DERBY WINNER TIZ THE LAW RULED OUT OF PREAKNESS
Belmont Stakes winner Tiz the Law won’t run in next month’s Preakness, spoiling what would have been a highly anticipated rematch with Kentucky Derby winner Authentic.
The Preakness on Oct. 3 at Pimlico concludes this year’s reconfigured Triple Crown series, which was run out of order because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Jack Knowlton, managing partner of Sackatoga Stable, which owns Tiz the Law, tweeted that it’s “disappointing Tiz the Law will not be able to run in the Preakness.”
“Our primary interest is doing what’s right for the horse & in this case he’s not ready,” Knowlton wrote on Tuesday. “We look forward to training him up to the Breeders Cup Classic on 11/7.”
Knowlton had made it known since Tiz the Law finished second to Authentic in the Kentucky Derby on Sept. 5 that he would like his colt to make the Preakness. After the Derby, trainer Barclay Tagg said his preference would be to skip the Preakness.
However, with no chance for Tiz the Law to sweep the Triple Crown, he can be freshened to run in the Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland in Kentucky on Nov. 6-7.
Soccer
The U.S. men’s soccer team has given up trying to play matches in October due to the coronavirus pandemic and will be limited to a maximum of three games in 2020, its fewest since 1987.
The U.S. Soccer Federation said it had abandoned its attempt to schedule home exhibition games for next month. It is attempting to schedule a pair of friendlies for Europe in November.
• After the British government imposed new pandemic restrictions, the English Premier League warned of the “devastating” financial impact it could have on clubs as supporters faced being locked out of games for another six months.
• The coronavirus dominated the English League Cup schedule as West Ham defeated Hull 5-1 despite its coach and two players having tested positive, while Tottenham’s game was called off.
• Roma was issued a 3-0 loss to Hellas Verona by Serie A’s disciplinary judge for using an ineligible player. The match — the league opener for both teams — ended 0-0 on Saturday. Midfielder Amadou Diawara started the match but was not listed on Roma’s 25-man team list.
WNBA
Alysha Clark’s putback at the buzzer lifted the Seattle Storm past the Minnesota Lynx 88-86 in the first game of the semifinal series.
• A’ja Wilson had 29 points, seven rebounds and a career-high seven blocks to lead the top-seeded Las Vegas Aces past the Connecticut
Sun 83-75 to even the best-of-five playoff series at 1-1.
Tennis
Top-seeded Daniil Medvedev lost his first match since reaching the U.S. Open semifinals as he was beaten 6-4, 6-3 by unseeded French player Ugo Humbert in the first round of the Hamburg European Open.
• Bianca Andreescu, last year’s U.S. Open champion, will sit out the French Open and the rest of 2020 because of an injured knee.
Also
Ohio State University violated state public records law by intentionally withholding old documents from one of the men alleging decades-old sexual misconduct by a school doctor, according to the conclusion reached by the official who reviewed the resulting legal dispute.
• David Rushlow, a longtime Southern Californiabased jockeys’ room valet, exercise rider and former jockey, died Sunday as a result of a fall in his Chula Vista home on Saturday, He was 84.
• Major League Rugby announced its 2021 season will start with matches on March 20, 2021 and will continue for 18 weeks of regular-season action. At the conclusion of the regular season the playoffs will be contested over two weeks with the final to be held Aug. 1.