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The fight between Olympic champion Tony Yoka and Congolese Martin Bakole, scheduled for January 15 in Paris-Bercy, has been postponed due to the return of gauges of up to 2,000 indoor spectators.
Basket
Elite: the match between Boulogne-Levallois and Le Portel scheduled for December 27, as well as three Nanterre matches have been postponed due to cases of Covid-19 among Ile-de-France and Nanterriens.
League 1 : The match between Angers and Saint-Etienne, scheduled for January 9, has been postponed due to the large number of cases of Covid-19 within the Angevin workforce.
French Cup : Argentinian Paris Saint-Germain superstar Lionel Messi is one of four players tested positive for coronavirus, PSG announced on Sunday. Full-back Juan Bernat, goalkeeper Sergio Rico and young midfielder Nathan Bitumazala are also affected. They will be absent during the round of 16 in Vannes, which takes place on Monday.
Bordeaux lost its 16th in Brest (3-0), where he had traveled with seven professionals and thirteen young people, because 21 of his players were positive for Covid-19. Monaco also had to do without seven positive players for their match at Quevilly on Sunday.
Handball
Euro-2022: Because of the gauges, the France-Egypt preparation match, scheduled for January 7 in Chambéry, has been relocated to Créteil. The one against Norway scheduled for Sunday January 9 was canceled and replaced by a second confrontation against the Egyptians the same day, also in Créteil. The latter are indeed free after the cancellation of their Golden League match against Denmark scheduled for the same day.
Rugby
Top 14: Four matches of the 13th day of Top 14 on December 26 and 27 have been postponed due to contamination in the ranks of Racing, Pau, Bordeaux-Bègles, Clermont and the French Stadium. Montpellier-Toulon, match of the 14th day scheduled for Sunday, has also been postponed. The National Rugby League (LNR) has changed its health protocol for the elite and the Pro D2. All players, including the vaccinated, will now have to get tested at least twice a week.
Volley
call A : five league matches have been postponed to January 25 or June 30.
EUROPE
England : A total of 18 Premier League fixtures have been postponed since December 9. The virus also affects coaches, since the shock of the 21st day between Chelsea and Liverpool on Sunday was played without Reds coach Jürgen Klopp.
Italy : Juventus announced the positive test of its captain Giorgio Chiellini on Saturday evening, after announcing two other cases the day before. On Thursday, Naples announced that its Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen had also contracted the virus. A Serie A match has been postponed, Udinese-Salernitana which was scheduled for December 21.
Spain : Barça played Sunday in Mallorca, without a dozen players victims of the Covid.
Europa League Conference : the Rennes-Tottenham confrontation scheduled for Thursday, December 9 has been canceled due to cases of Covid-19 within the English team (Rennes 3-0 victory on the green carpet).
Basket
Euroleague: five meetings scheduled for the past week have been postponed due to cases of Covid-19 among the players.
Rugby
European Cups : the seven Franco-British matches scheduled for December 18 and 19 in the two European Rugby Cups have been postponed due to travel restrictions between France and Great Britain. Montpellier and Racing 92 in the European Cup, as well as Pau in the European Challenge, won their respective matches on the green carpet due to cases of Covid-19 among their opponents. The Bristol-Llanelli confrontation scheduled for December 11 was also canceled (victory on the Bristol green carpet).
REST OF THE WORLD
Basket
NBA : Eleven regular season games have been postponed, including the most recent between the Golden State Warriors and the Denver Nuggets, which was scheduled for Thursday, December 30.
The shadow of Covid-19 also hangs over the Africa Cup of Nations: after being postponed for a year because of the pandemic, the CAN must be held from January 9 to February 6, but contaminations are increasing in some selections. The Gambia canceled its two preparation matches on Saturday, against Algeria and Syria, “due to the unavailability of 16 players” including some positive cases.
Winter Olympics
The Beijing Olympics (February 4-20, 2022) will take place in front of an exclusively Chinese audience, with foreign spectators being excluded from the event.
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