Sports

A look back at Olympics that never were: 1916, '40 and '44

With more and more calls to postpone the Tokyo Olympics because of the coronavirus outbreak, it's worth noting that this every-four-years spectacle has been rocked before by traumatic events. Three ot...

Mar 21, 2020

Second Senators player tests positive for coronavirus

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators say another one of their players has tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of known NHL cases to two. The team announced their second case in a...

Mar 21, 2020

Men's world hockey championships in Switzerland cancelled

Health concerns and travel bans closing international borders stemming from the new coronavirus pandemic left the International Ice Hockey Federation with no choice but to cancel the men's world hocke...

Mar 21, 2020

IIHF cancels world championship scheduled for May in Switzerland

The International Ice Hockey Federation announced Saturday it was cancelling the 2020 world championship due to the COVID-19 outbreak. This year's tournament was scheduled to take place in Zurich...

Mar 21, 2020

Swimming Canada supports US after Americans call for Olympic postponement

OTTAWA - Swimming Canada says it backs its rivals from the United States when it comes to finding a solution for the Olympic Games. Early Friday, the head of USA Swimming sent a letter urging the U.S....

Mar 20, 2020

Marble Madness! Obscure sports rule in coronavirus pandemic

PHILADELPHIA - Welcome to the Marble Universe, where the rushing of glass balls down race tracks, around sandy beach corners or getting thumped by fidget spinners has suddenly become as captivating as...

Mar 20, 2020

Toronto Blue Jays send Anthony Kay, Sean Reid-Foley to triple-A

TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have optioned left-hander Anthony Kay and right-hander Sean Reid-Foley to triple-A Buffalo. The moves come during an indefinite suspension of all professional baseball ...

Mar 20, 2020

USA Swimming urges USOPC to ask for delay of Tokyo Games

DENVER - The head of USA Swimming urged the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee to push for a 12-month postponement of the Tokyo Games, signalling the first fissure between powerful American faction...

Mar 20, 2020

Major League Soccer extends training moratorium due to COVID-19 outbreak

TORONTO - Major League Soccer has extended its moratorium on team training through March 27. The news comes one day after the league announced that, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, it was extending its ...

Mar 20, 2020

Next ski generation emerges to take cross-country torch from Harvey, Kershaw

Remi Drolet's first World Cup cross-country ski races were Alex Harvey's last. As he chugged across Quebec City's Plains of Abraham, Drolet could hear race commentators hailing the swan song of the pr...

Mar 20, 2020