Some NBA clubs can reopen facilities from Friday: Report
Los Angeles: NBA team practice facilities will reportedly reopen Friday in states and cities where coronavirus pandemic stay-at-home requirements have been loosened, allowing players to conduct individual workouts. ESPN reported that teams will remain banned from conducting group workouts or other activities, citing unnamed sources. The May 1 move would allow players to return to team facilities in such states as Georgia, home of the Atlanta Hawks, and Oklahoma, home of the Oklahoma City Thunder, for fitness workouts in a safe and controlled environment. The move, according to the report, does not reflect a new timetable for resumption of the 2019-20 season, which was halted March 12 when Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert was diagnosed with the deadly virus.(AFP)
Ronaldo, Zlatan my idols: Haaland
Dortmund: Borussia Dortmund’s rising young star Erling Haaland has said that Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo and AC Milan’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic were among his idols growing up.”I had a lot of idols as a child. I have to mention two players: Cristiano Ronaldo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic,” the club’s official website quoted Haaland as saying.”Always stay hungry. Always be on the lookout for goals and balls,” he said.Asked how he is spending his time during the pandemic, Haaland said: “I coach and meditate a lot, and play FIFA with the guys.”German Football League (DFL) Chief Executive Christian Seifert has said that it is hoping to restart league football in the country on May 9 provided they get the green light from the country’s government. (IANS)
Tajikistan suspends football season
Dushanbe: Tajikistan said it was suspending football matches until May 10 after the government decided to take new precautionary measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic.”All football competitions in Tajikistan are suspended until May 10,” Tajikistan Football Federation said in a statement on their official website.”The Football Federation of Tajikistan fully supports the decisions of the Republican headquarters for the prevention of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country, adopted today on the temporary suspension of public and sports events,” it added. (IANS)
