National Sports

It was a productive opening day for Canadian Chris Johnston at the SiteOne Bassmaster Elite tournament. The 31-year-old native of Peterborough, Ont., boated a five-fish limit of 27 pounds at Clayton, N.Y., on Thursday.

Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri has hosted a couple of virtual tours from the NBA bubble at Walt Disney World.

MONTREAL — Calling it a "weird situation," Montreal Canadiens defenceman Xavier Ouellet said he tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this month. Speaking on a video conference Thursday, Ouellet said he had "zero symptoms" when he tested positive.

SEATTLE — The name Seattle Kraken seems to have had an air of inevitability around it even during the earliest days of the NHL expansion franchise.

The road will be home for the Toronto Blue Jays over the course of the 2020 regular season, which kicks off Friday night at Tampa's Tropicana Field for Canada's lone Major League Baseball team.

Stud prospect Nate Pearson will have to settle for a spot on the Toronto Blue Jays' three-man taxi squad at the start of the shortened 2020 regular season.

Seattle's NHL team announces "Kraken" as its name. More coming. The Canadian Press

TORONTO — The Toronto Arrows have re-signed New Zealand fly half Tayler Adams and four other players. The Major League Rugby team has also brought Manuel Diana, Guiseppe du Toit, Leandro Leivas and Ben LeSage back into the fold for the 2021 season.

Wolfpack star Sonny Bill Williams wants to return to the Sydney Roosters, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. The newspaper reports that Williams told Roosters coach Trent Robinson "I want to come home," in a telephone call Wednesday.

TORONTO — Marnie McBean has a message for Canada's Olympic athletes: however they navigate these turbulent times will be part of a story they'll tell for the rest of their lives.