National Sports

TORONTO — The pandemic has forced all businesses to pivot, including Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment in the absence of people in the stands. While Toronto Raptors and Maple Leafs games go on, fans are forced to watch from their living rooms.

GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Canada faced a mammoth task in its bid for its first Olympic men's soccer berth in nearly four decades — it needed to beat a Mexican powerhouse on their home soil, something no Canadian team has ever done.

REGINA — Peyton Krebs chalked up three points Sunday and the Winnipeg Ice skated to a 4-1 win over the Moosejaw Warriors in Western Hockey League play. Krebs buried the game-winning goal midway through the first period and notched a pair of assists.

MIAMI — Faced with adversity Sunday, Canada's Bianca Andreescu found a way to persevere. It wasn't easy, but the Mississauga, Ont., product gritted out a 7-6 (4), 6-7 (2), 6-4 third-round win over American Amanda Anisimova at the Miami Open.

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Canada's Adam Svensson captured the title at the Korn Ferry Tour's Club Car Championship in a playoff at The Landings Club on Sunday. Svensson, from Surrey, B.C.

TAMPA, Fla. — CJ McCollum scored seven of his 23 points in the final two minutes and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Toronto Raptors 122-117 on Sunday night.

BATHURST, N.B. — A three-point night from captain Jacob Hudson Sunday powered the Moncton Wildcats to a 5-3 victory over the Acadie-Bathurst Titan in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Hudson had a goal and two assists in the win.

WINNIPEG — Jordan Weal had a goal and two assists Sunday, leading the surging Laval Rocket to a 5-3 win over the Manitoba Moose in American Hockey League play.

MONTREAL — Eric Staal says he got goosebumps as he drove toward the Canadian border to start the next chapter of his NHL career.

The complexities of executing sporting events in a global pandemic were illustrated Sunday when Canada's World Cup qualifier against the Cayman Islands was pushed back a day to Monday.