National Sports

NEW YORK — Major League Baseball and its players are moving closer — to a deal or to Commissioner Rob Manfred ordering a shortened season without an agreement.

With some curling competitions already cancelled and the rest of the 2020-21 season up in the air due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the sport is facing significant challenges as it looks ahead to a possible resumption in a few months time.

Montreal Alouettes fullback Spencer Moore isn't hopeful the CFL will have a 2020 season. League action was originally scheduled to begin Thursday night but remains suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rugby league's 2020 Americas Championship, a four-team tournament featuring Canada, the U.S., Chile and host Jamaica, has been postponed due to the global pandemic.

Canadian international Alphonso Davies has won the Bundesliga Rookie Award for May. The 19-year-old Bayern Munich fullback beat out Borussia Moenchengladbach forward Marcus Thuram and RB Leipzig midfielder Christopher Nkunku.

Liverpool's Liam Millar edged Sam Adekugbe of Norway's Valerenga Fotball 1-0 Friday to win the Canadian men's national team FIFA 20 tournament. Millar, playing with Paris Saint-Germain, went ahead in the 86th minute on an Edinson Cavani goal.

Super League is looking at outlawing scrums for the rest of the 2020 season and introducing other rule changes "largely to make the sport of rugby league safer in the current public health situation.

BOSTON — A member of the Boston Bruins has tested positive for COVID-19.

LONDON — The Commonwealth Games has joined a growing list of sports bodies allowing athletes to protest against racism without fear of repercussions.

Add darts to the list of sports returning to live action. The Professional Darts Corporation announced Friday that live darts will return next month with the launch of the PDC Summer Series in England.