The start of the legendary Tour de France must be postponed

National player Julian Draxler made a donation to seven soccer clubs in his hometown Gladbeck in North Rhine-Westphalia during the Corona crisis. “It covers the costs of all football clubs until the end of the season so they can continue playing in Corona,” wrote the Paris St. Germain pro on Facebook.

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– Usain St. Leo Bolt (@usainbolt) April 13, 2020

Bolt continues to call the Jamaican people to stay home on his social media channels and post videos showing him practicing on his own four walls. On Easter Monday, he announced via Twitter that he would support the “Telethon Jamaica” fundraiser with $ 500,000 Jamaican dollars (about 3,400 euros).

The eight-time Olympic champion and multiple world champion ended his career in 2017 and still holds two world records with 9.58 seconds in 100m and 19.19 seconds in 200m.

Belgian soccer professional Marouane Fellaini was released from the hospital on Tuesday after suffering from Corona. This was announced by his employer, the Chinese Premier League team Shandong Luneng. Fellaini (32) is the only known professional from the Chinese Super League (CSL) who has been infected with the virus.

The former Manchester United midfielder had been to a hospital in the Chinese city of Jinan for three weeks after a positive test. After being released, the 87-time Belgian international player will carry out a 14-day quarantine.

The FIFA World Cup is planning an additional transfer period due to the crown pandemic and the resulting major leagues. “What we could see now in the crisis would be for the associations to open a third additional transfer window,” said James Kitching, FIFA’s Director of Football Regulation, the ARD “sports show”. So far there are two change windows, one in summer and one in winter.

The regional soccer league Lok Leipzig set a record for attendance in the crown crisis, at least virtually. In a fundraising campaign launched on March 19, the club sold more than 125,000 tickets for a fictional game on May 8.

Leipzig wants to get more virtual spectators than with the legendary European semi-final against Girondins Bordeaux in the central stadium. In 1987 only 73,000 viewers were allowed, but 120,000 fans are said to have visited the game.

The English football association FA has offered London Wembley Stadium and St. George’s Park in Burton upon Trent / Staffordshire as neutral venues for the conclusion of the Premier League season. The English newspaper “The Times” reports. After the Coronavirus pandemic ended the season, the FA’s preferred plan is to organize the rest of the games without spectators. Possibly several games can be played in the two arenas on the same day.

According to a media report, the FA wants to end the current season within six weeks from June 1. This would leave enough time for rest and preparation until the planned start of the new season on August 8. Most clubs still lack nine games, some clubs ten. League leader Liverpool FC and coach Jürgen Klopp are close to winning the title.

Final approval of Munich as the venue is still pending for the postponed 2021 European Football Championship. “After the postponement of the EURO 2020 European football championship until 2021, the additional course of action in the state capital Munich is currently under review. within the city, “said the city’s responsible sports department. The European umbrella organization UEFA had postponed the tournament for a year due to the coronavirus pandemic and is now checking to see if all twelve planned venues will be available again. A decision is expected to be made in late April.

International match: Munich continues to verify the promise of a place for the postponed MS. (Source: MIS / imago images)

Two-time Ironman world champion Patrick Lange has suggested that due to this year’s crown pandemic, only professionals from the classic will be admitted to Hawaii. “Of course, I can’t answer all the detailed questions about whether that race can also take place without an age grouper and whether you do it as an exclusively professional race,” said the 33-year-old Bad Wildungen player in Hesse in the ” sports show “by ARD. “Saturday.

German professional soccer referees are also adapting to the crown crisis. According to a report in the “Bild” newspaper, the referees were made familiar with the changes by chief referee Lutz Michael Fröhlich and DFB director Heike Ullrich in a video conference in the event of a continuation of the game, all in coordination with medical instructions and officers. .

Accordingly, arbitrators should be deployed more regionally, contrary to customary provisions, to avoid longer trips. However, it is still impossible for a Berlin referee to whistle for Hertha BSC or Union matches, for example. A crown test the day before the game should be mandatory.

Deniz Aytekin: There are new regulations for referees in case the Bundesliga soon starts again without a spectator. (Source: RHR photo / imago images)

IOC President Thomas Bach rejected the accusations of being too hesitant about the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics due to the crown pandemic. He can understand emotions well, the 66-year-old man said in an interview in “Welt am Sonntag.” “In such emotional situations, as a responsible person, one should not make decisions based on instinct,” said the official, “after all, it is about the long-term survival of the Olympics and the cultural heritage of the Olympics. ”

Coach Dieter Hecking of the second division football team, Hamburger SV, strongly warns against a premature return to “normal” team training and match operations in light of the crown crisis. “No one in the population should have the feeling that football is doing it irresponsibly on its own,” the 55-year-old told Hamburger Abendblatt: “We have to strictly abide by political decisions. I think that’s important.” .

