Two Major League Soccer groups reported positive players for coronavirus, prompting the cancellation of one match, but the other match came out as planned.
Sunday’s match against Sporting Kansas City in Colorado was postponed after one Rapids player and three staff members tested positive. This is the first postponed game since the groups returned to play in their local markets after the MLS Is Back tournament in Florida.
An FC Cincinnati player also tested positive and is isolated. Advocate Nick Hagglund said in a social media article that he was the one who tested positive.
But Saturday night’s game at New York City FC has been postponed. NYFC beat FC Cincinnati 4-0.
In addition, Houston and host Nashville tied 1-1.
• In the National Women’s Football League, Sophie Schmidt scored a penalty in the 55th minute and host Houston Dash defeated Orlando Pride 3–1. . Array. . Crystal Thomas scored in the 88th minute to tie the Washington Spirit in a 1–1 draw against the Chicago Red Stars.
In a pair of wild English Premier League matches, Manchester United beat Brighton 3-2 with a back-to-back winner, and Chelsea recovered from 3 goals to tie 3-3 at West Bromwich Albion.
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Briscoe leads name race after win
Chase Briscoe beat the rest in the first game of the Xfinity Series for his eighth win of the season, the figure he believes earned him a promotion to the highest level of nascar.
Briscoe, in a Ford for Stewart-Haas Racing, won all three stages Saturday night at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, then beat local driving force Noah Gragson in an expired reboot to take the race by the name of the Xfinity Series.
Lewis Hamilton took a step to equal the Formula One win record by gaining pole position at the Russian Grand Prix in Sochi. Hamilton can get his 91st career win on Sunday, which would equal Michael Schumacher’s record.
NHL: The Detroit Red Wings have acquired defenseman Marc Staal and a second-round selection of the New York Rangers for long-term considerations. The draft pick is 2021. Staal, 33, has played his entire 13-season NHL career with Rangers.
The Red Wings also signed Sam Gagner ahead, whom they acquired on February 24 in an industry with Edmonton, for a one-year contract extension.
Golf: Adam Long made five birdies in a six-hole stretch to take the lead and ended up with key saves for an 8 64 that gave him a two-stroke lead in 17199 over Hudson Swafford (69) at Corales Puntacana Resort and PGA. Tour Championship in dominican Republic.
English golfer Aaron Rai scored 3 under par with 67 to take an 8-under-par lead over Maverick Antcliff (65) after the 3rd Irish Open in Ballymena, Northern Ireland.
Horse Racing: Unlikely recovered last with a four-1/2-run victory over Bob Baffert, his solid partner, Maximum Security, the colt in history who was disqualified from the Kentucky Derby (in 2019), at the $300,000 Awesome Again Stakes in Santa Anita. Improbable won an automatic spot in the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic in Keeneland on November 7.