National Sports

TORONTO — North American soccer slammed on the brakes Thursday in the face of the growing COVID-19 outbreak. Major League Soccer suspended its season for 30 days, joining the NBA in downing tools.

TORONTO — Major League Rugby joined other leagues Thursday in suspending play for 30 days because of COVID-19 outbreak. The 12-team North American league has already played five rounds of matches this season.

The Toronto Blue Jays won their last two spring training games before Major League Baseball suspended operations Thursday because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

The NCAA cancelled its men's and women's basketball tournaments on Thursday because of the spread of coronavirus, putting an abrupt end to the season less than a month before champions were to be crowned.

LYON, France — Canadian cyclist Mike Woods was taken to hospital with a broken right femur after crashing in Thursday's stage of the Paris-Nice race. The 33-year-old from Ottawa was to undergo surgery Thursday evening.

NEW YORK — The NCAA has cancelled the men's and women's Division I basketball tournaments amid concerns over COVID-19. More coming. The Associated Press

TORONTO — The CFL has cancelled its regional and national combines in the wake of the growing COVID-19 outbreak. The league made the announcement Thursday. "At our very core, we are about bringing people together," the CFL said in a statement.

Montreal ice dance coaches Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon are giving figure skating fans something to watch.

Canada has been drawn into a round-robin group with Kazakhstan and Sweden for the Davis Cup Finals. The international men's tennis tournament will take place Nov. 23-29 at Madrid's Caja Magica.

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