National Sports

Bayern, Dortmund warm up for quietest ever Bundesliga duel

May 23, 2020

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 ...

Montreal Impact allowed to train individually at Centre Nutrilait

May 23, 2020

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 ...

NBA says it is talking with Disney about resuming season

May 23, 2020

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 ...

Canada's NHL teams offer varying refund options to season-ticket holders

May 23, 2020

Canada's NHL teams have offered season-ticket holders rebate or refund options in acknowledgment that no more 2019-20 regular-season games will be played in front of fans in ...

Messi's back: Spanish soccer league set to resume in June

May 23, 2020

BARCELONA, Spain — Lionel Messi's Barcelona and the rest of the Spanish league can resume play in June after three months of waiting for the coronavirus pandemic to ...

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

May 23, 2020

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 ...

Canada's Bianca Andreescu returning for Credit One Bank Invitational

May 22, 2020

Canada's Bianca Andreescu appears to be over her injury woes and ready to get back on the tennis court.Andreescu is slated to make her first tournament appearance since last ...

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

May 22, 2020

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 ...

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

May 22, 2020

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 ...

Indoor soccer league announces tentative return to play via eight-team playoffs

May 22, 2020

TORONTO — The Major Arena Soccer League, which called a halt to its regular season on March 12 because of the global pandemic, has announced tentative plans to return to ...

The Spring League in U.S. interested in forming partnership with CFL

May 22, 2020

TORONTO — An American developmental football league wants to help CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie out.Brian Woods, the CEO of The Spring League, has approached Ambrosie about...

Jets' Laine on post-quarantine hockey: 'My game is probably gonna look terrible'

May 22, 2020

Patrik Laine is eager to get back on the ice.The Winnipeg Jets sniper also knows post-quarantine hockey will feature plenty of rust — at least initially — if the NHL gets the...

Jerry Sloan, coaching great of Jazz glory days, dies at 78

May 22, 2020

Jerry Sloan walked up the steps to the stage at ...

CP NewsAlert: Utah Jazz say Hall of Fame coach Jerry Sloan has died at 78

May 22, 2020

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz say Hall of Fame ...

Tokyo Olympics followed up by 3 mega-events -- all in China

May 22, 2020

TOKYO — Uncertainty grips next year’s postponed ...

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Canadians stay cautious about easing COVID-19 restrictions: poll

May 18, 2020

No elected official has dared to point to the calendar to establish a date for the full return of normal activity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Last week, we learned that...

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Making a difference during COVID-19

April 2, 2020

When the Seniors’ Centre closed its doors for coffee in Planet Veregin, we knew stuff must be getting real. And the same for gathering places all over our region. Social ...