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Including: Dave Feschuk: Canada deserves gold for taking a stand on Tokyo Olympics — there’s no time to play games with COVID-19 [Star Logo] Sports Headlines OPINION [Dave Feschuk: Canada deserves gold for taking a stand on Tokyo Olympics — there’s no time to play games with COVID-19]( [Canada will go down as the first across the finish line to what figures to become a foregone conclusion – that at a moment of such global uncertainty, it’s irresponsible to ask athletes, not to mention everyone else involved, to keep proceeding as normal with the Summer Olympics. And for that they should be applauded, Dave Feschuk writes.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [The U.S. follows Canada’s lead in calling for the Tokyo Olympics to be postponed]( [The United States Olympic Committee, representing the largest delegation for the games, said late Monday that it had made the decision after reviewing a survey that yielded responses from 1,780 American athletes.]( [Read More [arrow]]( You can help support the Star's COVID-19 coverage [We made our essential coronavirus coverage free and open to all]( because we believe keeping readers informed is a public health imperative. But bringing this knowledge to Canadians takes an incredible amount of effort and comes at an incredible expense, and we need your support. Help us continue to provide this vital coverage with a digital subscription to the Star today. If you're already a subscriber, thank you. If you're not, [become one now](. [A hard decision but the right one by Canada to make a pre-emptive strike against the Olympics]( [For Canadian officials to do it, rather than be told it was being done, was a decisive move of leadership that other nations are sure to follow in the next day or two, Doug Smith writes.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Canada’s Tokyo decision brings back memories for athletes who missed 1980 Games]( [Canada boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics after the former Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan. Forty years later, there is a scenario with similarities for Canadian Olympians.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [NHLPA head Don Fehr on COVID-19 pandemic: ‘It’s difficult to wrap your arms around’]( [The NHL, along with most leagues and tours, paused its season earlier this month in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic that’s swept across the globe.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Utah’s Rudy Gobert reports losing his sense of smell because of the coronavirus]( [Gobert tested positive for coronavirus March 11, leading to the postponement of Utah’s game in Oklahoma and the costly suspension of the NBA season hours later.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Woodbine Entertainment postpones start of thoroughbred racing season]( [In a statement, Woodbine Entertainment said the postponement was “until further notice.”]( [Read More [arrow]]( [From hockey to hoops, baseball to esports, the pandemic has taken a heavy toll on Canadian sports]( [The list of Canadian international and domestic sporting events cancelled or postponed by the spread of COVID-19 as of March 23 is long, with the Memorial Cup and Spruce Meadows equestrian events among the latest.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Canadian Kelly Olynyk reaches another Olympics crossroads]( [After sustaining a knee injury last August while training with Canada’s national team, Kelly Olynyk was denied the opportunity to compete in the qualifier for the 2020 Games.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Memorial Cup, CHL playoffs cancelled because of COVID-19]( [The 102nd edition of the event was scheduled to run May 22-31 in Kelowna, B.C., to decide a CHL champion.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [UEFA formally postpones Champions League final amid shutdown]( [The final was scheduled for May 30 in Istanbul before the spreading coronavirus pandemic forced the four remaining second-leg games to be delayed indefinitely.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Charles Barkley says his coronavirus test was negative]( [During a March 12 telephone interview on “Inside the NBA” on TNT, he revealed that he was feeling ill and was told to self-quarantine for a bit as he awaited test results.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Canada’s elite athletes greet Olympic bombshell with support — despite the disappointment]( [Erica Wiebe, Desiree Scott and more top Canadian amateur athletes share their first reactions to the news that they won’t be competing in the Olympics in 2020, and hope that the Games are rescheduled for next year.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Ex-Brady backup Hoyer agrees to one-year deal with Patriots]( [The veteran quarterback has agreed to a one-year deal worth $1.05 million.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Predators sign goaltender Connor Ingram to three-year contract]( [The contract is worth $700,000 at the NHL level in 2020-21 and $750,000 each of the following two seasons.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [The Star]( If you’re not enjoying these emails, please tell us how we can make them better by emailing newsletterfeedback@thestar.ca. 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