National Sports

Major League Baseball has postponed the start of the regular season by at least two weeks and cancelled the rest of spring training due to the COVID-19 pandemic. More coming. The Canadian Press

CANMORE, Alta. — A World Cup cross-country ski event scheduled for next week in Canmore, Alta., has been cancelled because of the COVID-19 outbreak.

TORONTO — The B.C. Lions postponed tryouts in Texas indefinitely Thursday in the wake of the growing COVID-19 outbreak. The CFL club made the announcement on its Twitter account. B.C.

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. — The National Lacrosse League is suspending its season due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19. The league announced the decision in a release Thursday.

TORONTO — While much of the sports world was going into lockdown due to COVID-19, FIFA was in Toronto on Thursday planning for the future.

ATLANTA — Vince Carter leaned back in his seat, dabbed his eyes and struggled to contain his emotions. He knew his playing days were coming to an end.

TORONTO — Three days after the Toronto Raptors played in Utah, the players, coaches and travelling staff have gone into self-isolation amid the threat of COVID-19.

A basketball tournament, with no fans. A St. Patrick’s Day, with no parades. College campuses, with no students. Corporate headquarters, with barren cubicles.

DALLAS — Federal officials have grounded a charter operator that carried professional baseball and hockey teams, saying the company and its pilots weren’t authorized for the kind of commercial venture they operated.

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. — An ex-girlfriend of boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. who was the mother of three of his children was found dead in a Southern California suburb, authorities said.