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Three positive cases of corona among Ukrainians: the match against Switzerland on the brink

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Three positive cases of corona among Ukrainians

After three Corona cases In the team of the Ukrainians it is open if Tuesday’s Nations League match in Lucerne against Switzerland can take place. Jewgeni Makarenko, Eduard Sobol Y Dimitri Risnyk they tested positive for the coronavirus. Makarenko and Sobol played Germany on Saturday (1: 3).

For now, the Lucerne canton doctor and UEFA have trained the team Andrei Shevchenko he was allowed to train on Monday night, as reported by the Ukrainian association. The crown tests that the Ukrainians conducted before training will decide whether the game will take place or not. (pre / sda)

Djokovic beats Schwartzman with confidence

Novak Djokovic He started the ATP Finals with a soft victory. The Serbian faced the Argentine in London Diego schwartzman 6: 3, 6: 2 up. Schwartzman, who qualified for the season finale of the top eight players for the first time, was only able to keep up with the world number one in the opening minutes. He even took the lead with a break in the first set, but immediately had to give up his service himself. After the 2-2 draw, the South American, small compared to the competition, only won three matches. After 78 minutes, Djokovic ended the match with a successful volley. (pre / sda)

BVB has to do without Haaland

Norway international forward Erling haaland You will also have to comply with the quarantine obligation upon returning to Germany. The Norwegian authorities and the association made this clear. The national team had agreed to leave the country. in isolation until the end of the ten-day quarantine issue, reports the “Süddeutsche Zeitung”.

Therefore, Haaland will miss Borussia Dortmund against Hertha BSC on Saturday. Violation of the Norwegian Infection Protection Act could result in up to two years in prison. After a positive test from defender Omar Elabdellaoui, the entire national team was quarantined and the Nations League match against Romania was canceled. The away game in Austria on Wednesday may be a B selection. (RAM)

Dillier finds a new employer

Professional cyclist Silvan dillier has found a new team. According to the newspaper “Het Nieuwsblad”, the Aargauer will drive next season Alpecin-Fenix around the superstar Mathieu van der Poel. Last season, the Belgian team had automatically secured the right to start on the World Tour, home to the most important races, by winning the overall classification in the second-class Tour of Europe.

Dillier’s contract with the French formation AG2R La Mondiale expires after three seasons later this year. His biggest success so far was 2nd place in the classic Paris – Roubaix, when he had to admit defeat to Peter Sagan on the final streak in 2018. In 2017, Dillier, who at the time was still wearing the BMC dress, also won a stage at the Giro d’Italia. (ram / sda)

Mascherano resigns

The long-standing Argentine international Javier Mascherano he finished his career at the age of 36. The former FC Barcelona player, who made a living for the last time in his home country in Estudiantes de La Plata, played between 2003 and 2018 147 international matches for Argentina – as many as no other.

With Barça, Mascherano won a total of 18 trophies in eight seasons. In 2011 and 2015, the defensive midfielder triumphed with the Catalans in the Champions League. (ram / sda / afp)

IOC: Tokyo Olympia takes place

Due to the corona pandemic in the Summer 2021 out of place The Tokyo Olympics will be held as planned. The head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, agreed on this with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in Tokyo on Monday.

He is determined to host the games in his country’s capital next year, Suga said, according to local media. Bach thanked Suga for his commitment to host the games. They should become a symbol of soldiery in the post-Crown era, Bach said. (ram / sda)

Johnson with US Masters winning tournament record.

With five shots to go and that Record result of 268 strokes has the american golfer Dustin Johnson he won the 84th United States Masters at Augusta. For the 36-year-old from the state of South Carolina, it was the second win in one of the four big tournaments. In June 2016 he won the US Open. Johnson is World Ranking Leader and for many years one of the strongest players. He had narrowly missed other Grand Slam-level tournament victories in the past.

He gave the very good impression that he had left the entire tournament up to that point. Tiger Woods in the final round on a single hole. On the 12th hole, a very short but very treacherous par 3, he hit the ball three times in the water. Deviations through sand bunkers and a weak, displaced putt eventually led to disastrous ten beat score. Seven over par on a single hole. In 22 appearances at Augusta, an eight at the 15th hole, a par 5, had previously been Woods’ worst result. The near-unbelievable accident sent Woods back from a supposedly safe position in the front midfield of the final 60. (zap / sda)

Aebischer, Kasami and Lang later nominated

National coach Vladimir Petkovic has before Tuesday’s game against him, which is decisive to keep the league in the Nations League Ukraine three players nominated in Lucerne. Michel Aebischer (YB), Pajtim Kasami (Basel) and Michael Lang (Mönchengladbach) strengthen the Swiss squad.

Petkovic settled on the late nominations because with Jordan Lotomba and Silvan Widmer two defense attorneys tested positive for the coronavirus, as well as with Nico Elvedi and Remo Freuler two players sanctioned against Ukraine. For Kasami, who moved from Sion to Basel this season, it is the first lineup since March 2016. (zap / sda)