National Sports

MONTREAL — "Mr. Gram" has been a big help to Montreal Impact manager Thierry Henry these past few weeks.

TORONTO — Some five months after signing as a designated player for Toronto FC, Pablo Piatti is finally going to get his MLS close-up.

In the more than three months since the Toronto Raptors stepped off the court, the players have been scattered abroad. Besides regular weight checks and virtual workouts, it's been on them to stay in shape in less than ideal conditions.

Canadian international Desiree Scott has pulled out the NWSL Challenge Cup for personal reasons.

TORONTO — The Ontario government says the necessity of frequent travel between the U.S. and Canada is the complicating factor holding up approval for Major League Baseball to play in Toronto amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The Ontario Hockey League's North Bay Battalion selected Russian winger Matvei Petrov with the first overall pick of the 2020 Canadian Hockey League import draft.

The day after losing the gold-medal match at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, curler Cheryl Bernard and her team stopped at a Starbucks. It was a "pretty tough day for us," she recalled.

There will be no CP Women's Open in 2020.

Slowly but surely, Football Canada president Jim Mullin is seeing a resumption of the game nationally. Football Canada, the sport's national governing body, suspended play March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

LONDON — The soccer players’ union in England believes racial bias is evident during broadcasts of matches based on the language used by commentators in European leagues.