National Sports

TORONTO — Woodbine Entertainment Group postponed the start of the thoroughbred racing season Monday due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The season was set to open April 18.

Canada's bold stance on the 2020 Tokyo Games doesn't come without a reckoning for the country's athletes.

TORONTO — Players under contract to XFL teams are free to sign CFL deals now but GMs Marcel Desjardins and Kyle Walters aren't expecting an exodus of talent north of the border.

Time hasn't diminished the myriad of emotions Jay Triano felt in 1980. There was the euphoria of the Canadian men's basketball team qualifying for the Moscow Summer Games.

A list of Canadian international and domestic sporting events impacted by COVID-19: HOCKEY — NHL suspends 2019-20 season, impacting seven Canadian teams in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal.

REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed American offensive lineman Cyrus Kouandjio. A second-round pick (44th overall) of the Buffalo Bills in 2014, Kouandjio spent parts of five seasons in the NFL before being out of football last year.

OTTAWA — Expansion Atletico Ottawa has added former Canadian youth international defender Brandon John to its Canadian Premier League roster.

BOSTON — Brian Hoyer is returning to the Patriots for a third time. The veteran quarterback has agreed to a one-year deal worth $1.05 million. Hoyer was released by Indianapolis on Saturday.

Don Fehr's phone has been glued to the side of his head since the COVID-19 outbreak brought sports, and much of society, to a screeching halt.

Canada's Olympic community hopes its bold move to withdraw from this summer's Tokyo Olympics sends a message to Canadians and people from around the world — this is about much more than medals.