During this COVID-19 pandemic we all realize how important sports are to our lives.
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga vowed Monday to get the pandemic under control and hold the already postponed Olympics this summer with ample coronavirus protection.
Sunday's Games
NEW ORLEANS - Tom Brady's best game in three tries against New Orleans kept the Buccaneers moving on in the NFL playoffs, and has Saints quarterback Drew Brees headed home — perhaps for good.
Six weeks after he skated his only competitive free program of a figure skating season wiped out by COVID-19, Roman Sadovsky watched the event play out alone in his basement apartment of his parents' house.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Kansas City Chiefs had lost Patrick Mahomes to a concussion and were in danger of losing the game.
HONOLULU - Three shots behind with six holes to play, Kevin Na birdied three straight holes and finished with an up-and-down birdie from behind the 18th green for a 5-under 65 and a one-shot victory in the Sony Open.
YAROSLAVL, Russia - Canada's Lewis Irving picked up the bronze medal at a World Cup aerials freestlye skiing competition Sunday.
DÜSSELDORF, Germany - The International Ice Hockey Federation will make a decision in the coming days on whether to pull its world championship from Belarus as pressure increases from sponsors over a crackdown on opposition groups in the country.
ISTANBUL - Canadian forward Cyle Larin played provider Sunday, helping set up league-leading Besiktas' insurance goal in stoppage time for a 2-0 win over Istanbul rival Galatasaray.
PARIS - Canadian forward Jonathan David used his speed to strike in injury-time Sunday as Lille rallied to beat Reims 2-1 in French league play.
Never has so little curling action created so many headlines ahead of the national championships.
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets have returned to practice a day after suspending workouts due to a possible exposure to COVID-19.
CALGARY - Jacob Markstrom overcame the oddness of playing against his former Vancouver Canucks teammates with a 32-save shutout for the Calgary Flames in a 3-0 win Saturday.
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. - In what was supposed to be a showdown between Buffalo’s Josh Allen and Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson, Taron Johnson literally stole the show.
GREEN BAY, Wis. - Don’t tell Aaron Rodgers the lack of capacity crowds in a pandemic will limit the Green Bay Packers' home-field advantage in the NFC championship game.
EDMONTON - Carey Price and the Canadiens achieved a major feat Saturday night — stopping Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl from burying the puck in Montreal's net.
TAMPA, Fla. - The Toronto Raptors got another big lift from their bench and won consecutive games for the first time this season.
Madeline Schizas knew she'd skated a great free program.
OTTAWA - Youth and age proved to be a winning combination for the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.
HONOLULU - Brendan Steele had the lowest score of his PGA Tour career with a 9-under 61, giving him a two-shot lead and another chance to win the Sony Open.
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets have cancelled their practice today due to a potential exposure to COVID-19.
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Brazil's Vanessa Melo won a unanimous decision over Canadian bantamweight Sarah (Cheesecake) Moras on a UFC card Saturday.
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed defensive back Josh Johnson on a one-year contract extension.
Sylvain Bruneau, the coach of Canadian tennis star Bianca Andreescu, said Saturday that he tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in Melbourne ahead of the Australian Open.
Hours after arriving on a one-way ticket to Nuremberg, Germany, Kenny Turner was flying down the Autobahn with his agent in a BMW travelling at top speed.
HONOLULU - Canadian Nick Taylor pitched in for eagle to get his round headed in the right direction, and he kept going until he finished with a good break and one last birdie for an 8-under 62 and a two-shot lead Friday in the Sony Open.
OTTAWA - Brady Tkachuk didn't want to call it a statement win.
HONOLULU - Canada's Nick Taylor will head into the weekend at the Sony Open atop the leaderboard.
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have placed goaltender Mike Smith on long-term injury reserve, and have re-assigned Olivier Rodrigue to the club's taxi squad, pending quarantine protocols.
Once again, Jason Tangorra, Wayne Kretz and Leslie Churchill will be glued to their respective television sets watching the Buffalo Bills on Saturday night.
Rhian Wilkinson, one of Canada's brightest young coaches, is leaving Canada Soccer.
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets have claimed goaltender Anton Forsberg off waivers from the Carolina Hurricanes.
Andrew Harris is back for another year with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
TORONTO - The Blue Jays have avoided arbitration with outfielder Teoscar Hernandez and right-hander Ross Stripling after signing them to one-year deals on Friday.
NEW YORK - The New York Jets were searching for a leader, someone who could bring a frustrated, playoff-starved franchise back to respectability.
Canadian international Mark-Anthony Kaye has been elected to the Major League Soccer Players Association executive board.
WINNIPEG - Patrik Laine let his play on the ice speak volumes Thursday night with a three-point performance that should squash questions about his committment to the Winnipeg Jets.
EDMONTON - Connor McDavid and the rest of the Edmonton Oilers big guns, embarrassed in their home opener, feasted Thursday on the Vancouver Canucks.
TAMPA, Fla. - Thrust into a key role with the Toronto Raptors this season, Chris Boucher is playing the most consistent basketball of his NBA career.
MONTREAL - The owner of Montreal's Major League Soccer Club knows change won't be easy for fans.
MIAMI - CONCACAF confirmed Thursday that its Olympic men's qualifying soccer tournament, originally scheduled to be played last spring in Guadalajara, Mexico, will take place March 18-30 at the same location.
Brent Hayden will take that "seniors discount" at the pool in order to swim fast.
TORONTO - Sheldon Keefe doesn't expect the Ottawa Senators to be doormats much longer.
Canada Soccer's plan to showcase its men's national program to Toronto FC striker Ayo Akinola has been derailed by injury.
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif misses football.
Three more entries were confirmed for the Scotties Tournament of Hearts on Thursday as Sherry Anderson was named Saskatchewan's representative, Jill Brothers accepted the Nova Scotia invite and Laurie St-Georges took the Quebec spot.
Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews will miss at least 10 games and 24 days after the team placed him on long-term injured reserve Thursday because of an unspecified illness.
TORONTO - A high-level taekwondo coach gradually took control of a teenage student's life, abusing his position of trust as he began a years-long stretch of escalating sexual assaults that culminated in rape, a Toronto judge ruled Thursday.
Former Wolfpack coach Brian McDermott hopes to stage a one-off game in Toronto later this year.
The UFC will no longer punish fighters for using marijuana in most cases, making a major change to its anti-doping policy.
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