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Bundesliga soon with fans again?
Borussia Dortmund is also currently working on a plan to return soonBundesliga club. “We should first “We go through everything, but then we discuss things with himPolitics .” How many fans with restrictions again in over 80,000 spectators
Previously, Bayern Munich board member Oliver Kahn had the firstTV show” Sky90 ”In the near future it could at best be “one , Kahn had emphasized and with a view to thatFootball League a number from “10,000 to 11Bundesliga otherwise 75,000 visitors. (dpa)
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NBA plans to end the season with 22 teams from the end of July
The NBA is hoping for a continuation of those interrupted by the corona pandemicAccordingly, the season should be late in July on the Disney siteWorld in Orlando again. The participating teams would before
In addition to the team ownersThe details of the agreements But experts do the math(dpa)
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Sports Show: Quotas are going down
The number of spectators at the “Sports Show” has decreased continuously since the restart of the Bundesliga . In the end, only 3.30 million people wanted to watch the sports classic on ARD on Saturday. “We are noticing a noticeable decline in interest at the moment”, ARD sports coordinator Axel Balkausky told the German press agency.
The first “sports show” after the Corona break with its game summaries had seen an average of 4.11 million fans, the second 3.77 million. Before the Corona crisis, the average of the “sports show” was significantly higher at 4.81 million.
The market shares of the programs after the restart slipped below 20 percent each – around five percentage points less than before the forced break . “We also had fewer viewers of the two programs over the past week, especially on Wednesday, than usually during the English weeks – despite the Dortmund-Bayern game. It’s a shame, ”commented Balkausky.
ARD is still puzzling over the causes. “I do not know if the outstanding viewer interest is also a protest,” said the sports coordinator. “But football doesn’t seem to be as important to some people as it is now.” (dpa)
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Was or is there something ?!
Russia ’s Premier Leaguestarts on June 19, despite the massive increase in corona infections again with the game operation. Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Chernyshenko said in Moscow on Tuesday. In May, the football association had announced that it should start again on June 21. “Football always pays special attention and above all the national championship,” said Chernyshenko, according to the state agency Tass.
“Football returns to our lives on June 19 when the Premier League games begin. Ice hockey and basketball can then return in August-September, ”he said. The games had been stopped on March 17th due to the Corona crisis. Several clubs in Russia recently had players infected with the virus. The championship should be completed by July 22nd – Zenit has been leading St. Petersburg so far.
The start will be made on June 19 by Krylja Sowjetow from Samara and Achmat from Grozny, the capital of the Chechen Republic in the North Caucasus. However, the game is played in front of largely empty stands. The football association had announced that a maximum of ten percent of the spectator seats should be occupied to protect against the virus.
The consumer protection agency Rospotrebnadsor had allowed the teams to train again in May. Foreign players should also be flown in again with special machines because Russia has actually closed its borders because of Corona. In future, however, as in many countries, strict precautionary measures will apply. Players and staff are tested on Sars-CoV-2. According to official figures, there are more than 423,741 corona infections in Russia , more than in any other country except the United States and Brazil. (dpa)
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Jürgen Klopp on master celebration: “Celebrate as it is possible” Football coach Jürgen Klopp expects a boisterous championship celebration under corona conditions, late – also a parade will give when the Reds become champions. “Whenever, who cares,” said Klopp in a good mood. “We only need one day when everyone is allowed to come, and then we do it.”
Liverpool FC are still missing two victories for the first championship in 30 years. Should second-placed Man City lose its first game against Arsenal after the Premier League restart on June 17, Liverpool’s success with city rivals Everton would be enough to secure the title. The games are held to the exclusion of the audience. Fans are also not allowed to gather around the stadium.
Klopp does not want to spoil his mood by the fact that there will probably be no fans at the crucial moment. “You always celebrate, no matter where that is”, he said, recalling the triumph in the Champions League a year ago. There he “celebrated first in Madrid, then in the hotel,” said Klopp. “And then there were so many people that you had no time for the family. If you want, you can always find a flaw in the situation. ” (dpa)
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Organizers hope for the French Open of tennis professionals with spectators The French Open according to the wishes of the French tennis association president despite the corona virus crisis taking place with “a maximum” of possible audience . Ultimately, however, the government decides, said Bernard Giudicelli in a video call with the French tennis professional Gael Monfils. The option , the Grand Slam clay court tournament in Paris as a ghost tournament without spectators, he declined. The organizers of the French Open had the Grand Slam tournament, which was originally scheduled for May 24 through June 7, arbitrarily postponed to the end of September and put in plenty of criticism for it. The organizers of the US Open still hope to be able to host their tournament in New York from August 31 to September 10 as planned. Wimbledon has been canceled for this year. The Australian Open earlier this year had been scheduled. (dpa)
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Maas shows understanding for protest actions by soccer professionals
Foreign minister Heiko Maas understands the protest actions Several players in the Bundesliga said after the violent death of African American George Floyd in the United States . “I fully understand these protests, including the way they have taken place, which I find to be very reserved. And I hope that the responsible people who have to judge that will also see it that way, ” said the SPD politician.
