Italy’s football federation (FIGC) has begun to draw up medical guidelines for a possible re-start of Serie A, which has been suspended since March 9 because of the coronavirus outbreak.
But
there was no mention in their brief statement of whether the former
striker was suffering from the coronavirus, or indeed the exact nature
of the 80-year-old’s current condition.
Brazilian World Cup winner Ronaldinho Gaucho will be released from jail into house arrest in Paraguay on Tuesday after he and his brother paid $1.6 million in bail, the judge in his case said.
The former Barcelona, Paris St Germain and AC Milan
midfielder, who won the World Cup with Brazil in 2002, was arrested on
March 6 with his brother and business manager Roberto Assis.
They
were accused of possessing adulterated Paraguayan passports. The
brothers’ lawyer has called their detention “arbitrary, abusive and
illegal.”
Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk wants to
become a “Liverpool legend” and says there is nothing stopping the
Premier League club achieving “incredible things”.
The 28-year-old, who joined Liverpool in January 2018, has helped the club win the Champions League, Uefa Super Cup and Club World Cup. They were also just two wins away from their first English league title in 30 years when the season was halted due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Serbian coach Radomir Antic, the only person
to manage Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid and Barcelona, died on Monday at
the age of 71 following a long illness.
French Ligue 1 club Reims were on Sunday in mourning for long-serving club doctor Bernard Gonzalez who committed suicide after being diagnosed with coronavirus, sources confirmed.
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Bayern Munich said on Sunday that players
will return to training on Monday for the first time since the
Bundesliga was suspended due to the coronavirus.
Bayern led the table by four points when the season was halted on March 13.
European football, currently at a standstill because of the coronavirus, is focusing on a restart in July and August with clubs and leagues being told that stopping competitions should “really be the last resort.”
Uruguay star Luis Suarez complained on Thursday that he has been “hurt” by criticism of him and fellow millionaire Barcelona players for the time it took to agree to pay cuts to help out other club employees.