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Asked at a Bayern Munich video news conference this week about his role models on and off the pitch, Alphonso Davies cited Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as the football players he looked up to. The Canadian teenager then went closer to home.

TORONTO — It's been a meteoric rise for Jordan Williams.

Ken Hitchcock remembers eagerly attending coaching symposiums in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The goal was simple: soak up as much hockey information as possible.

His karate dojo closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Eduardo Hernandez participates in its online Zoom classes. But there's something missing for the 15-year-old Calgarian. "A lot of motivation," the teenager said.

SYDNEY, Australia — The head of the IOC’s co-ordination commission for the Tokyo Olympics said Wednesday he disagrees with suggestions by some scientists and doctors that a vaccine for COVID-19 is needed to hold the games.

TORONTO — The Canadian Football League is asking the federal government for up to $150 million in financial assistance due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2020 NFL draft is over but won't be easily forgotten by Canadian Nathan Rourke. The six-foot-two, 209-pound Ohio University quarterback was bypassed in the draft then unsigned as a priority free agent. So the 21-year-old native of Oakville, Ont.

TORONTO — Canadian bantamweight Sarah (Cheesecake) Moras, who had been slated to fight on the postponed UFC 249 card, is returning to action May 13. The 31-year-old from Kelowna, B.C.

While other sports leagues wonder how to stay afloat or resume play during the global pandemic, the National Rugby Football League says it continues to plan its launch.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR can go forward with the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway without fans in attendance at the end of May unless health conditions deteriorate in the state, the governor of North Carolina said Tuesday. Gov.