Covid in Black Sox camp

The New Zealand Black Sox are taking extra precautions after a non-playing member of their management team tested positive for Covid three days out from the men’s World Cup in Auckland. Black Sox manager Casey Eden said all 16 players had tested negative on Wednesday, but would be re-tested ‘‘every day through to the World Cup proper’’, which starts tomorrow. The unnamed management group member had gone home to isolate, Eden said. Non-one else had tested positive. This is the first men’s softball World Cup since 2019 and the first since the Covid pandemic.