Category Archives: Sports

Canadian curling continues to get hammered by novel coronavirus cancellations
Brad Gushue's curling team will not wear the Maple Leaf in Scotland and Canada has lost more world championships because of concerns over the spread of COVID-19. The World Curling Federation canc...
Mar 14, 2020

Raptors "travel party" tests negative for coronavirus after contact with Jazz
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have received a clean bill of health. All players and staff received negative results from their COVID-19 tests, the team said in a statement on Saturday. "Those who...
Mar 14, 2020

Canada's Olympic champ Wiebe, teammate Lappage book their Tokyo tickets
OTTAWA - Canada's Olympic wrestling champion Erica Wiebe has booked her ticket to the Tokyo Olympics. The 30-year-old from Stittsville, Ont., won her semifinal bout at 76 kilograms at the Pan-American...
Mar 14, 2020

CP NewsAlert: MLB postpones operations indefinitely due to COVID-19
Major League Baseball has postponed the start of the regular season by at least two weeks and cancelled the rest of spring training due to the COVID-19 pandemic. More coming. The Canadi...
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

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