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Valencia Confirm Five Positive Tests For Coronavirus

Valencia Confirm Five Positive Tests For Coronavirus

March 15, 2020 2:54 pm
Valencia confirmed on Sunday five of the club’s players and staff have tested positive for coronavirus, including Argentinian defender Ezequiel Garay.

Valencia said all those affected were “now at home, in good health and obeying self-isolation measures.”

Garay, who was set to miss the rest of the season with a knee injury, became the first player in La Liga to confirm a positive test earlier on Sunday.

“Clearly I’ve got off on the wrong foot in 2020,” Garay wrote on social media. “I’ve tested positive for the coronavirus, I’m fine and now just listening to the health authorities, at the …

Former World Champion Ogier Leads Mexico Rally

Former World Champion Ogier Leads Mexico Rally

March 14, 2020 3:41 pm

France’s six-time world champion Sebastien Ogier leads the Mexico Rally in his Toyota after the sixth stage of racing on Friday, in one of the rare sporting events to go ahead despite coronavirus fears.

Ogier is 9.7 seconds ahead of Finland’s Ford driver Teemu Sunien in the hills outside the northern city of Guanajuato.

Title holder Ott Tanak is in seventh after having originally taken the lead from Belgium’s Olivier Neville who was in first spot after Thursday’s two’s night street stages.

Championship leader Welshman Elfyn Evans is fifth.

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4 More Sampdoria Players, Doctor Catch Coronavirus

4 More Sampdoria Players, Doctor Catch Coronavirus

March 14, 2020 5:31 am
Sampdoria, Italian Serie A club on Friday said four more of their players have tested positive for coronavirus, one day after forward Manolo Gabbiadini was also confirmed to have caught the virus.

The players —- Norwegian Morten Thorsby, Swede Albin Ekdal, Gambian Omar Colley and Italian Antonino La Gumina —- and team doctor Amedeo Baldari were all doing well, Sampdoria said.

“They are all in good health and in their homes in Genoa,” said the club in a statement.

“Sampdoria reiterates that it has immediately applied all the procedures stipulated by the regulations: all club premises are closed, the team, …

2021 AFCON Qualifiers Postponed Over Coronavirus

2021 AFCON Qualifiers Postponed Over Coronavirus

March 14, 2020 5:29 am

Two rounds of 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers scheduled for March have been postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) said on Friday.

Rounds three and four of the pool qualifiers were due to be played in the international window from March 25 to March 31.

But the CAF emergency committee has postponed the games until further notice, without providing alternative dates.

The Nations Cup finals in Cameroon have been moved forward to next January and February to avoid the rainy season, which means the qualifiers will have to be completed this year.…

Sala Crash Pilot Lost Control, Flew Too Fast - UK Probe

Sala Crash Pilot Lost Control, Flew Too Fast: UK Probe

March 13, 2020 4:42 pm

Footballer Emiliano Sala was killed when the unlicensed pilot of his plane lost control and flew too fast as he tried to avoid bad weather, British aviation investigators said on Friday.

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said in its final report into the January 21, 2019 crash that the single-engine Piper Malibu aircraft suffered an in-flight break-up and plunged in to the water, north of Guernsey, upside down.

The AAIB also confirmed that pilot David Ibbotson, 59, was unlicensed to fly that particular aircraft and at night, when the tragedy occurred.

He was also operating an unlicensed commercial flight

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Football Braced For Financial Impact From Coronavirus Hit

Football Braced For Financial Impact From Coronavirus Hit

March 13, 2020 4:41 pm

Domestic club football across much of Europe has been halted completely due to the coronavirus pandemic, with Germany following France, England and Scotland in suspending their competitions on Friday, while UEFA has postponed Champions League and Europa League games due to be played next week.

Numerous countries had been initially planning to carry on playing matches behind closed doors, following the example of several Champions League and Europa League games this midweek, but that was not to everyone’s liking.

