National Sports

Leon Draisaitl had just wrapped up a phone call with Alphonso Davies. The German hockey star and the Canadian soccer sensation have a lot in common.

TORONTO — Randy Ambrosie wanted to set the record straight Friday. The CFL commissioner said he did speak via telephone Wednesday with the head of an American developmental football league for about 10 minutes.

The NBA Board of Governors met again without a consensus opinion emerging on how many teams should be back on the floor for the planned late-July resumption of the pandemic-interrupted season, three people familiar with details of the call said Frida

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — USA Hockey president Jim Smith is the subject of two investigations surrounding his tenure as the president of Amateur Hockey Association Illinois.

HFX Wanderers FC is the first Canadian Premier League team to receive approval from local government and health authorities to resume training.

The Mackenzie Tour, Canada's men's professional golf circuit, has cancelled its season.

TORONTO — Proposed law amendments to the game of rugby to reduce the COVID-19 transmission risk could improve the sport, according to top Canadian rugby officials.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks and amateur scouting director Judd Brackett are parting ways.

MANCHESTER, England — Liverpool might not win the English Premier League at Anfield after police included the leader’s key games among at least five it wants at neutral venues in a bid to prevent fans from gathering outside when the competition resum

CAMPBELLVILLE, Ont. — It was a productive day at the track for driver Trevor Henry and trainer Bob McIntosh. Henry, of Arthur, Ont., drove four horses trained by Hall of Famer McIntosh, of Leamington, Ont.