English Premier League, training, resumed, from May 19, in small groups

Written by : Jose Alvarado Sandoval . ( dj malanga )

The clubs voted unanimously to allow players to start socially estranged training in an attempt to meet the Premier League mid-June date to resume the season.

Contact training is not allowed at this stage and corner flags, balls, cones, posts, playing surfaces, and other equipment will be disinfected after each session.

Tests for the coronavirus have been carried out in the Premier League clubs in recent days and will continue throughout the training period.

"Strict medical protocols at the highest level will ensure that everyone retrains in the safest possible environment," said a Premier League statement.

"The health and well-being of all participants is the Premier League's priority, and the safe return to training is a step-by-step process.

"The full consultation will now continue with players, managers, clubs, PFA and LMA as protocols for full contact training are developed."

The training protocols were presented to players and managers last week before being sealed during Monday's video conference.

Other rules in phase one include players who do not travel with anyone to or from training, while the use of public transportation and team vehicles is prohibited.

Newcastle was one of the first high-flying teams to confirm that the players had been tested in their training ground.

The club said the players would return on Tuesday, at which time all test results would be known.

Players will be asked to use an app daily to record any symptoms.

Timo Werner nets hat-trick as Leipzig crush hosts Mainz 5 x 0

Written by : Jose Alvarado Sandoval ( DJ Malanga ) 

Timo Werner scored a hat-trick as RB Leipzig demolished hosts Mainz  5 - 0,  on Sunday (May 24) to reclaim third place in the Bundesliga with an emphatic victory after three straight draws.

Germany international Werner, a target for several top European clubs this summer, opened his account in the 11th minute and Yussuf Poulsen nodded in the second goal in the 23rd.

Marcel Sabitzer killed off the game before the break, flicking in from close range as Mainz collapsed.

Werner scored again three minutes after the restart and the 24-year-old forward chipped the ball over keeper Florian Mueller in the 75th for his 24th goal of the season and 91st in all competitions for Leipzig to become their all-time top scorer.

Timo Werner has developed a very good sense not to move only on the wings but to go over to the 10 position, said Leipzig coach Julian Engelsmann of his striker’s work in a more central attacking role.

“Coupled with his speed, that makes him a more versatile player and makes it harder for his opponents to control him.”

Leipzig, who crushed Mainz 8-0 earlier in the season with Werner grabbing another hat-trick, moved back into third on 54 points, one place ahead of Bayer Leverkusen and two clear of Borussia Monchengladbach.

They have the upper hand in the battle for a Champions League spot.

Bayern Munich 5 vs Eintracht, Frankfurt 2 / BundesLiga of Germany

Written by : Jose Alvarado Sandoval ( Dj Malanga ) 

Today has been played, the beginning of the date 27, of the BundesLiga, where Bayern Munich thrashed Eintracht Frankfurt 5 x 2.

Leon Goretzka opened the scoring for the home team, with Thomas Müller adding a second before the interval. Martin Hinteregger seventh and eighth league goals of the season gave Eintracht hope after Robert Lewandowski scored Bayern's third, the fourth goal was scored by Alphonso Davies and the fifth goal was scored by Hinteregger in his own goal


The match was played at the Allianz Arena stadium, behind closed doors.

With this result, Bayern Munich continues in first place with 61 points, after 27 games played, followed by Borussia Dourmond, with 57 points.

Arturo Vidal, FC Barcelona player, is celebrating his birthday today.

Written by : Jose Alvarado Sandoval ( Dj Malanga )

This Friday the player of Chilean origin, former Juventus, former Bayern Munich, and current player of FC Barcelona, has celebrated his birthday and has done it surrounded by all his friends, children and his partner.

  The Chilean midfielder wanted to share it with all his fans on social networks.

"A wonderful day with my loves. They are 33 years old and I feel better than ever !!! Thank you all very much for your greetings and unconditional love, many blessings for everyone !!!", said Arturo Vidal in a comment published on his Twitter .

A wonderful day with my loves They are 33 years old and I feel better than ever !!!  Thank you all very much for your greetings and unconditional love.  Many blessings to all !!! 🙏

Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka

Written by : Jose Alvarado Sandoval ( Dj Malanga ) 

Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka has become the world's highest-paid female athlete, making US$37.4 million  in the past one year, for an earnings record, Forbes magazine reported on Friday (May 22).

The 22-year-old Asian star, a two-time Grand Slam champion, edged US rival Serena Williams by US$1.4 million in prize money and endorsement income over the past year.

Both shattered the old single-year earnings mark of US$29.7 million set in 2015 by Russia's Maria Sharapova, who retired in February with five Grand Slam titles, including a career Slam.

