THE HOT CORNER

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AUTO RACING:

NASCAR suspended three critical crew members for Denny Hamlin’s team because a piece of tungsten fell off his car on the pace lap before the Coca-Cola 600. The tungsten is required to meet minimum weight requirements on the car and the NASCAR rule book states if it is separated at any point it is an automatic four-race suspension for the crew chief, car chief and engineer. Chris Gabehart, the crew chief, was suspended through June 10 along with car chief Brandon Griffeth and engineer Scott Simmons.

PRO SOCCER:

Spanish league clubs are now allowed to train with groups of up to 14 players as the league stays on track to restart in less than three weeks. Only 10 players were allowed in group training last week because of confinement restrictions that are gradually being lifted across the hard-hit nation where nearly 27,000 known people have died with COVID-19.

PRO SOCCER:

Zlatan Ibrahimovic injured his calf while training for the anticipated restart of Serie A with AC Milan. The forward will undergo medical exams today to determine the extent of the injury, the club said. Serie A has been suspended since March 9 due to the pandemic and is hoping to restart on June 13.

WOMEN’S SOCCER:

Oswaldo Alvarez, who coached Brazil at the last two Women’s World Cups, died in a Sao Paulo hospital Monday. He was 63. Alvarez recently said he was getting treatment for liver cancer.

WOMEN’S SOCCER:

The Women’s Super League, England’s top women’s league, canceled the rest of its season because of the coronavirus outbreak.

ALPINE SKIING:

Italian officials made a formal request to postpone the 2021 world championships in Cortina d’Ampezzo until March 2022.