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Manchester City coach Guardiola tests positive for coronavirus
13.36 o’clockManchester City coach Pep Guardiola has tested positive for the coronavirus. As a result, the 50-year-old Spaniard will miss Friday’s match against Swindon Town in the FA Cup tournament.
His assistant Juanma Lillo also tested positive and is in isolation. The other assistant, Rodolfo Borrell, is now on the bench as the final responsible in the match against Swindon Town, which plays at the fourth level in England.
City, the leader of the Premier League, now has 21 people in isolation due to corona infections, including seven players.
At Liverpool, head coach Jürgen Klopp and his assistant Pepijn Lijnders have also tested positive for the corona virus in recent days.
Daniil Medvedev helps Russia further ATP Cup
07:44 o’clock The Russian tennis team led by Daniil Medvedev has reached the semi-finals of the ATP Cup tournament. The Russians defeated Italy 2-1 in the final group match. Medvedev, the winner of the US Open, tied the score after Roman Safioellin lost the first singles and the Russians took the win in the decisive double.
Russia and Italy faced each other in the final of the country tournament last year. The Russians then won 2-0 thanks to victories by Andrei Roeblev and Medvedev over Fabio Fognini and Matteo Berrettini.
Medvedev has to do without Rublev, the number 5 in the world, in this edition of the ATP Cup. Russia beat France (2-1) and Australia (3-0) this week, but could not afford a defeat against the Italians. The defending champion fell behind due to a defeat of Safioellin, 167th in the world ranking, against Jannik Sinner: 6-7 (6) 3-6. Leader Medvedev kept his country in the race by beating Berrettini afterwards. The number 2 in the world ranking beat the global number 7 in three sets: 6-2 6-7 (5) 6-4.
In the decisive double, Sinner and Berrettini won the first set 7-5, the second went to Medvedev and Safioullin 6-4. The Russian duo took the final match tiebreak with 10-5.
Unvaccinated basketball player Irving celebrates return to NBA at Nets
07:29 o’clock American basketball player Kyrie Irving, who refuses to be vaccinated against the corona virus, has made his first minutes of this season in the NBA. The 29-year-old Irving immediately played an important role with 22 points in the won away game against Indiana Pacers (129-121). “It was great to be back on the field,” said Irving, who gave his shirt to his father Drederick afterwards, visibly emotional.
The American, born in Australia, is not allowed to play matches in New York, the home of Brooklyn Nets. In New York, authorities do not allow unvaccinated people to participate in indoor sports. That means that as long as he hasn’t taken a vaccine, Irving won’t be able to play for the Nets in home games.
The club management decided in October that Irving is not part of the team as long as he can only be used on a part-time basis (in away games). Due to a large number of infections with the corona virus within the selection, the Nets recently decided to bring Irving back to the group. “We could have signed players for ten days, but why would we do that when we already have someone who can play for us?” said coach Steve Nash. “They are also part-time players.”