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10.13pm BST
Major League Baseball is moving full speed ahead with a shortened 60-game season to to be played in every club’s home ballpark starting on Thursday, but those plans just became more complicated for Canada’s lone team.
The Associated Press reports the Blue Jays won’t be permitted to play games in Toronto because Canada’s government doesn’t think it’s safe for players to travel back and forth from the United States, which has emerged as the hotspot of the coronavirus globally.
Immigration minister Marco Mendicino said Saturday the federal government had denied the Blue Jays’ request to play at Rogers Centre, confirming what an official familiar with the matter had told the Associated Press ahead of the announcement.
The team had been given clearance by city and provincial governments to play in its home stadium and was awaiting approval from Canadas federal government. The other 29 Major League Baseball teams plan to play in their home ballparks, without spectators, when the pandemic-shortened 60-game season begins on July 23.
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9.49pm BST
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases on Saturday, with the total rising by 259,848 in 24 hours.
The biggest increases were recorded in the United States (with 71,484 confirmed cases, its biggest single-day increase to date), followed by Brazil, India and South Africa, according to a daily report. Continue reading...