The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ Four soccer clubs in Germany’s third division have reported new…
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford was placed on the Reserve/COVID-19 list, which was created for players who test positive for the coronavirus or who have been in close contact with an infected person or persons. The Lions put linebacker Jarrad Davis on the list the previous day. Before the Lions announced Stafford’s status on Wednesday after practice, coach Matt Patricia said there was no need to shut down the team’s training facility. Some NFL teams have closed their training centers after players and or staff members tested positive for COVID-19. ___ Tulane says a limited number of tickets will be made available to the public for the Green Wave’s final two home games, against Army and Memphis. Tulane has been allowing coach and player family members to attend home games in New Orleans this season as fan access has been limited across college football because of the coronavirus pandemic. More recently, Tulane began allowing students and band members into Yulman Stadium. In addition to those spectators, the university announced Wednesday that 350 tickets will be made available for Army’s visit on Nov.14. The number of available tickets is expected to increase to 1,350 when Memphis visits on Nov.28 because a number of students are expected to leave campus during Thanksgiving break, Tulane officials said. Tickets for both games will be sold in groups of two or four to allow for social distancing throughout the stadium, which under normal circumstances holds about 30,000, the university said. ___ NFL and NFL Players Association data for the week of Oct.25-31 show eight new confirmed positive COVIC-19 tests among players, and 17 new confirmed positives among other personnel. A total of 42,916 tests were administered to 7,884 players and team personnel. There were 16,814 tests administered to 2,511 players; 26,102 tests were administered to 5,373 personnel. During this period, players and Tier 1 and 2 personnel were tested daily.
