Toronto-dc United game pushed back because of virus test results
Major League Soccer postponed a game between Toronto FC and D.C. United shortly before it was scheduled to begin Sunday morning because of one unconfirmed positive test and one inconclusive test for the coronavirus.
The game is part of the MLS is Back tournament at ESPN’S Wide World of Sports at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
The unconfirmed positive test was for a D.C. United player, while a Toronto player returned the inconclusive test. Players and staff are tested the day before each game. Because of the tests, the league’s protocol for the tournament called for both teams to undergo another set of testing Sunday.
Both teams had announced their starting lineups for the match when it was called off shortly before its scheduled 9 a.m. kickoff.
The league did not announce when the match would be rescheduled.
FC Dallas and Nashville were both withdrawn earlier this week, reducing the tournament to 24 teams. FC Dallas had 10 players and one coach test positive for the virus. Nashville had nine players test positive.
Valot scores as Red Bulls beat Atlanta United in MLS tournament
Florian Valot scored in the opening minutes, and the New York Red Bulls beat Atlanta United 1-0 on Saturday night in the MLS is Back tournament in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
The game was delayed for 45 minutes because of lightning in the area.
Valot, who missed most of the past two seasons with ACL injuries, scored in the fourth minute. He took a long pass from Kaku and ran it up to beat goalkeeper Brad Guzan.
Atlanta had a chance to even the match in the 41st minute, but George Bello’s shot caromed off the crossbar.
Rosenqvist makes late pass for his first Indycar victory
Felix Rosenqvist passed Pato O’ward on the next-to-last lap and earned his first career victory Sunday in the second half of an Indycar doubleheader at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.
Rosenqvist won by 2.8699 seconds and became the first driver other than Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Scott Dixon to take an Indycar race this year. Dixon’s three-race winning streak ended with a 12th-place finish.
O’ward and Rosenqvist were both chasing their first career victories, and they traded the lead throughout the second half of the race.
O’ward, who had the pole position, pulled ahead in the 43rd of 55 laps. Rosenqvist gradually cut into his lead and finally passed him at Turn 7 of this 14-turn road course that’s just over 4 miles long.
Dixon raced to his third straight victory Saturday in the weekend’s first race.
Dixon took the lead shortly after a caution flag and beat Will Power by 2.5386 seconds. They were followed in order by Alex Palou, Ryan Hunter-reay and Colton Herta.
Creed takes NASCAR Trucks race after rain washes out final stage
Sheldon Creed won the NASCAR Trucks Series race Saturday night at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta when rain washed out the final stage.
The 22-year-old won for the first time in 37 series starts, taking the second stage just before the thunderstorm hit the track.
Creed started second in the No. 2 GMS Racing Chevrolet and was third in the first stage before dipping low from third past a group of trucks on the Lap 52 restart.
He then battled Kentucky native Ben Rhodes for the lead and took control for good, taking the checkered flag just as dark clouds approached over Turn 4 of the 1.5-mile oval.
Rhodes, Matt Crafton and Johnny Sauter were next in Fords. Austin Hill was fifth in a Toyota.
Hamilton dominates Styrian GP for 85th Formula One victory
Lewis Hamilton won the Styrian Grand Prix from pole position Sunday in Spielberg, Austria, to clinch an 85th career win and move within six of Michael Schumacher’s Formula One record.
Most of Schumacher’s wins were during a dominant spell with Ferrari, but his old team is struggling badly. For the second time in the past four races, Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel crashed into each other and went out.
Hamilton’s record-extending 89th career pole on a rain-drenched track was one of his best in extreme conditions, but during the race he was hardly challenged as he finished 13.7 seconds ahead of Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas and 33.7 ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.
Warren wins Austrian Open in European Tour’s return to play
Marc Warren closed with a 2-under-par 70 on Sunday for a one-stroke victory at the Austrian Open in Atzenbrugg, the first European Tour event since the coronavirus pandemic shut down the tour in March.
It was the fourth European Tour victory and first since 2014 for the 39-yearold Scot, who finished at 13-under 275 at Diamond Country Club.
Warren began the day in a share of the lead with Nicolai von Dellingshausen of Germany and held off another German, Marcel Schneider, who closed with a 69 to finish alone in second.
From wire reports