"To those outside the tennis world, Osaka is a relatively fresh face with a great back story," University of Southern California sports business professor David Carter told Forbes.

"Combine that with being youthful and bicultural - two attributes that help her resonate with younger, global audiences - and the result is the emergence of a global sports marketing icon."

Osaka, whose father was born in Haiti and whose mother is Japanese, ranks 29th on the 2020 Forbes list of the world's 100 top-paid athletes, four spots ahead of Williams, who has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles.

The complete list, due to be released next week, has not featured two women since 2016, according to the magazine.

Williams, 38, had been the world's highest-paid female athlete in each of the past four years. Sharapova ruled for the five years before that.

Williams had annual incomes from US$18 million to US$29 million and has collected nearly US$300 million, much of it in endorsement deals.

Osaka won back-to-back Grand Slam titles at the 2018 US Open and 2019 Australian Open, her controversial and historic victory over Williams in the Flushing Meadows final the first Slam singles crown for a Japanese woman.

Osaka was a popular endorsement figure in Japan ahead of the now-postponed Tokyo Olympics and figures to remain a sponsorship dream through next year's rescheduled Games.

Nike signed a apparel deal with Osaka last year that paid her US$10 million in the past year and runs through 2025. Other endorsement deals include Nissan and Yonex racquets.

2021 'last option' for Tokyo Games, says Olympics chief Thomas Bach

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Olympics chief Thomas Bach said 2021 was the "last option" to hold the delayed Tokyo Games on Thursday (May 21), stressing that the postponement cannot continue forever.

Bach told the BBC that he agreed with Japan's stance that the Games will have to be canceled if the coronavirus pandemic is not under control for next year.

In March, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games were postponed until July 23, 2021 when the coronavirus spread across the world, killing hundreds of thousands of people and making international sport impossible.

"Frankly, I understand a little bit (Japan's position) because you cannot employ 3,000 or 5,000 people forever on an organizing committee," said the president of the International Olympic Committee.

"You can't change the entire sports calendar worldwide for the major federations every year."

"You cannot have athletes in uncertainty, you cannot overlap too much with the future Olympics."


The Olympics have never been canceled outside of world wars, but Japanese officials have made clear that they have no intention of postponing the Games again beyond next year.

NFL set to lose $7.7 billion if stadiums are empty

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 NFL teams stand to lose a combined $5.5 billion (S$7.7 billion) in stadium revenue if the 2020 campaign is played without any spectators, according to a Forbes magazine estimate.

The magazine, which annually values each NFL club, said the amount teams would lose with no spectators due to the coronavirus pandemic equals 38 percent of total NFL revenue from the 2018 season, the latest from which figures are available.

That includes lost revenue from ticket sales, parking, sponsors, food and drinks and souvenir sales.

Itis uncertain whether or not fans will be able to attend 2020 NFL games, with state shutdown regulations against large crowds and possible medical advances likely to impact such plans.

The league announced its 2020 schedule earlier this month. It opens September 10 when the Houston Texans visit the reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs.

Players would also take a hit as well as club owners, since they are set to receive 47 percent of football-related income under a collective bargaining agreement reached in March.

The absence of spectators would hit some teams harder than others, but none more than the Dallas Cowboys, who would lose US$621 million in stadium income - more than the total revenue of any other NFL franchise and a huge chunk of their US$950 million total revenue

New England Patriots would lose US$315 million from total revenues of US$600 million while the New York Giants ranked third at US$262 million lost from US$519 million in total revenue.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 24th of 31 teams on the list with US$119 million in lost revenue from a US$400 million total, would expect a major jump in ticket sales and associated income after signing six-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Tom Brady.

And the two bottom teams on the list, the Los Angeles Chargers and Las Vegas Raiders, are set to move into new stadiums with vast boosts in ticket sales and associated income to be expected from the venue switches.

The Raiders figures would show US$77 million in lost revenue from a league-low US$357 million total, but those figures came in Oakland while the team is set to play in a brand new 65,000-seat, US$1.8 billion stadium in Las Vegas in 2020.

The Chargers, second-worst in the report with US$93 million in lost revenue from a US$375 million total, are set to move from a smaller venue into a new US$5 billion stadium with 70,000 seats for regular NFL games.

The Los Angeles Rams, set to drop US$121 million off total revenue of US$401 million, would also make the move into the new stadium.

Qatar World Cup 2022...

Written by:  Jose Alvarado S. ( Dj malanga )

The Qatar World Cup in 2022 will be affordable for fans, or at least the Organizing Committee of the event wants it to be the event with the largest number of fans of all time. In fact, from the country of the Middle East they assured that there will be comfortable prices, understanding that after this pandemic is overcome, an economic recession will come more severe than the current one.

