National Sports

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs say they will not comment on reports that one of their star players has tested positive for COVID-19.

NEW YORK — Extra innings that start with runners on second base, games ending in ties and re-entry are among the possibilities for a radically altered 2020 Major League Baseball season, one limited to a maximum 60 games by teams that claim they can't

TORONTO — Raptors Uprising GC, yet to lose this season, swept Kings Guard Gaming on Friday night to win the NBA 2K League's US$160,000 Tipoff tournament.

Every team in Major League Baseball will shut its spring training camp over concerns about the coronavirus pandemic, a move that came in the wake of the Philadelphia Phillies announcing Friday five players had tested positive for COVID-19.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Webb Simpson and Bryson DeChambeau were trading birdies with vastly different games. Canadian Corey Conners charged into contention with a bogey-free round.

OTTAWA — The federal government has approved the NHL's proposal of a cohort quarantine, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Friday.

TORONTO — Brock McGillis wasn't surprised by the abuse allegations detailed in the class-action lawsuit filed against the Canadian Hockey League. He also says the sport's problems run far deeper than the country's top junior circuit.

TORONTO — Thoroughbred trainer Robert Tiller has won the 2,000th race of his career. Tiller did it at Woodbine Racetrack — his longtime home base — in the seventh race of Friday's program.

DUNEDIN, Fla. — The Toronto Blue Jays shut down their spring training complex Friday after a player presented symptoms consistent with COVID-19, the second big league team to close their Florida camp because of the coronavirus.

Rugby Canada has lifted its country-wide suspension of sanctioned rugby activities, but says there is more to do before the game resumes.