“My opinion is that all competitions should be suspended. In China they have been more responsible than they have been …

Start Date For Italy’s Serie A Announced

Five More Serie A Players Test Positive For Coronavirus

March 13, 2020 4:40 pm

Four footballers from Sampdoria and one at Fiorentina have tested positive for coronavirus, the Italian clubs said on Friday.

Gambia defender Omar Colley, Sweden midfielder Albin Ekdal, Norway playmaker Morten Thorsby and former Italy Under-21 forward Antonio La Gumina as well as team-mate Manolo Gabbiadini are suffering from COVID-19.

“The state of their health is good and they are at home in Genoa,” a statement said.

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Former Southampton striker Gabbiadani’s case was confirmed by the outfit on Thursday for the virus.

Club doctor Amedeo Baldari has also tested positive.

Fiorentina’s Serbia forward …

Semenya Switches To 200m In Search Of More Olympics Glory

Semenya Switches To 200m In Search Of More Olympics Glory

March 13, 2020 4:39 pm

Star South African 800-metre athlete Caster Semenya said on Friday she hopes to compete in the 200m at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

The 29-year-old is prohibited from defending her 800m Olympics title because she refuses to adhere to testosterone regulations set by governing body World Athletics.

Semenya, and other female athletes with differences of sexual development (DSD), are banned from competing in races between 400m and the mile unless they take testosterone-lowering medication.

She won the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympics 800m titles and was the world champion over the distance in 2009, 2011 and 2017.

The South …

Virus - La Liga, Eredivisie, Primeira Liga, MLS Suspended

Virus: La Liga, Eredivisie, Primeira Liga, MLS Suspended

March 13, 2020 5:06 am

Spain’s La Liga, the Dutch Eredivisie, Portugal’s Primeira Liga, and USA’s Major League Soccer have been suspended as a precautionary measure to curtail coronavirus.

There will be no action in the Spanish top flight and second-tier for “at least the next two rounds of matches.”

La Liga took action after a Real Madrid basketball player, who shares training facilities with the football club, tested positive for Coronavirus – as a result of this the Real Madrid squad has been quarantined.

“The recommendation has been made to quarantine both the basketball first team and the football first team, given that the …

Leicester Players Are Showing Symptoms Of Coronavirus

Leicester Players Are Showing Symptoms Of Coronavirus

March 13, 2020 5:03 am
A number of Leicester players have shown symptoms of coronavirus and have been “kept away from the squad”, manager Brendan Rodgers said on Thursday.

As it stands, a full Premier League programme is scheduled for this weekend, with third-placed Leicester due to travel to struggling Watford on Saturday, despite widespread cancellations of matches across Europe.

The game between Manchester City and Arsenal on Wednesday was postponed as a “precautionary measure” after Olympiakos owner Vangelis Marinakis tested positive for coronavirus.

Leicester boss Rodgers, quoted on the club’s official Twitter feed, said at his pre-match press conference that disruption would be a …

Arsenal Coach Mikel Arteta Contracts Coronavirus

Arsenal Coach Mikel Arteta Contracts Coronavirus

March 13, 2020 5:03 am

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has tested positive for coronavirus as the pandemic continues to rock the sporting world.

The 37 year-old former Arsenal captain was the first to be announced to have the bug, days after the team members were asked to self-isolate , following their interaction with Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis, who tested positive for the virus after visiting the Emirates during the 27 February Europa League match with Olympiacos.

A number of Arsenal players met Marinaki after the game.

Mikel Arteta revealed he took the test and will now be put in quarantine in a bid …

Trump Defends Ban On Travel From Europe As Virus Worsens

Trump Defends Ban On Travel From Europe As Virus Worsens

March 12, 2020 4:31 pm

US President Donald Trump defended Thursday his decision to impose a 30-day ban on travel from mainland Europe over the coronavirus pandemic that sent markets into a tailspin and sparked panic among stranded travellers.

The US leader doubled down on his shock move as the number of cases and fatalities surged in Europe, prompting governments to roll out even tighter restrictions on travel and public gatherings.

The virus, which first emerged in China in December, has quickly spread across the continent even as cases in Asia have levelled out in recent days.

China even claimed “the peak” of the epidemic …

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