Jean-Clair Todibo is the Barcelona player who has tested positive for coronavirus, the defender revealed on social media.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Blaugrana revealed one of their nine players in pre-season training had returned a positive COVID-19 test.
The group mainly consisting of fringe players had been kept separate from the first team ahead of their Champions League quarter-final against Bayern Munich, meaning that match was not impacted.
Although Barca did not confirm the identity of the coronavirus case, Todibo took to Twitter to inform supporters of his diagnosis.
Hello everyone, he wrote. I inform you that I have tested positive for COVID-19. I am asymptomatic and I feel fine.
Hola a todos, os informo que he dado positivo por covid-19…
SOFIA (AFP) – CSKA Sofia coach Pavel Dotchev resigned on Monday after just three months in the job and three days before a Europa League playoff meeting with Welsh minnows New Saints FC, his club said.
Pavel Dotchev is no longer coach of CSKA. The name of his successor will be announced later, CSKA said in a statement.
CSKA, in financial meltdown, have regularly chopped and changed coaches since 2007 and Dotchev, brought in from German second division side Paderborn, only arrived on May 13.
But after one point from their three opening matches the club, languishing in the bottom four, decided he had to go.
Dotchev said he had come up against many obstacles and hinted at problems with the mentality of both players and the club s ownership.
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Tottenham, inspired by a Peter Crouch hat-trick, and former European champions Ajax move into the Champions League group stage draw Thursday after decisive wins in play-off action.
Joining this pair in the lucrative group phase were French side Auxerre, Slovakian outfit Zilina, and FC Copenhagen.
Wednesday s play-off winners go into Thursday s group stage draw along with Tuesday s triumphant quintet Sporting Braga, Werder Bremen, Partizan Belgrade, Hapoel Tel-Aviv and Basel.
These 10 play-off qualifiers go into the pot in Monaco with the 22 European heavyweights who gained automatic admission to the group phase.
Spurs are making their Champions League debut and their first foray into Europe s top flight competition for half a century.
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Barcelona have said that Alexis Sanchez is not for sale after the forward was linked with a move to a number of European clubs,.
The Chile international moved to the Nou Camp from Udinese in the summer of 2011, and he has since gone on to make one hundred and forty-one appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring forty-seven goals.
He has been the subject of a number of rumours that he will not be part of new managers Luis Enrique’s plans for next season, though the club have moved to dismiss such reports.
Serie A champions Juventus had been named as potential suitors of the 25 year old, along with Premier League duo Liverpool and Arsenal.
Sanchez is currently preparing for this summer’s World Cup finals in Brazil, where his side will c…
Chelsea return to the scene of one of the most bitter defeats in their history on Tuesday when they take on Spartak Moscow at the Luzhniki stadium.
It was here in the Russian capital that the reigning English champions missed out on the 2008 Champions League title 6-5 on penalties to Manchester United after a 1-1 draw in extra time.
Carlo Ancelotti has all but ruled out Didier Drogba for this Group F run out, the Ivory Coast striker suffering a fever which sidelined him for Saturday s 0-0 draw with Aston Villa.
I don t think he will be able to play on Tuesday because he hasn t trained this week, and he needs to train, said the Italian, who is also having to make do without Frank Lampard (recovering from a hernia-operation).
He (Drogba) will be here at …
Luka Modric has credited Zinedine Zidane with giving him the confidence to fulfil his potential and claim a maiden Ballon d Or.
Modric was crowned the world s best player on Monday, ending the 10-year stranglehold of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi on the prize.
The Croatia midfielder won three consecutive Champions League titles under Zidane before the 1998 Ballon d Or winner left in the wake of their most recent triumph in Kiev in May.
But Modric says a meeting with Zidane shortly after his arrival in the job in 2016 was key to his surge to the top of world football.
Here is something I will never forget: When Zinedine Zidane became Real Madrid coach, he called me into his office after training, Modric told France Football. He told me how he was …
Leonardo Bonucci admits that Juventus defeat to Real Madrid was especially bitter as they believed it was their time to taste Champions League glory.
Madrid became the first team to win back-to-back trophies in the tournament s modern format with a commanding 4-1 win in Cardiff on Saturday.
Juve were deservedly level at half-time after Mario Mandzukic s wondergoal cancelled out Cristiano Ronaldo s opener, but the Serie A champions produced a listless display after the break to allow Zinedine Zidane s side to cruise to victory through further goals from Casemiro, Ronaldo and Marco Asensio.
It is the second time Juve have finished runners-up in the space of three seasons, with Barcelona having beaten them 3-1 in 2015, while they now hold an unenviable record of ha…
Spain s youngsters had no problems cruising to a straightforward 4-0 win over Lithuania on Tuesday as the Under-21s filled in for the senior side s final pre-Euro 2020 warm-up match due to coronavirus protocols.
Sergio Busquets positive COVID-19 test on Sunday threw Spain s European Championship preparations into disarray as the situation forced the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) to promote their entire Under-21s side, though La Rojita took their opportunity to impress.
Spain quickly showed they were a cut above Lithuania and opened the scoring inside three minutes, Hugo Guillamon slamming home from 16 yards after Manu Garcia s low cross was deflected back towards the edge of the box.
It was 2-0 with less than half an hour played when Brahim Diaz dril…
Aston Villa attacking midfielder Jack Grealish is interested in joining the Premier League rivals Manchester City in the summer transfer window, according to . The Premier League champions are planning to make a big bid for the England international, who has reportedly told his friends that he remains ‘very interested’ in a switch to Pep Guardiola’s side.
Grealish is one of the best attacking players in the Premier League. The England international, who can also play as a winger, is a big player for Villa and is their main creative outlet. During the 2020-21 season, the 25-year-old made 24 starts and two substitute appearances in the Premier League for Villa, scoring six goals and providing 10 assists in the process, according to .
City won the Premier League this…
Newcastle United captain Kevin Nolan has been banned from driving for 60 days due to a speeding offence.
Nolan, 28, was hit with the ban after being caught speeding in May 2009 in his Range Rover in Longbenton, North Tyneside.
The former Bolton player was clocked at 65mph in a 30mph zone, the North Tyneside Magistrates Court heard.
The midfielder, who has scored 10 Premier League goals this season, also received a 1,000 pound fine for his indiscretion, and must pay 2,746 pounds in court costs and surcharges.
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