National Sports

COVID-19 and the threat it poses to the NHL's plan to restart the 2019-20 season remains the overarching storyline as 24 teams prepare to open summer training camps Monday before heading to the hub cities of Edmonton and Toronto on July 26.

Roman Polak of the Stars and Mike Green of the Oilers are opting out of playing, and Lightning captain Steven Stamkos will try to play after recovering from injury. In the aftermath of a deal being struck to resume the NHL season, Aug.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Moh Ahmed shattered his own Canadian record in the 5,000 metres on Friday, becoming the 10th fastest man to ever run the distance. Racing in front of an empty grandstand, the 29-year-old from St. Catharines, Ont., ran 12 minutes 47.

Four months to the day after COVID-19 shut down the NBA, the Toronto Raptors were finally back on the floor together. The Raptors, who'd been based in Naples, Fla.

TORONTO — Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo knows where he'd like the team to play its home games this season: the friendly confines of Toronto's Rogers Centre.

Norwich finally succumbed to relegation, a fate its own manager and many others expected at the start of the English Premier League. Fewer, though, would have predicted Liverpool losing its perfect home record against Burnley.

Gary Bettman and Don Fehr finally have a chance to catch their breath. They also know plenty of hurdles remain.

TORONTO — Rowdy Tellez doesn't think much is going to change for him on the Toronto Blue Jays, even as he is being asked by the team to share first-base duties with Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

SAN ANTONIO — Canadian Taylor Pendrith sat in third after three rounds at the Korn Ferry Tour's TPC San Antonio Challenge on Saturday, four shots back of American leader David Lipsky. Pendrith, from Richmond Hill, Ont.

Toronto FC coach Greg Vanney, a good judge of his team, liked what he saw in training this week at the MLS is Back Tournament. It helped that it rained Friday morning in Florida, making for cool conditions.