Coronavirus: first Bundesliga coach suspected - Nuremberg in quarantine

Two professionals from Hannover 96 tested positive for the corona virus, a Bundesliga coach is suspected. 1. FC Nürnberg is under quarantine.

• The coronavirus * keeps the world in suspense.
• Top-class sport is also affected.
• Many professionals tested positive - including a Bundesliga coach under suspicion.

12:02 p.m .: Now it could also have caught the first coach from the Bundesliga . At the same time, the Friday game between Fortuna Düsseldorf and SC Paderborn is on the brink. Because Steffen Baumgart could be infected with the corona virus.

The SCP coach lies sick in bed in the team hotel in Düsseldorf. He is said to have typical symptoms that occur with a Sars-CoV-19 infection, writes the picture (Bazahl barrier). A corona test is said to have been carried out. The result is still pending.

The picture also writes that two Paderborn players have also been tested.

Coronavirus: Professional at 1. FC Nürnberg tested positive - team in quarantine

11:55 am: For the first time, there is a corona virus case at a large Bavarian professional club. Second division 1. FC Nürnberg confirmed an infection with Fabian Nürnberger on Friday. The defender may have caught the last game of the Franks in Hanover. In Lower Saxony, two players are now infected.

The entire team is in home quarantine for the next 14 days. The Nürnberger therefore submitted an application to the DFL to drop the game on Sunday at FC St. Pauli. The club fears that other players may have been infected.

Update of March 13, 6:40 a.m .: The Corona chaos continues. The Premier League is now reporting the first cases - and they are quite prominent. The London clubs FC Arsenal and Chelsea are affected. Gunners trainer Mikel Arteta has been tested as well as blues jewel Callum Hudson-Odoi .

Club statement: COVID-19

At Arsenal, the entire coaching staff and professional squad around the 2014 world champions Mesut Özil and Shkodran Mustafi and goalkeeper Bernd Leno are now being quarantined. The same applies to the city rival Chelsea, for which the German international Antonio Rüdiger is active. Parts of the training centers are temporarily closed and are to be disinfected.

Corona: Infected professionals in Germany, Italy and England

"This is very disappointing. I did the test after feeling bad. I will return as soon as I am allowed, " Arteta is quoted as saying. Arsenal continued to say that the upcoming games will not be played.

The club should have played at Brighton and Hove Albion on Saturday. Hudson-Odoi is also "good" despite the illness, Chelsea said, he is looking forward to being able to return to the training ground as soon as possible.

Club statement.

The Premier League immediately announced an emergency meeting with all clubs to take place on Friday. It should be about the fixtures on the coming match days. The first known case from England was Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis.

Coronavirus: Next Serie A star infected - club makes statement

15:51: What is the situation at Hannover 96? According to the club, Hübers and Horn are “very likely two separate individual cases. So far, both players have been without any symptoms, ”said 96. The health department of the Hanover Region decided the quarantine for the entire professional team and the physiotherapists "for reasons of caution". The coaching team led by Kenan Kocak and sports director Gerhard Zuber, on the other hand, would not be classified as "so-called first-degree contacts".

Hanover thus ceases training operations for 14 days. In addition, the Lower Saxony will "apply with the appropriate certificates from the health department to the DFL to withdraw the next two second division games against Dynamo Dresden and VfL Osnabrück", as it was said.

"Direct personal contact with the players in quarantine is of course not possible - nevertheless we will use all other possibilities to provide our professionals with the best possible support and support," said Zuber: "The situation is not easy for everyone involved, but it is still for everyone completely indisputable that health has priority here. ”In the meantime, the Bavarian Football Association decided to suspend all amateur games until March 23.

Coronavirus: Next Serie A star infected - club makes statement

3:43 pm: In Serie A there is the next positive kicker. As Sampdoria reports Genoa , Manolo Gabbiadini has tested positive for COVID-19. The attacker has a fever, but is otherwise fine. The club is already carrying out all legally required isolation procedures, the statement said.

3:08 p.m .: Next shock for Hannover 96 . According to image information, Jannes Horn has also been infected with the corona virus. It was announced on Wednesday that Timo Hübers had tested positive. Horn has apparently been in contact with his brother Florian since he was suspected of being infected. He in turn is a physiotherapist at the third division Eintracht Braunschweig .

At Hannover 96 there is probably another corona infected.

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On Saturday, the Hanoverians are said to have celebrated at the "Peppermint" club during a team evening.

Coronavirus: Juventus professional infected - CR7 entrenched itself

Update from March 12, 2020, 1:18 p.m .: According to his club Juventus Turin , striker star Cristiano Ronaldo is initially waiting for Madeira for further developments in connection with the coronavirus crisis.

