National Sports

DUNEDIN, Fla. — Top Toronto prospect Nate Pearson struck out the side in his one-inning pre-season debut as the Blue Jays lost 4-1 to the New York Yankees in split-squad action Monday.

TORONTO — For Canada coach Kenneth Heiner-Moller, one of the takeaways from last summer's early exit at the Women's World Cup in France was the need to play more Tier 1 opposition.

Toronto Arrows fullback Sam Malcolm has been named Major League Rugby's player of the week after a 24-point performance against the defending champion Seattle Seawolves.

TOKYO — A senior member of the International Olympic Committee said Tuesday that if it proves too dangerous to hold the Olympics in Tokyo this summer because of the coronavirus outbreak, organizers are more likely to cancel it altogether than to post

Edmonton Oilers winger Kailer Yamamoto has been sidelined with an ankle injury. The team says Yamamoto is week to week. Yamamoto was hurt Sunday night in a win over the Los Angeles Kings.

HALIFAX — HFX Wanderers FC have signed a pair of Brazilians in attacking midfielder Joao Morelli and defender Eriks Santos.

TOKYO — A senior member of the International Olympic Committee said Tuesday that if it proves too dangerous to hold the Olympics in Tokyo this summer because of the coronavirus outbreak, organizers are more likely to cancel it altogether than to post

Every time the national curling championships roll around, the competition format becomes a talking point. Some fans don't like that the two eight-team groups may prevent traditional round-robin matchups.

Monday's Games NHL Columbus 4 Ottawa 3 (OT) --- NBA Philadelphia 129 Atlanta 112 Orlando 115 Brooklyn 113 Milwaukee 137 Washington 134 (OT) Cleveland 125 Miami 119 (OT) Houston 123 New York 112 Dallas 139 Minnesota 123 Phoenix 131 Utah 111 L.A.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — The Canadian men's national team, for a brief moment, believed they had come away with a victory on Monday.