Two positive at two clubs in latest Premier League coronavirus tests
Tests were carried out on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday of last week, with 996 players and club staff tested overall.
Players or club staff who have tested positive will now self-isolate for a period of seven days.
This time the tests available to each club was increased from 40 to 50.
On 19 May the Premier League announced that in the first round, six tested positive from three clubs. That included Watford's Adrian Mariappa and Burnley assistant manager Ian Woan. A total of 748 players and club staff were tested between 17-18 May.
The Premier League has been suspended since 13 March because of the coronavirus pandemic, with 92 fixtures remaining.
Speaking on Friday, Premier League chief executive Richard Masters said the league was "as confident as we can be" about restarting in June.
Asked what date the Premier League was targeting for a return, Masters said it must be "flexible" and could learn from the resumption of the Bundesliga.
La Liga can resume behind closed doors from 8 June, says Spanish Prime Minister
The league's president Javier Tebas said he had hoped Spain's top flight would restart on 12 June, although La Liga is yet to confirm a restart date.
La Liga players this week started training in groups of no more than 10.
"Spain has done what it should and now new horizons are opening for everyone. The time has come to bring back many day-to-day activities," said Sanchez.
"From 8 June, La Liga will be back. Spanish football has a huge following but it will not be the only recreational activity that will return."The Spanish second division is also set to resume at the same time as the top flight, with reports in Spain suggesting the derby between Sevilla and Real Betis will be the first La Liga game to take place.
"We are very pleased with the decision," said Tebas.
"It is the result of the great work of clubs, players, coaches, CSD (National Sports Council) and agents.
"But we cannot lower our guard, it is important to follow health regulations and ensure the pandemic doesn't come back."Football in Spain was suspended on 12 March because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The players in the top two divisions were only able to return to individual training in early May after being tested for the virus.
Five players tested positive for the virus across Spain's top two divisions and went into isolation prior to the first phase of group training being allowed from 18 May.
Pulev warns Joshua he will not step aside
The Bulgarian is mandatory challenger for Joshua's IBF title but their planned bout on 20 June was postponed.
It led to talk of Pulev being paid to step aside so Joshua could face Tyson Fury for all four heavyweight belts.
"I can't understand why we are still postponing instead of fixing a date and venue and getting to work?" said Pulev.
"Enough is enough. I can't wait to win this fight.
"I see how people are afraid of me and are trying to face someone else before me. That's not how a real world champion should act."Pulev was due to face Briton Joshua in 2017 but withdrew because of injury and was also in mandatory position when Joshua lost to Andy Ruiz Jr in June 2019.
Joshua holds the IBF, WBA and WBO belts and has talked of his desire to face WBC champion Fury, who is due to face Deontay Wilder for a third time when boxing returns following its shutdown because of the coronavrius pandemic.
It would appear the two British heavyweights will need to wait and win their respective fights with neither Wilder nor Pulev appearing likely to accept 'step-aside' money.
"I did it once when I didn't have to do it for Joshua to have his second match against Ruiz Jr. Everything was against IBF's rules, but I compromised," said Pulev.
"A year has passed and they always have a reason to postpone, not to fight against me. There are two options. You either fight or vacate the title."When and where a contest between Joshua and Pulev can take place is unknown because of the uncertainty caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
Rugby Australia release trio after pay dispute
The trio were stood down by Queensland Reds on Monday for not accepting the interim pay deals.
RA said the decision was made after the players chose to "pursue termination of their contracts" and was "effective immediately".
It comes after RA warned of A$120m (£64.4m) losses because of coronavirus.
Rugby Australia interim chief executive Rob Clarke said:
"The game collectively took the difficult but necessary action to stand down over 70% of the entire rugby workforce, which equates to over 150 workers that are now receiving the JobKeeper subsidy [from the Australian government].
"At the same time, 189 professional rugby players in Australia accepted reduced pay for an interim period to enable the game to navigate this unprecedented situation. The three Queensland players elected not to accept these terms."
from Bola Esho's Blog
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