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Rome-based UN food agency grapples with Italian coronavirus lockdown
OTTAWA - These days, no roads lead to Rome for David Beasley. The executive director of the United Nations World Food Program made that clear on a trip to Ottawa this week, where he was trying to rais...
Mar 14, 2020
World Cup cross-country event in Canmore cancelled
CANMORE, Alta. - A World Cup cross-country ski event scheduled for next week in Canmore, Alta., has been cancelled because of the COVID-19 outbreak. The FIS, the world governing body for skiing, annou...
Mar 14, 2020
Major League Rugby joins other leagues in suspending play for 30 days
TORONTO - Major League Rugby joined other leagues Thursday in suspending play for 30 days because of COVID-19 outbreak. The 12-team North American league has already played five rounds of ma...
Mar 14, 2020
Canadian international and domestic sporting events impacted by COVID-19
A list of Canadian international and domestic sporting events impacted by COVID-19: - NHL suspends 2019-20 season impacting seven Canadian teams in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, To...
Mar 14, 2020
Wuhan soccer team leaving Spain to escape virus
MADRID - The Chinese soccer team that was originally stuck in Spain because of the coronavirus outbreak is going back home to try to avoid its rapid spread in Europe. Wuhan Zall was expected to return...
Mar 14, 2020
Wuhan soccer team leaving Spain to escape virus
MADRID - The Chinese soccer team that was originally stuck in Spain because of the coronavirus outbreak is going back home to try to avoid its rapid spread in Europe. Wuhan Zall was expected to return...
Mar 14, 2020
Israel's Netanyahu calls for emergency government with rival
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday called for the formation of an emergency government to confront a growing crisis over the coronavirus, offering a potential way out of...
Mar 14, 2020
CFL announces the cancellation of its regional, national combines
TORONTO - The CFL has cancelled its regional and national combines in the wake of the growing COVID-19 outbreak. The league made the announcement Thursday. "At our very core, we are about bringing peo...
Mar 14, 2020
Woodbine racetracks closing to general public for minimum of two weeks
TORONTO - Woodbine Mohawk Park and Woodbine Racetrack will be closed to the general public starting tomorrow for a minimum of two weeks. Woodbine Entertainment, which operates the two racetracks, made...
Mar 14, 2020
AP source: UEFA to decide on plan to postpone Euros a year
UEFA is nearing a decision to postpone the European Championship by a year to 2021 as the continent grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated...
Mar 14, 2020