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La Liga resumes after three months away as Sevilla defeat Betis
MADRID:
Sevilla beat local rivals Real Betis 2-0 as La Liga returned after three months away on Thursday, becoming the second of Europe’s five major leagues to resume following the coronavirus pandemic.
After the Bundesliga in Germany restarted on May 16, La Liga opened its doors again to players but not supporters at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, where the usually vibrant Seville derby was pl... |
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Premier League clubs agree group training return from Tuesday
LONDON:
Premier League clubs will return to training in small groups from Tuesday after the latest stage of “Project Restart” was approved on Monday.
Clubs unanimously voted to allow players to start socially distanced training in a bid to resume the season next month.
However, Premier League chief executive Richard Masters admitted a target return date of June 12 may prove to be too amb... |
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Premier League gets green light for June re-start
LONDON:
Premier League clubs received a boost to their hopes of completing the season on Monday as the government published a “roadmap” that could see the return of elite sport in England from June 1.
As the 20 English top-flight clubs met for further talks on “Project Restart”, ministers announced plans to ease the coronavirus lockdown.
Under step two of that process, which cannot begin... |
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German league to restart on May 15 after Merkel gives go-ahead
BERLIN:
The Bundesliga will resume on May 15, the German league confirmed Wednesday, after Chancellor Angela Merkel and state leaders gave the green light to restart behind closed doors following weeks of shutdown imposed to control the spread of the coronavirus.
The German Football League (DFL) confirmed the restart date to AFP subsidiary SID on Wednesday night.
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Lyon women still waiting for title despite season ending
PARIS:
French women’s football giants Lyon are still waiting to find out if they have defended their league title, after the country’s football federation (FFF) told AFP on Monday a decision regarding the final standings would be made on May 11.
Last week, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced that professional sport could not return until September.
The men’s Ligue 1 and Ligu... |
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Rossi expects to decide future before season starts
LONDON:
Italian MotoGP great Valentino Rossi says he wants to continue racing next year, when he will be 42, but will likely have to commit before he can see how competitive he is this season.
A string of MotoGP races have been postponed until the end of June at the earliest due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with more likely to follow due to bans on large gatherings and sporting events.
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I'd be happy for Seb to stay at Ferrari, says Leclerc
LONDON:
Charles Leclerc says he would be happy to have Sebastian Vettel continue as his Ferrari Formula One team mate next season, despite their clashes on track last year.
Vettel, 32, is out of contract at the end of 2020 but Ferrari have said he is their first choice, subject to negotiations, to partner the young Monegasque whose deal runs until 2024.
A decision could come before the sta... |
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Fifteen years on, how maiden Monte Carlo win sparked Nadal breakthrough
PARIS:
Rafael Nadal celebrates the 15th anniversary of his first Monte Carlo Masters title on Sunday, a victory which sparked a breakthrough season, a maiden Grand Slam triumph at Roland Garros and set the Spaniard on the road to becoming one of the sport’s greatest players.
Nadal was just 18 when he beat Guillermo Coria in the 2005 Monte Carlo final.
Two years earlier, he had offered tenn... |
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Women's football faces 'almost existential threat', report says
PARIS:
The coronavirus pandemic presents “an almost existential threat” to women’s football, according to a report by global players’ union FIFPro published Thursday.
Female players the world over, like their male counterparts, have been forced to stop playing with countries going into lockdown to try to halt the spread of Covid-19, which had claimed more than 134,000 lives by early Thursda... |
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Parma players agree to forego one month's wages amid coronavirus crises
Players and coaches at Parma have agreed to forego one month`s wages to help the Italian side through the stoppage caused by the novel coronavirus outbreak, the club said on Wednesday,
Parma became the third Serie A team to agree wage cuts with the players after titleholders Juventus, where salaries will be reduced during a four-month period, and Cagliari, whose squad accepted going without pay... |
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