National Sports

TORONTO — The NHL hopes to have players back in team facilities soon — with plenty of precautions.

Stewart Friesen expects that he's going to be by himself almost all day on Tuesday. Not a unique experience for anyone during the COVID-19 pandemic, but very different for a driver competing on the NASCAR Trucks circuit.

The National Women's Soccer League moved a step closer to resuming play by announcing Monday that players can start training in small groups providing it is done under league protocols and meets the requirements of local authorities.

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 their respective buildings.

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 another goal in Bayern Munich's 5-2 rout of Eintract Frankfurt.

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 pandemic.

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 believes the season can continue amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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 subside.

FREDERICTON — Border restrictions related to COVID-19 are proving a hazard for Canadian members of a golf course along the Canada-U.S. boundary.

Canada's Bianca Andreescu appears to be over her injury woes and ready to get back on the tennis court.