TORONTO (REUTERS) – Hopes that sport in the United States might soon return to business as usual suffered a blow on Friday (June 19) as athletes from golf to hockey tested positive for the coronavirus, triggering a shutdown of some facilities.
The PGA Tour, which only restarted last week after a three-month Covid-19-forced hiatus, confirmed its first positive test, removing Nick Watney from second-round play at the RBC Heritage in Hilton Head, South Carolina.
Over a 24-hour period, Major League Soccer, National Football League, National Hockey League and Major League Baseball confirmed positive tests, and those sports pondered return-to-play scenarios. Leagues are doing extensive testing for coronavirus even among players not showing symptoms.