The crown crisis continues to alter the timing of the rowing season. The Presidium of the German Rowing Association (DRV) unanimously decided to cancel all DRV and DRJ events before August 15, 2020. “With this decision, we want to send a political signal and ensure clarity. We also recommend to our clubs that join this decision, “said DRV President Siegfried Kaidel.

Bayer Leverkusen sporting director Rudi Völler can imagine that part of the € 20 million in financial aid provided by his club Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig will also benefit lower-class clubs. “I wouldn’t care if clubs below the second division would benefit from the campaign,” the 1990 World Champion told the Rheinische Post. But he is confident that the German Football League (DFL) will distribute the sum sensibly. The DFL presidium decides the criteria for distributing money to clubs in need due to the Corona crisis. The four German participants in the lucrative Munich Champions League, Dortmund, Leverkusen and Leipzig made it available to financially weak competitors.

Soccer player Joshua Kimmich of FC Bayern Munich not only expects positive reactions if the Bundesliga season continues in May.

“Opinions will be divided. But I think many would definitely be happy if they could watch football again, even if they were permanently watching television,” said Kimmich of the “Abendzeitung München.” “On the other hand, it is still difficult and has to be justified and socially sustainable. The health of each individual, of the people, is above all and, therefore, must be the basis of all the decisions that must be made ” The league is currently on hiatus until April 30.

Joshua Kimmich: For Bayern professionals, health is everything. (Source: kolbert-press / imago images)

Liverpool football legend Kenny Dalglish has tested positive for the crown virus. The 69-year-old has so far shown no symptoms, the club’s team manager Jürgen Klopp said Friday. The test was performed as a routine check-up during a hospital stay, the result was “unexpected”. Scottish Dalglish had quarantined his home before visiting the hospital. “We wish Sir Kenny the best,” Liverpool said. Dalglish was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in June 2018, and a rostrum at Anfield has been named after him since 2017.

Football pro Maximilian Mittelstädt (23) of the Bundesliga club Hertha BSC, who was infected with the crown virus, spoke for the first time about his surviving disease. “It went quite well for me during the time. It was two or three days when I was not feeling as well. They were typical symptoms, for example, I had no sense of smell,” Mittelstädt said according to the specialized magazine “Kicker” in a Skype account. on Friday: “Now I’m fine again, I feel great again. What’s good is that I haven’t infected anyone in my area.”

Maximilian Mittelstädt: Player Hertha is fine after an infection. (Source: Mauersberger / imago images)

SPD politician and health expert Karl Lauterbach considers ghost games in the Bundesliga irresponsible in many ways as early as May. The 57-year-old man cites “very high logistical and medical effort” as the main reason for his opinion, around 20,000 crown tests would have to be performed by everyone involved at the end of the season.

“The question is whether football is the best use of adjusted testing as a luxury item,” Lauterbach told “Spiegel” news magazine: “Currently we can’t even evaluate everyone who has medical sense, let alone any suspicious case. ” Furthermore, the Bundestag member fears misunderstandings in much of the population “because of the special way in professional football.”

Club manager Martin Kind of the second division, Hannover 96, is pushing for continued Bundesliga operations soon. “I hope, and that is also my great expectation, that politics will now launch the scenario of reviving the structures in April. This is imperative,” Kind told NDR Sportclub. But there should be “no Lex Bundesliga. That would lead to social criticism.”

The child awaits the resumption of games in the professional area embedded in other measures. Soccer is “a signal to the population. It starts again. Something starts again,” said Hanover’s majority shareholder. A start on May 2 would also “have the great advantage that the season can be played until June 30.”

Basketball stars in the NBA North American Professional League should continue to receive their full salary despite the break from forced play by the crown pandemic. This stems from a letter from the league, which is available to the American sports station ESPN. Accordingly, full salary payment will be given on April 15, although the league’s last game so far was over a month ago (March 11).

Zlatan Ibrahimovic participated in the training of the first division club Hammarby in his home country, Sweden, and generated speculation about his future. The 38-year-old former world star is still under contract with prestigious Italian club AC Milan, but apparently wants to part with his club at the end of the season. Ibrahimovic owns 25 percent of the Stockholm Hammarby club’s shares.

