National Sports

The Texas Rangers are on track to become the first team in Major League Baseball or any major U.S.-based sports league to have a full-capacity crowd since the coronavirus pandemic started altering the sports landscape a year ago.

The pandemic pushed back the CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Championship by a year. And now COVID-19 is preventing Toronto FC's young talent from taking part.

SARASOTA, Fla. — The Baltimore Orioles rallied for a 4-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in a seven-inning pre-season game on Wednesday. Baltimore erased a 2-0 deficit before clawing back from a 3-2 hole with two runs in the bottom of the sixth.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps will start the Major League Soccer season in Utah. The club confirmed Wednesday that it will play out of Real Salt Lake's home, Rio Tinto Stadium, in Sandy, Utah, just outside of Salt Lake City.

CF Montreal will 'host' Toronto FC in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on April 17 to kick off its 2021 Major League Soccer season while the Vancouver Whitecaps entertain the Portland Timbers the next day in Sandy, Utah.

TORONTO — Ontario's sport minister is optimistic the Ontario Hockey League will get approval to stage a 2021 season during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lisa MacLeod says she's "feeling great" about the OHL's chances of playing games.

Toronto Raptors senior basketball adviser Wayne Embry is one of three winners of an award recognizing a commitment to social justice.

The National Hockey League and ESPN are together again: The two sides announced a seven-year agreement Wednesday beginning next season that includes four Stanley Cup Finals, the NHL All-Star game and comprehensive streaming rights.

Bobby Webster didn't feel comfortable sitting in the stands during the Toronto Raptors' five-game west coast road trip last March, the final few days before the sports world was turned upside down.

DOHA, Qatar — Denis Shapovalov beat Vasek Pospisil 7-5, 6-4 in an all-Canadian second-round match at the Qatar Open on Wednesday. The fourth-seeded Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., never faced a break point against Pospisil.