MADRID, May 7 — Players at Barcelona and Real Madrid started to undergo coronavirus tests yesterday as La Liga clubs planned to return to restricted training ahead of the proposed resumption of the season next month. Barca captain Lionel Messi and France international Antoine Griezmann were among...
This handout image released by FC Barcelona May 6, 2020 shows Barcelona’s Lionel Messi wearing a face mask and gloves at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper in Sant Joan Despi near Barcelona. — Miguel Ruiz/FC Barcelona handout pic via AFP
Players at Madrid, including Eden Hazard and Karim Benzema, also underwent health checks at Real’s training base on the outskirts of the city. “It’s been a very strange time for us. We’ve never gone as long without touching a ball and we are eager for it all to restart,” said Atletico midfielder Marcos Llorente.
Players will be expected to arrive on club premises already in their kit and wear a mask and gloves when not training. After each session they will be given a bag with clothes for the next day. La Liga is proposing to complete its season behind closed doors, with games starting again in the middle of June.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
UK misses virus testing target for fourth day running | Malay MailLONDON, May 7 — Britain failed to meet its target of conducting 100,000 daily Covid-19 tests for a fourth day running, data released yesterday showed, as questions persist over the way it briefly manage to do so at the end of April. Last week, health minister Matt Hancock claimed victory in his...
Read more »
Three Flamengo players test positive for Covid-19 | Malay MailRIO DE JANEIRO, May 7 — Three first-team players at Brazilian champions Flamengo have tested positive for the new coronavirus, along with 35 other people linked to the club, the Rio de Janeiro side said. The club carried out 293 tests on players, officials and their families between April 30 and...
Read more »
Air France-KLM books steep losses from virus | Malay MailPARIS, May 7 — Air France-KLM today posted sharp first-quarter losses and warned of more woe to come as the coronavirus pandemic trampled on global travel plans. The group said it did not expect to reach pre-crisis levels of passenger demand “before several years” and chief executive Benjamin...
Read more »
Asia equities turn negative as virus economic reality bites | Malay MailHONG KONG, May 7 — Asian markets dropped today as the economic reality of the coronavirus crisis became even starker, and China-US relations soured, overshadowing recent optimism over the easing of lockdown measures. With countries from Asia-Pacific to Europe and US states reopening their...
Read more »
China slams US after Trump virus ‘attack’ claim | Malay MailBEIJING, May 7 — China accused the United States on Thursday of trying to shift blame over the coronavirus, after President Donald Trump said the pandemic was a worse “attack” than Pearl Harbour or 9/11. Tension between the world’s two biggest economies has reached fever pitch in recent...
Read more »
Pompeo has no evidence about virus lab leak, China retorts | Malay MailBEIJING, May 7 — China hit back yesterday at US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over his claims that the coronavirus originated in a laboratory in Wuhan, saying he 'doesn't have any' evidence. Washington and Beijing have clashed repeatedly over the virus, which emerged in China late last year but...
Read more »