. Running back Matthew Burke had 132 yards on 19 carries. McGill quarterback Jonathan Collin was 29-for-43 passing for 357 yards and three touchdowns in the loss. He also threw one interception. Casey Cook was the Redmens (3-5) top receiver with 137 yards and two scores. Damian Massey-Hirt had McGills other touchdown. McGill opened the scoring when Collin found Cook for a 28-yard TD at 3:44 of the first quarter, but the Redmen were held off the scoreboard until Cooks second touchdown at 13:35 of the fouurth quarter. Wholesale Sabres Jerseys. The Gaiters led 23-8 at halftime and 40-8 heading after the third quarter. Elsewhere in CIS football action, it was: Saint Marys 12 St. FX 6; Acadia 14 Mount Allison 23; Laval 30 Montreal 11; Saskatchewan 16 Regina 7. Later, Concordia was at Sherbrooke and Manitoba visited Alberta. --- Huskies 12 X-Men 6 At Antigonish, N.S., running back Michael Dawes rushed for 54 yards and a touchdown to lead St. Marys (5-3) past St. FX (3-5). --- Mounties 23 Axemen 14 At Sackville, N.B., quarterback Brandon Leyh completed 11-of-17 passes for 137 yards and a touchdown as Mount Allison (4-4) topped Acadia (3-5). --- No. 2 Rouge et Or 30 No. 6 Carabins 11 At Montreal, Guillaume G-Bourassa scored two touchdowns as the second-ranked Laval (8-0) scored 27 points in the fourth quarter to rally past Montreal (5-3). --- No. 10 Huskies 33 Rams 15 At Regina, Saskatchewans defence returned six Regina interceptions for 150 yards and running back Dexter Janke had two touchdowns to lead the Huskies (5-3) past the Rams (2-6). ' ' '