National Sports

TORONTO — The way Colby Cave's personality could fill up a room is what Mark Lamb will remember most about his former star player. Cave died at the age of 25 on Saturday after suffering a brain bleed earlier this week.

MONTREAL — The Rogers Cup women's tennis tournament will not be played this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tennis Canada announced Saturday the event, scheduled for Aug. 7 to 16 in Montreal, is off the schedule.

TORONTO — Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave died Saturday after suffering a brain bleed earlier this week. He was 25. The Oilers confirmed Cave's death with a statement from his family.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Eskimos announced on Friday that the club has signed wide receiver Armanti Edwards.

MONTREAL — Tennis Canada and the WTA Tour are discussing the possibility of postponing the Rogers Cup women's tournaments.

Tom Webster was honoured by the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday as the NHL club announced his death at the age of 71. Webster was a player on the original New England Whalers in the inaugural season of the World Hockey Association in 1972.

TORONTO — Canada's rugby international against the French Barbarians on July 4 in Montreal has been called off due to the COVID-10 pandemic.

TOKYO — As the coronavirus spreads in Japan, the chief executive of the Tokyo Games said Friday he can’t guarantee the postponed Olympics will be staged next year — even with the long delay.

TORONTO — John Tavares lived in New York and his wife has worked in a hospital.

TORONTO — The man at the heart of the Maple Leaf Gardens sexual abuse scandal has died.