National Sports

TORONTO — The COVID-19 pandemic has forced Brian Ramsay and the CFL Players' Association to adopt the role of educators.

GENEVA — FIFA has extended the age limit for the men’s soccer tournament at the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics due to the coronavirus pandemic. The amended Olympic rule on Friday retains the "players born on or after Jan.

TORONTO — Raptors president Masai Ujiri alleges he was assaulted by a sheriff's deputy before a shoving altercation between the two men at Oakland's Oracle Arena during last year's NBA Finals.

TORONTO — Three weeks into global basketball's shutdown, Nick Nurse isn't just missing one team but two.

Like many Italians, Lorenzo Dalle Piagge's life has been turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic.

TORONTO — World rugby is taking a financial beating because of the COVID-19 shutdown. USA Rugby, its bottom line battered, has already filed for bankruptcy. Rugby Canada is expecting a sizable hit. How big depends on how long the lockdown continues.

TORONTO — This time last year, the Guelph Storm were playing their way to an Ontario Hockey League title and a spot in the Memorial Cup.

Dwight Powell was enjoying a season unlike any other. His Dallas Mavericks were on a path for the NBA playoffs — finally — and Powell was excited about playing a key role in Canada's quest for a men's basketball spot at the Tokyo Olympics.

TORONTO — Morgan Rielly has been working out at home trying to stay in shape. The Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman is also reading, watching movies and improving his rudimentary cooking skills.

OTTAWA — Atletico Ottawa signed a second goalkeeper Thursday in Spaniard Nacho Zabal.