Qatar promises an economically accessible World Cup for fans
Qatar promises an affordable World Cup for fans
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The organization of the event that will take place in 2022 believes that the fans will be able to be present without spending a small fortune despite the economic crisis the planet is experiencing.

This will be the stadium that receives the World Cup final
The Qatar World Cup in 2022 will be affordable for fans, or at least the Organizing Committee of the event wants it to be the event with the largest number of fans of all time. In fact, from the country of the Middle East they assured that there will be comfortable prices, understanding that after this pandemic is overcome, an economic recession will come more severe than the current one.

"We have always said, from day one, that it will be an accessible competition. We want anyone who wants to be able to come to the World Cup without spending a lot of money," said Hassan Al-Thawadi, chairman of the Organizing Committee.

In fact, the clearest example, for them, was the Club World Cup last year when they received hundreds of fans who witnessed the victory of Liverpool, winner of the Champions League.

The Premier League: Six people from three different clubs have tested positive for Covid-19 earlier today.

Written by: Jose Alvarado S. ( Dj Malanga )

The Premier League said Tuesday (May 19) that six people from three different clubs had tested positive for Covid-19 from a sample of 748 individuals.

The new coronavirus tests were taken on Sunday and Monday before returning to small group training.

"Players or club staff who tested positive will now isolate themselves for a period of seven days," the league said in a statement.

The Premier League is providing this aggregate information for the purpose of integrity and transparency of the competition.

"The League will not provide specific details about clubs or individuals and the results will be made public in this way after each round of testing."

On Monday, the Premier League voted to allow clubs to start training in small groups and without contact, and some clubs will return on Tuesday.


The league will decide early next week when to allow contact training as it looks for a June restart for the season that stopped on March 13.

Usain Bolt and his wife welcome their new baby .

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The world athletics legend Usain Bolt, welcomed with his wife Kasi Bennett, their first daughter, this May 18.

Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness congratulated sprinter Bolt in a social media post.

"Congratulations to our sprint legend Usain Bolt and Kasi Bennett on the arrival of their baby!" the politician wrote on the Twitter social network.

Bolt, 33, had revealed that he was expecting a daughter with Bennett on social media in March, jokingly warning prospective suitors to stay away from his daughter.

"Any man! Any child! Don't play with me!" joked the eight-time Olympic gold medalist.

Bolt, the world record holder at 100m and 200m, retired from athletics in 2017 after a decade of dominance in the men's sprint.


At the 2016 Olympics, Bolt became the only man to win the 100 and 200 meter titles in three consecutive Olympics.

Congratulations Champion. In good time. 

Bundesliga / Today Sunday/ FC Union Berlin 0 vs Bayern Munich 2

Written by : Jose Alvarado S. ( DJ Malanga ) 

Bayern Munich have beaten away at the Allianz Arena, 0 x 2 to the FC Union team of Berlin, the goals of the visiting team were scored by the players, Benjamin Pavard and Robert Lewandowski.

The game, like those held yesterday, was played behind closed doors and under strict security measures.

He restarted the soccer league in Germany / These were the results.

Written by : Jose Alvarado S. ( Dj Malanga ) 

Today the football league in Germany has restarted, with all games behind closed doors and under strict security measures.


Borussia Dortmund, defeated with a score of 4 x 0 Schalke 04 / FC Augsburg 1 vs Wolfsburg 2 / Fortuna 0 vs SC Paderborn 0 / Hoffenheim 0 vs Hertha Berlin 3 / RB Leipzig 1 vs SC Freiburg 1 / Eintracht Frankfurt 1 vs Borussia Mönchengladbach 3 Tomorrow Sunday: FC Union Berlin vs Bayern Munich and Cologne vs Mainz / Monday: Werder Bremen vs Bayer Leverkusen.

Definitely lacking the discipline of soccer, in this case the German league that has restarted again.

By: Jose Alvarado S.    

World Water Sports Championship, postponed until 2022

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The International Swimming Federation has announced that next year's World Aquatics Championship has been postponed from 2021 to 2022.

The event in Fukuoka, Japan will now take place between May 13-29, 2022, originally scheduled for July 16-Aug. 1 of next year.

The decision follows the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

After establishing contacts with relevant stakeholders and receiving comments from them, we have no doubt that the decision taken will provide the best possible conditions for all participants in the championships, "said FINA President Julio Maglione.

In a time of unprecedented uncertainty, FINA hopes that the announcement of these dates will allow some clarity in planning for all concerned.


The change after consulting with broadcasters, athletes and national federations follows similar movements in athletics and soccer for the world championships in Oregon and the European Women's Championship in England.

