National Sports

CALGARY — Canada's Sports Hall of Fame is closing the doors on its Calgary museum until the end of 2020, but will still announce a class of inductees this year. The COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the Hall's major spring fundraiser.

TORONTO — Woodbine Entertainment CEO Jim Lawson can't predict when racing will resume but is prepared to stage events without spectators in order to get horses back running.

CALGARY — Cavalry FC have signed 20-year-old Canadian futsal international Mohamed Farsi. A native of Montreal, Farsi was 17 when he started playing in Quebec's PLSQ circuit.

Toronto Raptors guard Norman Powell has been using this forced down time to brush up on his sign language.

A list of Canadian international and domestic sporting events impacted by COVID-19: OLYMPICS — 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics postponed until 2021.

TORONTO — Sacramento Kings guard Cory Joseph is donating face shields to frontline medical workers in the Toronto area. Joseph, from Pickering, Ont., announced Wednesday he is making the donation through Operation Canadian Shield.

TORONTO — Former Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Damaso Garcia, a two-time all-star and a big part of the club's rise to prominence in the 1980s, has died at the age of 63.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Impact announced Wednesday that a club employee has tested positive for COVID-19.

MOSCOW — Bill Peters made a return to professional hockey on Wednesday when he was appointed coach of Russian hockey club Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg.

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit close to home for former CFL quarterback Kevin Glenn. Glenn suggested Tuesday night on social media that a family member had been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus and on a ventilator.