COVID-19: PSG Crowned French Ligue 1 Champions
COVID-19: PSG Crowned French Ligue 1 Champions Paris Saint-Germain has reportedly been crowned French Ligue 1 champions after the season was forced to come to an end due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the French publication, L’Equipe. ABN TV recalls that Ligue 1 and all other major European football leagues suspended their domestic competitions due to the Coronavirus pandemic across...
COVID-19: Arsenal Players Allowed Back To Training Ground
Arsenal’s squad will be allowed back to their training ground from next week, although the club stressed they would still have to maintain British government guidelines designed to combat the spread of the coronavirus. The Premier League side’s players will have access to training pitches but on a strict rotational basis that will see them uphold social distancing measures. “Players will...
COVID-19: FIFA To Give Members $150m Of Virus Relief Funds
FIFA will release $150 million (139 million euros) to its member football associations from virus relief funds to help handle financial troubles caused by the coronavirus, the global governing body said on Friday. FIFA said that “virus relief funds” for 2019 and 2020 would be distributed amongst the 211 member associations in the next few days “as the first step...
BREAKING: Mike Tyson Back In Training For Charity Fight
Mike Tyson has revealed he has been training with view to making a return to the ring in some boxing exhibitions. The former undisputed world heavyweight champion has not fought professionally since retiring after the sixth round of his bout with Kevin McBride in 2005. Tyson's troubles with drug addiction have been well documented since, but the 53-year-old is now eyeing...
Usain Bolt Goes Viral With ‘Social Distancing’ Olympic Photo
Retired track star Usain Bolt showed he’s still a few steps ahead when he posted an AFP picture of him outstripping his rivals at the Beijing Olympics with the cheeky caption: “social distancing”. Bolt’s post, featuring a picture by AFP photographer Nicolas Asfouri of the 2008 Olympics 100m final, blew up on social media, drawing more than half a million...
COVID-19 Pandemic Has Punished Football Globally – Pinnick
President of Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick says the Covid-19 pandemic has punished football globally. Pinnick who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sports This Morning, disclosed that the coronavirus outbreak has really affected football operations worldwide. “Football is football but it has taken a huge toll globally. The English Premier League, on TV rights alone, they have lost over 800...
BREAKING: Ronaldinho Released From Prison In Paraguay
Former Barcelona superstar Ronaldinho has been released from a Paraguayan prison after just 32 days over forged documentation. The 40-year-old is set to be put on house arrest at a hotel in the country's capital of Asuncion after reportedly paying a £1.3million bond. Both he and his brother Roberto were charged with attempting to enter the country with fake passports last...
‘You’re Just SH*T!’ – Drogba And Eto’o Slam Doctors Who Suggested Testing COVID-19 Vaccine On Africans
Samuel Eto'o and Didier Drogba have criticised two medical professors who claimed that testing for a vaccine against coronavirus should be carried out in Africa. The comments were made on French television about the potential BCG vaccine, which is usually used against tuberculosis. Professor Jean-Paul Mira, head of the intensive care unit at the Cochin Hospital in Paris, said: 'If I can be provocative,...
BREAKING: British Boxer’s Father Dies Of Coronavirus
British boxer Anthony Yarde has announced his father has passed away from coronavirus. The 28-year-old light heavyweight revealed the sad news on his Instagram account in the early hours of Sunday morning, adding that his dad had no underlying health conditions. Yarde urged everyone to stay at home and not spread the deadly virus further as the pandemic takes hold around the...
Somali Football Legend Abdulkadir Mohamed Farah Dies Of Coronavirus
Somalia has tragically lost former footballer, Abdulkadir Mohamed Farah to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Somali Football Federation has confirmed. Farah passed away at a Northwest London Hospital on Tuesday (24 March 2020), after testing positive to the deadly virus last week. He was 59. SFF president, Abdiqani Said Arab, has commiserated with the bereaved family on the demise of Farah, who...
