The Newest on the consequences of the coronavirus outbreak on sports activities world wide:
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Stanford’s soccer crew is heading for an extended journey to the Pacific Northwest due to new COVID-19 protocols in Santa Clara County.
The brand new guidelines prohibit practices and video games for contact sports activities for 3 weeks. The Cardinal are touring to Seattle on Wednesday to start making ready for Saturday’s recreation at Washington.
They’ll then spend the next week in Corvallis, Oregon, earlier than enjoying Oregon State on Dec 12. That recreation had initially been scheduled to be performed at Stanford however has been moved due to the brand new guidelines.
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The Ohio State soccer crew is resuming full practices once more in preparation for Saturday’s recreation at Michigan State.
Ohio State stated in a one-sentence assertion that the crew would ”resume organized crew actions” on Tuesday afternoon.
The Buckeyes will accomplish that whereas managing COVID-19 points, and might be with out coach Ryan Day, who examined constructive final week. Defensive position coach Larry Johnson is assuming head teaching duties for the week and for Saturday’s recreation in East Lansing.
Ohio State selected to cancel its recreation at Illinois final week due to an unacceptable variety of COVID circumstances amongst gamers and employees in this system.
No. 3 Ohio State (4-0, CFP No. 4) must play this week and subsequent week towards Michigan to have sufficient video games in to be eligible for the Large Ten title.
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Kentucky beginning security and Southeastern Convention interceptions chief Kelvin Joseph has turn into the primary Wildcat to decide out and can deal with making ready for the NFL draft.
The redshirt sophomore, whose 4 pickoffs additionally rank fourth nationally, introduced his determination Monday night time on social media. Joseph thanked Kentucky coaches, teammates and the neighborhood for the chance in addition to LSU, the place he had 12 tackles and a go breakup in 2018 earlier than transferring and sitting out final season per NCAA switch guidelines.
The North Baton Rouge, Louisiana, native added, ”I do know it was a brief keep, however it’s BIG BLUE NATION ALL DAY!”
Joseph additionally had 25 tackles, a sort out for loss and a go breakup in 9 video games. His announcement satirically comes hours after Kentucky coach Mark Stoops famous his crew being one of many few to not have gamers decide out. (
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Elon says its males’s basketball crew has paused actions as a result of a constructive COVID-19 take a look at inside its program.
This system introduced the choice Tuesday. It stated the case was inside its Tier 1 personnel group, which incorporates athletes, coaches and help employees.
Workforce members and inside that group have begun a quarantine interval of a minimum of 14 days. Meaning scheduled video games towards Mercer, No. 6 Duke, Howard and No. 14 North Carolina have been postponed.
Elon says it has carried out further testing after receiving the constructive end result.
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Vanderbilt girls’s basketball has canceled its dwelling recreation Wednesday night time towards Texas Tech due to COVID-19 points inside the Commodores’ program.
The Commodores introduced the cancellation Tuesday, a day after the lads’s basketball crew withdrew from a pair of video games in Connecticut and paused its actions as a result of a constructive take a look at inside its program.
The ladies’s basketball crew now has had its first three video games of the season canceled. Vanderbilt’s subsequent recreation is Saturday at Little Rock and stays on the schedule.
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The College of Colorado has ordered its males’s basketball program to pause actions for COVID-19 causes and the Pac-12 has postponed the Buffaloes’ convention opener at Arizona that was set for Wednesday.
The Pac-12 stated it could work with each colleges to discover a mutually agreeable make-up date.
Athletic director Rick George stated the standing of different upcoming video games depends on contact tracing and subsequent testing of gamers and basketball employees this week.
The final time the Buffaloes’ common season was interrupted was in December 2006 when back-to-back dwelling video games had been canceled due to a snowstorm.
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Oklahoma plans to open its males’s basketball season on Thursday towards Texas-San Antonio after a week-long delay.
Oklahoma was scheduled to play the Roadrunners final Wednesday, however the Sooners paused crew actions after a spike in COVID-19 circumstances.
Oklahoma’s recreation towards Central Florida scheduled for final Saturday was postponed, and Oklahoma and Florida mutually agreed to cancel their recreation scheduled for this Wednesday.
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Iowa State will permit about 15,000 followers at Jack Trice Stadium for the Cyclones’ soccer recreation towards West Virginia on Saturday.
Athletic director Jamie Pollard additionally introduced about 1,400 followers might be allowed at Hilton Coliseum on Sunday for a girls’s basketball recreation towards No. 1 South Carolina and a males’s recreation towards DePaul.
Pollard stated the choice was made after a dialogue with college leaders following evaluations of state and native COVID-19 positivity tendencies and hospitalization charges.
Solely households and company of athletes and employees might attend the Nov. 21 soccer recreation towards Kansas State and the primary three basketball video games at Hilton.
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Prairie View A&M has canceled males’s basketball video games towards UNC Greensboro and Western Kentucky on the Wade Houston Tipoff Traditional in Louisville due to COVID-19-related points.
The Panthers had been scheduled to play UNCG Tuesday night time and WKU on Thursday within the multi-team occasion. UNCG will as a substitute play Winthrop on Tuesday. WKU said in a launch that it’s working to rearrange a substitute recreation.
The cancellations cut back the Tipoff Traditional schedule from 16 to 14 video games. Duquesne and Little Rock are additionally taking part with host Louisville within the occasion that ends Friday.
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A university basketball recreation between Colorado and Arizona scheduled for Wednesday has been postponed as a result of COVID-19 points inside the Buffaloes’ program.
The Pac-12 stated Colorado doesn’t have the minimal variety of scholarship gamers out there as a result of constructive coronavirus exams and phone tracing protocols.
The convention will work with each packages to reschedule the sport.
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