The German Football League (DFL) held a meeting on Tuesday, setting a new minimum age of 16 for players in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2. The change will take effect from the 2020-21 season. No team could be happier than Borussia Dortmund to hear that because it paved the way […]
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China will step up assistance to Namibia and other African countries in combating the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Namibian President Hage Geingob in a telephone conversation on Friday. Xi said China will continue to share its experience in COVID-19 prevention and control with African countries and enhance […]
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The World Bank has approved US$1.9 billion dollars for 25 countries. The largest amount of assistance was US$ 200 million for India, followed by US$ 200 million for Pakistan, US$ 129 million for Sri Lanka,US$100 million for Afghanistan and US$83 million for Ethiopia. World Bank President David Malpass told Associated […]
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ZTN Reporter ZIMBABWE national soccer team captain Knowledge Musona will have an early off season break after a decision was made today to bring the Belgian Pro League to a premature end. Musona (29) is on loan at KAS Eupen from Anderlecht. In a statement the Pro League Board said […]
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A new study published Tuesday by Science magazine suggests that the lockdown of Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province, combined with the Level 1 national emergency response, averted hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 cases in China by Feb. 19. The study, led by Tian Huaiyu of Beijing Normal University, […]
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The origin of the novel coronavirus has been widely discussed online since the outbreak. Conspiracy theories around it have also emerged endlessly. A previous scientific study suggests that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has a natural origin. “Certainly some of the early cases were linked to the seafood market […]
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Former Marseille president Pape Diouf has died aged 68 after contracting coronavirus, the club have announced. The Senegalese was president between 2005 and 2009 when Marseille finished second in Ligue 1 twice and reached two French Cup finals. They went on to win a first French league title in 18 […]
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By the end of 29 March there had been 81,470 confirmed cases, including 2,396 patients who were still being treated, 723 confirmed cases are imported cases from aboard, 168 were still suspected of being infected with the virus, 3,304 deaths and a total of 75,770 people had been discharged from […]
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Turkey’s most capped player, former goalkeeper Rustu Recber, is critically ill in hospital with coronavirus. The ex-Barcelona and Fenerbahce keeper, 46, won 120 caps and was one of the players of the tournament when Turkey reached the 2002 World Cup semi-finals. “We are still in shock by the sudden and […]
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ZTN Correspondent Finance Minister of Germany’s Hesse state, Thomas Schaefer, has died by suicide after becoming “deeply worried” about the economic impact of Coronavirus. Schaefer (54) is said to have been working “day and night” to help businesses deal with the impact. His body was found on Saturday. “We are […]
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