National Sports

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The mayor of St. Petersburg says the city will not allow the Tampa Bay Rays to pursue a plan to split home games between new stadiums that would be built in Florida and Montreal.

MONTREAL — A potential return of Major League Baseball to Montreal is on hold until at least 2028 after the mayor of St. Petersburg, Fla., said negotiations to split the Tampa Bay Rays' home dates have ended.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays can boast about a young core with plenty of potential. The next step for general manager Ross Atkins is surrounding those players with some reliable starting pitchers.

Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr., has been named the team's player of the year and most improved player for 2019.

Tyler Tardi could have chased more national and international curling history in his final year of junior eligibility. The 21-year-old skip from Langley, B.C.

TORONTO — Consistency has been Norman Powell's biggest bugaboo in his four seasons with the Toronto Raptors.

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have activated forward Mitch Marner from injured reserve ahead of their game tonight against visiting Colorado. Marner has been out since suffering a high-ankle sprain in a 4-3 shootout loss on Nov.

TORONTO — Alphonso Davies and Ashley Lawrence have been named Canada Soccer Players of the Month.

After finishing a disappointing sixth in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series opener in Glendale, Colo., the Canadian women's team hopes to get back on track in Dubai. Canada opens play Thursday in a pool with Brazil, Russia and the U.S.

LAKE LOUISE, Alta. — Wednesday's downhill training session at the women's alpine skiing World Cup stop at Lake Louise has been cancelled due to snow accumulation on the course.