As a result, the 35-year-old did not take part in the training on Wednesday, the northern Italian first division team wrote on his website. A date of return was initially not given.

Ronaldo was back with his sick mother on the island belonging to Portugal, the sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport wrote late Wednesday evening. There, Ronaldo learned that his teammate Daniele Rugani had tested positive for the virus.

Siamo una squadra. Forza, @danielerugani! #DistantiMaUniti https://t.co/msuuDqJWEL

After a short visit to his sick mother earlier, the superstar, born in Funchal, Madeira, resumed training at Juventus a week ago. His mother was recovering in the hospital, Ronaldo had announced in early March.

Thank you for all your messages of support for my mum. She is currently stable and recovering in hospital. Me and my family would like to thank the medical team looking after her, and kindly ask that we are all given some privacy at this time.

On Sunday, the five-time world footballer was without spectators in his club's victorious top game against Inter Milan (2-0).

Update from March 12, 2020, 10.15 a.m .: After the 2nd Bundesliga already had a corona case , Serie A now has its first corona infected person . The Champions League could also be directly affected. As the football record champions Juventus Turin announced late Wednesday evening, defender Daniele Rugani was tested positive. Next Tuesday, Turin, to which superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is also signed, will host Olympique Lyon in the second round of the second leg. In the meantime, Turins Ligarivale Inter Milan announced in a first reaction that the professional team would stop playing for the time being. Juve and Inter met last Sunday.

“ Juventus is currently initiating all legally required isolation procedures. This also applies to those who have come into contact with him, ”Juve wrote in a short statement. Turin did not say whether and how many are affected by Rugani's teammates.

Coronavirus: Juventus professional infected - what does this mean for the Champions League?

Inter, however, drew what was at first glance a radical consequence of the Rugani case and does not want its team to be used in any competition "until further notice". Milan had lost the top game in Turin (0-2) on Sunday, Rugani was a substitute on the Juve bench.

Anyway, there were no games for Inter in the coming days. Italy has already suspended all sporting events in the country until April 3 due to the spread of the corona virus, which also affects Serie A. Milan's first knockout round first leg in the Europa League against Spanish FC Getafe has also long been canceled.

Serie A had also asked the first division teams to take a seven-day break from training. Exceptions should apply to clubs that are still participating in European competitions. The Italian football association FIGC had already announced on Wednesday morning that it would no longer rule out an end to the season.

Corona virus: Bundesliga shock - first German soccer professional tested positive

First message from March 11, 2020:

Hanover - Central defender Timo Hübers from second division Hannover 96 is the first soccer professional in Germany to test positive for the corona virus. The 23-year-old is currently in domestic quarantine, as the Lower Saxony announced.

# H96 professional Timo # Hübers has tested positive for the # Corona virus. Since the 23-year-old has had no contact with his teammates since the infection, it cannot be assumed that teammates have become infected with him. #Neveralone ⚫⚪https: //t.co/MBVQOdDnI1

As a precaution, the entire professional squad and the coaching team around Kenan Kocak are tested for the virus. Goal scorer Hübers was 90 minutes in the 3-0 away win at 1. FC Nürnberg last Friday.

Corona virus: Hanover professional Timo Hübers tested positive

According to information from Hannover 96, Hübers probably got infected at an event in Hildesheim (Lower Saxony) on Saturday evening. After all, since the infection that apparently occurred there, Hübers had no contact with his colleagues. It is therefore not to be assumed that teammates have infected him.

Gerhard Zuber, sporting director of Hannover 96 , explains: “Timo behaved absolutely exemplary. So far, he shows no symptoms. When he found out that a person who had been with him at the event was tested positive, he immediately reported to the doctor and temporarily went into quarantine at home. ”

Coronavirus: Hannover 96 continues preparation for second division duel

Hübers will definitely not be available for the second division duel with Dynamo Dresden , which will take place next Sunday at 1.30 p.m.

The team, on the other hand, is continuing to prepare. "All training units will not take place publicly until further notice. Media and PR appointments will also be canceled for the time being, ”says the press release.

All Bundesliga games are currently held in camera. In the meantime, it became known in England that a club owner had become infected. How could you protect yourself in a stadium? Here are tips *. Public life comes to a standstill in many places due to the corona virus. Now Oscar winner Tom Hanks has been hit. He and his wife are infected. No country in Europe has hit the corona virus as badly as Italy. The actress Brigitte Nielsen fears for her children who live in the country.

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