The Premier League today, March 8 confirmed that between Monday, March 1 and Sunday, March 7, across two rounds of testing, 2.875 players and club staff were tested for COVID-19. Of these, there were two new positive tests. Players or club staff who have tested positive will self-isolate for a …
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The Oceania Football Confederation is proactively adapting its competitions strategy to tackle the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic with a strong focus on its long-term goals. In a bid to provide our Member Associations with more meaningful matches, various short and long-term solutions are currently being worked on, including the …
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SSV Jahn Regensburg’s next two matches in Bundesliga 2 cannot be held as scheduled. The club’s matches against VfL Osnabrück (formerly Sunday, March 7) and SpVgg Greuther Fürth (formerly Saturday, March 13) will be rescheduled, as the entire Regensburg professional team has been ordered by the responsible health authority to …
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In the latest BIGinSports podcast, Patric Hoch and Arunava Chaudhuri in the latest episode do a round-up of international sports in February 2021. Listen to the BIGinSports podcast in German under: Im Rückblick auf den Februar 2021 sprechen wir über, – Super Bowl – Australian Open – NASCAR Daytona 500 …
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The venues and kick-off times for the two-legged Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020 playoff series between South Korea and China have been confirmed. South Korea will host the first leg at the Goyang Stadium (kick-off 16:00 local) on April 8 with China hosting the return leg at the Suzhou Olympic …
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Following the match schedule released on February 19 for Match Days 7 and 8, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has held further discussions with its Member Associations on the feasibility of hosting the upcoming Asian Qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup – Qatar and 2023 AFC Asian Cup – …
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The Premier League today, March 1 confirmed that between Monday, February 22 and Sunday, February 28, across two rounds of testing, 2.733 players and club staff were tested for COVID-19. Of these, there were two new positive tests. Players or club staff who have tested positive will self-isolate for a …
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The German Cup (DFB-Pokal) game between SSV Jahn Regensburg (Bundesliga 2) and Werder Bremen (Bundesliga), originally scheduled for Tuesday, March 2 (18:30h CET), has been postponed due to the hosts being in quarantine. Amongst the SSV Regensburg squad being in quarantine due to a positive COVID-19 test is their head …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has today confirmed the hosts for the AFC Cup 2021 Group Stage, following an extensive bidding process and after close consultation with its Participating Member Associations. The West Zone matches in Group A, featuring the likes of Al Hidd Club (BHR), Al Nasr (OMA), Al …
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As XtraTime reports, the IFA (Indian Football Association) yesterday, February 25 decided not to stage the 2020/21 Calcutta Football League. This decision was taken at a meeting of the IFA officials. The Calcutta Football League, which was supposed to be held in August 2020 got constantly delayed due to the …
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