Roland Garros grounds deserted
It should have been the first day of the French Open tennis tournament, with thousands of fans f locking to Roland Garros in western Paris hoping to catch a glimpse of 12-time champion Rafael Nadal or No. 1 Novak Djokovic.
Instead, the grounds are deserted amid the coronavirus outbreak, with the famed tennis tournament on hold until late September.
WNBA teams are making hard decisions this weekend as far as their rosters go. The teams have to get under the salary cap by Tuesday so that they can start paying players June 1.
The president of the Spanish soccer league said the competition could restart as early as June 11 with the Seville derby between Sevilla and Real Betis.
Javier Tebas made the announcement a day after Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said that the league would be allowed to resume June 8 as long as the country continued to keep the coronavirus outbreak in check . ... Leipzig seemed to enjoy playing in an empty Berlin stadium as it routed host Mainz 5-0 to move into third place in the Bundesliga standings. Forward Timo Werner scored a hat trick. Supporters have been banned from Bundesliga games in a bid to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thomas Waerner won this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in March, but he is still waiting to return to his home in Norway.
Waerner and his 16 dogs have been stranded in Alaska by travel restrictions and flight cancellations caused by the coronavirus outbreak, The Anchorage Daily News reported Saturday.
Youth sports organizations across the United Sates have come together to form the PLAY Sports Coalition to push for federal help with the coronavirus outbreak.
Formula One driver George Russell won the virtual Monaco Grand Prix race by a large margin on the day the iconic race would have been held. The 22-yearold British driver, who races for the Williams team in F1, finished 39 seconds ahead of former F1 driver Esteban Gutierrez of Mexico.
Michigan football announced the commitment of four-star prospect Junior Colson, a 6-foot-2, 228pound linebacker from Tennessee.
Colson is the Wolverines’ highest-ranked defensive prospect for their 2021 class. He is ranked No. 8 at outside linebacker, according to the 247Sports Composite rankings.