Hockey Hall of Famer Lafleur’s cancer returns
MONTREAL — Hockey Hall of Famer Guy Lafleur is facing a recurrence of lung cancer, the hospital treating him announced Wednesday.
Lafleur, 69, was informed of the diagnosis during an appointment with his medical team earlier this week at the Centre hospitalier de l’universite de Montreal.
Athletics: World champion Joshua Cheptegei broke the world record in the men’s 10,000 meters on Wednesday shortly after Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey had set a new mark in the women’s 5,000 at a specially held track meet in Valencia, Spain. Cheptegei crossed the line in 26 minutes, 11 seconds to break Kenenisa Bekele’s mark of 26:17.53 set in 2005. Gidey’s time of 14:06.62 was almost five seconds better than the previous record set by fellow Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba in 2008.
Colleges: Uconn won’t play any of its home basketball or hockey schedule in Hartford this season. Athletic director David Benedict said the school and the operators of the XL Center agreed that it would not make financial sense to utilize the 16,000-seat arena during the coronavirus pandemic. ... North Carolina will begin play in the relocated Maui Invitational by facing UNLV in the Tar Heels’ home state as the tournament begins Nov. 30 in Asheville, N.C., rather than Hawaii. Fellow North Carolina-based Davidson faces Texas in the tournament’s opening matchup. Indiana and Providence meet in Game 2, followed by UNC-UNLV and finally Stanford against Alabama to close the first day. The championship will be played Dec. 2. ... The Mid-american Conference will begin its six-game regular season with every team in the conference scheduled to play Wednesday, Nov. 4. The conference will play all weeknight games the first three weeks of the season before shifting to Saturdays the last three weekends. The first full Saturday slate comes Nov. 28.
Olympics: The IOC is investigating claims from Belarusian athletes who say they face reprisals for protesting the disputed reelection of President