Sports

Canada's Stewart Friesen ready to get back to racing at NC Education Lottery 200

Stewart Friesen expects that he's going to be by himself almost all day on Tuesday. Not a unique experience for anyone during the COVID-19 pandemic, but very different for a driver competing on the NA...

May 25, 2020

NHL hoping to move to Phase 2 of return-to-play protocol in early June

TORONTO - The NHL is hoping to move to Phase 2 of its return-to-play protocol, including the opening of practice facilities and allowing small group workouts, early next month. The league, which was f...

May 25, 2020

Ace Canadian esports driver Brooks tearing up the track online during COVID-19

TORONTO - Andrew Brooks could write a travelogue that would make a jet-setting socialite jealous. Paris, Tokyo, New York, Sydney and Monaco - twice - are just some of the desirable loca...

May 24, 2020

Bayern, Dortmund warm up for quietest ever Bundesliga duel

BERLIN - Canada's Alphonso Davies rose to the occasion on Saturday as the sports world remained focused on the German Bundesliga. Davies, from Edmonton, scored and set up another goal in Bayern Munich...

May 23, 2020

Montreal Impact allowed to train individually at Centre Nutrilait

MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact are giving their first-team players access to Centre Nutrilait's fields starting on Monday for individual training during the COVID-19 pandemic. Quebec's Public Health a...

May 23, 2020

NBA says it is talking with Disney about resuming season

The NBA is in talks with The Walt Disney Company on a single-site scenario for a resumption of play in Central Florida in late July, the clearest sign yet that the league believes the season can conti...

May 23, 2020

Spanish soccer league allowed to resume in June

BARCELONA, Spain - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Snchez announced Saturday that the soccer league in Spain will be allowed to resume from June 8. While the top tier, La Liga, can play from this date, i...

May 23, 2020

Bad lie: cross-border golf course unplayable for Canadian members

FREDERICTON - Border restrictions related to COVID-19 are proving a hazard for Canadian members of a golf course along the Canada-U.S. boundary. The Aroostook Valley Country Club, built during the Pro...

May 23, 2020

NHLPA executive board authorizes more talks with NHL on a return to play

The NHL and its players are going to keep talking. The NHL Players' Association announced late Friday its executive board has authorized "further negotiations" on a 24-team playoff format as the ...

May 22, 2020

Toronto FC rookie forward Achara thinking of family back home in Nigeria

TORONTO - You could forgive Toronto FC rookie Ifunanyachi Achara if he thought "Why me?" When the 16-year-old Achara came to the U.S. from Nigeria in 2014 to attend Berkshire High School in Massachuse...

May 22, 2020