ATP Paris Open
Milos Raonic swept Pierre-Hughes Hebert 6-4, 6-4 yesterday to advance to the third round.
Raonic who is from Thornhill, Ontario had 11 aces in the match which took just over 91 minutes to complete.
This morning
Milos Raonic vs Marcos Giron
Raonic won his only previous meeting with Giron at the Indian Wells tournament last year.
PGA Houston Open
at Memorial Park Golf Course
Play commences at 7:45 am
Four Canadians are in the field including Corey Conners from Listowel.
Conners tees off at 8:35 am this morning
David Hearn will be the first Canadian to tee off with his starting time set for 7:55 am
Major League Soccer
Orlando City SC 2 Columbus Crew SC 1
Chicago Fire FC 2 Minnesota United FC 2
FC Dallas 1 Nashville SC 0
Colorado Rapids 1 Portland Timbers 0…………………Colorado clinches a playoff berth
Seattle Sounders FC 1 LA Galaxy 1
San Jose Earthquakes 3 LA FC 2………………………..San Jose clinches a playoff spot.
National Football League Tonight
Green Bay Packers ( 5 & 2 ) at San Francisco 49’ers ( 4 & 4 )
8:20 pm
The 49ers have shut down their facility because of positive COVID-19 test results
A player tested positive on Wednesday and immediately went into self-quarantine
Meanwhile, the Packers will be without running backs AJ Dillion and Jamaal Williams, plus linebacker Kamal Martin who were placed on the COVID reserve list earlier this week.
Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford was placed on the Reserve/COVID-19 list yesterday.
The Reserve/COVID-19 list was created for players who either test positive or have been in close contact with an infected person.
The Lions announced Stafford’s status yesterday after finishing practice.
Coach Matt Patricia said there was no requirement to shut down the team’s training facility.
NBA Dec 22nd ?
According to reports, the National Basketball Association will open next season on December 22nd.
The NBA’s board of governors and players’ association will hold separate meetings today which are anticipated to approve a reduced 72-game schedule,
A December 22nd start would include Christmas Day games on television and would create a schedule that finishes before the Summer Olympics in mid-July.
The belief is the December 22nd start is worth between $500 million and $1 billion in short- and long-term revenues.
Ski Scare
Alpine Canada is sending some of its teams home amid growing concerns over COVID-19 at their training centre in Switzerland.
In a statement Wednesday, Alpine Canada confirmed that athletes would be returning to Canada due to rising numbers of the virus in Europe.
A report Wednesday stated multiple members of the ski cross team had contracted the virus, including one who was seriously ill.