Category Archives: Sports
Flame arrival faces calls for Tokyo Olympics be delayed
TOKYO - The Olympic flame is set to arrive in Japan from Greece even as the opening of the Tokyo Games in four months is in doubt with more voices calling for the event to be postponed or cancelled be...
Mar 19, 2020
Major League Rugby shuts down season due to COVID-19, says it will return in 2021
TORONTO - Major League Rugby has called off the remainder of the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Commissioner George Killebrew calls it the correct decision given the health and safety risks...
Mar 19, 2020
Brady deal could make Bucs relevant; ticket demand spikes
TAMPA, Fla. - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers enter free agency with expectations of signing Tom Brady and bolstering a defence that will be one of the keys to helping the six-time Super Bowl champion quarte...
Mar 18, 2020
NHL's 1st COVID-19 case a 'nice example' of the need for social distancing
An infectious diseases expert says the NHL's first positive test for COVID-19 doesn't come as a surprise. It's also an example of why social distancing is crucial in the fight to slow the widenin...
Mar 18, 2020
Silver says NBA will consider many ideas if play can resume
The NBA is considering an idea where some players would be quarantined or isolated for purposes of being able to compete against one another and provide basketball fans with some sort of diversion fro...
Mar 18, 2020
Olympic leaders back IOC's Tokyo stance after rare criticism
GENEVA - Regional Olympic officials are rallying around the IOC and have backed its stance on opening the Tokyo Games as scheduled, as direct criticism from gold medallist athletes built amid the coro...
Mar 18, 2020
Hamblin headed home from Siberia, but fined for leaving basketball team early
After days of trying to get out of Siberia, Canadian basketball player Ruth Hamblin landed in North America to learn she'd been fined by her team for leaving early. The 25-year-old...
Mar 18, 2020
Doping tests around the world wind down because of virus
DSSELDORF, Germany - Although anti-doping organizations around the world are dialling back on testing because of the coronavirus outbreak, Olympic athletes can still expect a knock on the door. The In...
Mar 18, 2020
Ottawa Senators player tests positive for COVID-19
OTTAWA - An Ottawa Senators player has tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the first NHLer to be diagnosed with the coronavirus. The Senators did not name the player when releasing the ne...
Mar 17, 2020
Trainer Mark Casse good with Derby being postponed until September
It's going to require some change to preparation, but trainer Mark Casse is good with Tuesday's decision to postpone the Kentucky Derby until September amid the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Mar 17, 2020
