The International Ice Hockey Federation has confirmed Halifax and Truro will host the 2021 women’s world hockey championship.

The tournament originally scheduled for March 31 to April 10 in the province was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The IIHF indicated when the championship was called off that Halifax and Truro would be able to host the tournament next year, even though Russia was scheduled to do so.

The proposed dates for the 2021 championship are April 7-17.

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Major League Baseball plans to unilaterally issue a 60-game schedule for its shortest season since 1878 after the players’ association rejected a negotiated deal of the same length, putting the sport on track for a combative return to the field amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Alberta is upping the ante in its bid for Edmonton to co-host the NHL’s summer Stanley Cup tournament, pitching Rocky Mountain excursions for players’ families.

Edmonton is competing with Toronto and Vancouver along with American sites to be one of two hub cities to host NHL games in isolation to complete the season, which was put on hold March 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The league plans to reopen training camps July 10 but has yet to release a schedule for the 24 teams still in the running for the Cup.

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Ryan Blaney finally sealed the deal, winning Monday’s rain-delayed GEICO 500 for his first NASCAR Cup Series victory of the season.