The star striker asked to be allowed to train with the club, Hammarby president Richard von Yxkull told SVT. Ibrahimovic had already left Italy in March due to the Crown crisis. Sweden has responded to the pandemic with relatively relaxed regulations.

Meanwhile, Arjen Robben’s wife Bernadien has tested positive for the coronavirus. This was revealed by the former FC Bayern Munich offensive star on the podcast of the German record champion. Robben’s wife had symptoms like breathing problems.

“It was not a pleasant feeling,” he said. “I’m very happy that it didn’t go so badly.” Fortunately, his wife “is now negative again.” Meanwhile, the entire Robben family was quarantined at home. The former professional and his children were negative for the virus.

As the first football club in the English Premier League, Southampton FC has reached an agreement with its players on a temporary exemption from wages. The club of former Leipzig coach Ralph Hasenhüttl announced on Thursday. The club’s board, Hasenhüttl, its coaching staff and first-team professionals agreed to postpone part of his salary for the months of April, May and June, “said the future of the club, the people who work for him and the community. who we promise to protect. ” The “saints” did not give any numbers.

Football pro Yunus Malli of 1. FC Union Berlin is in domestic quarantine. That unintentionally revealed coach Urs Fischer in a video conference with reporters on Thursday. He had assumed that the participants of the Skype call already knew about the case, but they were wrong. Subsequently, the 54-year-old man had asked journalists to keep the information private, but it had already been released. “That’s my mistake, I can live with it,” said Fischer.

It is unclear whether Malli, 28, a VfL Wolfsburg loan player, has been infected with the corona virus. The midfielder is currently not available to the club in training. At the time of a possible return, Fischer and the club did not provide any information.

Bundesliga club RB Leipzig is committed to football clubs in the Saxon city in times of the crown crisis. The club now offers virtual tickets for the price of two euros for the home game against SC Paderborn, which originally would have taken place on April 18. The entire proceeds of the campaign “will benefit Leipzig Football Association clubs,” said RB.

National footballer Toni Kroos has been criticized in Spain for his negative attitude when it comes to giving up his salary. Now he is defending himself against this on the short message service Twitter. There he wrote in Spanish and therefore legible to his international fans: “It is possible that it was not translated correctly or that some people do not want to understand it. In my opinion, they know me well from the first moment: if we have workers and areas in el To help the clubs, it is logical to give up part of our salary. “

It is possible that I have not translated correctly or that some do not want to understand.From the first moment, my opinion knew me well, it is possible: if we can help the workers and areas in the Club, it makes sense to give up part of our salary, something that has been detected today.

– Toni Kroos (@ToniKroos) April 8, 2020

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National footballer Toni Kroos has been criticized in Spain for his negative attitude when it comes to giving up his salary. The Real Madrid record champion midfielder is criticized by the media and fans, among other things, as unsound and unrealistic. He had previously spoken out against a cut in his earnings in the Corona crisis.

“He has to go back to Earth. He showed an insensitivity that hurts me,” well-known journalist Tomas Roncero of the “AS” newspaper said on a television program Wednesday night. Kroos had shown “that he doesn’t care about the company that pays him.” That was “like a slap in the face,” former goalkeeper and former coach Jorge D’Alessandro said on the same show. “This man lives in a bubble, in another world. Kroos, 30, had said” Extra Steil! “On the SWR podcast:” Giving up your salary is like making a donation to nothing or the club, which is not necessary here. “

Trainer Maurizio Sarri of Italian record champion Juventus of Turin delivers 4,000 respirators to his hometown of Figline in Tuscany. The coach, along with his family and some friends, raised the money for the donation to the community, which will distribute the masks to the population. Mayor Giulia Mugnai thanked Sarris for her “great sensitivity”.

In December, the coach announced the establishment of a foundation to support sports activities in Tuscany. Figline is not one of the hardest hit communities in Italy, but mouth guards have also been in short supply in Tuscany. The number of Covid 19 deaths in Italy has increased to more than 17,000.

Donato Sabia, a former European athletics champion from Italy, died of Covid-19 lung disease at the age of 56. The national association Fidal announced on Wednesday. A few days earlier, Sabia’s father had also died after being infected with the corona virus.

Donato Sabia was the European Indoor Champion over 800 meters in Gothenburg in 1984. His best Olympic result was fifth place in the 800m final in Los Angeles in 1984 when Brazilian Joaquim Cruz won.

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