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TORONTO — Rested, healthier and with coach Greg Vanney's lucky scarf tucked in his suitcase, Toronto FC leaves Sunday for Hartford and its MLS playoff opener against expansion Nashville SC.

HALIFAX — The Halifax Mooseheads are the latest Quebec Major Junior Hockey team to suspend in-person activities after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19.

Canadian fighter Gillian (The Savage) Robertson, ranked 12th among UFC flyweights, returns to action next month against No. 10 Andrea (KGB) Lee at UFC 256. The 25-year-old native of Niagara Falls, Ont., who fights out of Coconut Creek, Fla.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The game between No. 4 Clemson and Florida State was postponed when medical personnel from both schools could not agree on playing Saturday.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Montreal Impact players littered the field Friday night, lying on their backs, some with hands over eyes, others with stunned looks pasted to their faces.

TORONTO — Woodbine Entertainment says its working to understand the implications of the Ontario government's new COVID-19 lockdown on thoroughbred racing.

Montreal guard Karim Mane says he has signed a contract with the Orlando Magic. The six-foot-six Mane said on Twitter that he's "excited and humbled" to join the NBA club. Mane went undrafted in Wednesday's NBA draft.

Writing a novel is one of the hardest — but most cathartic — things former pro lacrosse player Delby Powless has ever done.

TORONTO — Masai Ujiri and the Toronto Raptors boast about having one of the best fan bases in the league. But due to COVID-19, it's going to be a long-distance love affair for now. The Raptors will start their season playing home games in Tampa, Fla.

As the Toronto Raptors move to Tampa, Fla., to start the NBA season, they can look to some other Canadian teams for tips on life in a temporary locale. Border restrictions forced four other Canadian clubs to relocate in 2020.