Soichiro Takashima, the mayor of Fukuoka, says there will be no reduction in the competition schedule.

"Of course, due to lingering fears of COVID-19 here in Fukuoka city, we still cannot let our guard down," he said.

"However, we will continue to do our utmost to eliminate COVID-19 as soon as possible to meet the expectations of many athletes and sports fans who long for the opening of our championships and make the event a huge success."


The swimming corps confirmed that its World Masters Championship will also take place on Kyushu Island from May 31 to June 9, 2022.

Formula One: Britain's Silverstone 'to stage two grands prix'

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Britain's Silverstone racetrack will stage two grands prix during the Formula One season, subject to UK government approval, circuit chiefs said on Friday.

The COVID-19 outbreak has caused huge disruption to the F1 calendar, with 10 races either cancelled or postponed.

Silverstone managing director Stuart Pringle told the BBC that an agreement in principle had been reached with Formula One to hold the races at the central England circuit, immediately after the season begins in Austria.

I am delighted to confirm that Silverstone and Formula One have reached an agreement in principle to host two races behind closed doors this summer," he said.

"However these races will be subject to government approval, as our priority is the safety of all involved and strict compliance with COVID-19 regulations.

"I would like to thank all our fans who have been so supportive throughout this and to assure them we are determined to do all we can to help Formula One put on a show this summer."

The BBC reported that the agreement would hinge on the government giving dispensation over quarantine restrictions.

The government's coronavirus recovery strategy document sets out an intention to introduce a 14-day quarantine rule for international arrivals, except those from Ireland and France.

Organisers are hoping to start the season with the Austrian Grand Prix on July 5 behind closed doors, followed by a second race at the Red Bull Ring a week later.

Michael Jordan case: When it comes to judging to sell, the human mind has no memory.

Written by: Jose Alvarado Sandoval ( Dj Malanga )

Without being an advocate of the devil, nor a prosecutor of God, what concerns me as a writer is to value, express, describe, analyze, always with the truth, the sports side of any athlete, athlete, person close to the world of sports, for their performance, for the game displayed, the kindness with the public, their behavior and respect against rivals, before, during and after the end of the match and their individual and collective level for the benefit of their team.

The Jordan thing is a subject, in which I don't intend to get involved, because I don't like circuses and injustices.

As a player, he is a crack, a player full of talent, perseverance, struggle, commitment and professionalism.

As a person, you can have your ups and downs, like any human being in this world, do not forget us, Jordan, you are also prone to making mistakes, like any other human being, but me, and nobody, is God, to judge, electrocute and murder you his career, due to typical and normal errors in each one of us.


How many newspapers and the media highlighted the hundreds of donations that the NBA star has made to groups and foundations that help hungry children in the world, elderly people in a state of abandonment, poor people and those who need basic things in life, as Michael Jordan has done? The answer is two out of a hundred, a percentage that says a lot about what a poorly calibrated scale is, led mostly by the horse of envy, of the nail pick, with more desire to remove the negative and cover the positive of the people, simply because one sells more, than the other.

Some Premier League players are afraid to go training because of the COVID-19

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The return of the Premier League is a little further than these days ago, according to information published in the Daily Mail, in which it is assured that great stars of the Premier League have informed their clubs that they are going to refuse to return to training next Monday, for fear of the covid-19 and until the situation is normal.


Beyond the concern that players such as: Sergio Agüero, or Danny Rose have publicly expressed, it seems that the feeling of fear has gone a little further and many footballers of the competition in England, have already reported that on Monday 18, they have no intention of showing up for training, something that will also happen when healthcare entities publish their new healthcare guidelines.


One of the main reasons that have led footballers to adopt this position has been the little that they are taking into account in this negotiation for the return of competitions, something that together with the fear of falling infected and the consequences that they may suffer, have caused them to want to delay the return of the competition.



The soccer players consider that the sanitary control that is offered to them is not enough to guarantee their safety and they do not know how it would be solved, if there were an upturn of positives within the teams.

Danish Super League will resume on May 28

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The Danish Super League will resume the competition on May 28, two and a half months after being suspended by the coronavirus pandemic and without an audience, the Association of Professional Clubs of Denmark announced on Monday.

The announcement was expected after the Danish government authorized the immediate return of professional sport last Friday, within the second phase of opening of public life, it will be the third European league to resume competition after it did last weekend. the week of the Faroe Islands, an autonomous territory under Danish sovereignty, and the German Bundesliga, which will begin on May 16.


"As long as it is not possible to have spectators in the stadiums, the times of the games will be changed to make them as accessible as possible to the fans. That only applies until there can be a public again," said a statement. The Midtjylland leads the table with 62 points, twelve more than the current champion Copenhagen.