The Schalke professional Weston McKennie, who is a US citizen had on weekends an armband with “Justice for George” worn in the game against Werder Bremen. Dortmund’s Jadon Sancho and Achraf Hakimi had T-shirts under their BVB jerseys that said “Justice for George Floyd” (Justice for George Floyd). Gladbach Marcus Thuram symbolically dropped to his knees. Cologne’s Anthony Modeste also joined the protests in the 2: 4 against RB Leipzig with a gesture.
Political messages on the pitch are not allowed for the professionals. The rules of the DFB say, for example, that players are not allowed to show underwear with “political, religious or personal slogans”. (dpa)
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Hörmann: diversity of the sports landscape in danger
Alfons Hörmann reaffirmed the need for a national emergency fund for sport . “Without help, our 90,000 clubs will not be able to survive in many places,” said the head of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) on Tuesday. Without support, the diversity of the sports landscape is at risk. Programs for clubs in the “classic, valuable leagues” such as volleyball, ice hockey, handball or basketball, which, in contrast to football , did not have the economic framework, were particularly necessary. “Otherwise, the first bankruptcies will come in the next few weeks and months,” said Hörmann. (dpa)
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Hundreds of fans at the football drive-in cinema in Denmark –
The Danish top club FC Midtjylland started playing again on Monday after the Corona break – and has let hundreds of fans in the football drive-in participate. The audience watched the game in front of the stadium out of their cars on big screens, as the leader of the Danish soccer superleague announced after the 0-1 loss to AC Horsens. Up to five fans per car were allowed, the corresponding comment about the game was over the radio in the cars .
The Danish league started playing again last week after a Corona break of eleven weeks, but spectators are not allowed to play. Midtjylland only suffered their third defeat of the season against Horsens, but continues to lead the table with a clear lead of nine points. (dpa)
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US Open organizers probably want to pull through the tournament
Despite the coronavirus situation in New York , the tennis organizers of the US Open hope to be able to host the Grand Slam tournament from August 31 to September 10 as planned. “We will continue to be 150 percent focused on hosting the US Open at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on our date,” said Stacey Allaster, director of the USTA, USTA, the AP news agency. A decision should be made “mid to late June”. Postponing the appointment or moving to another location is unlikely.
Possible scenarios include the fact that players are brought to New York from several airports around the world using charter machines that are used for this purpose. Before departure, all participants would have to submit a negative test for the virus. Centralized accommodations, daily temperature measurements, less permitted supervisors and officials and no cloakroom access on training days are also considered. Spectators should almost certainly not be admitted.
If the US Open does actually stick to its date, it seems practically impossible that the French Open will take place on sand a week later. The organizers of Paris had postponed their Grand Slam tournament to the end of September. Wimbledon has been canceled for this year. (dpa)
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Table tennis returns
After more than two months of competition break, the German table tennis stars are facing a surprisingly fast comeback during the Corona pandemic. This Monday and Tuesday the “Düsseldorf Masters” will take place for the first time in the hall of the German record champions Borussia Düsseldorf. This is a tournament series for 16 German national and foreign guest players, which national coach Jörg Roßkopf has come up with for the next three months. The premieres include the German stars Timo Boll and Dimitrij Ovtcharov, the Swedes Kristian Karlsson and Anton Källberg and the Egyptian Omar Assar, who live in Düsseldorf or play in the Bundesliga for Borussia.
“The Düsseldorf Masters are a great opportunity to regularly play competitions again after weeks of training,” said Roßkopf. “Our players were totally thrilled when we introduced this idea to them.” This Monday, 16 round of 16 games and a quarter-final will be played in succession. The first tournament will then be completed on Tuesday. All games can be seen live on the internet at sportdeutschland.tv , like the games in the Bundesliga , are subject to strict hygiene rules and have been approved in advance by the Health Department in Düsseldorf.
Due to the spread of the Corona virus, all national and international competitions in table tennis were canceled at an early stage or postponed. The men’s Bundesliga wants to continue their playoff round until the end of June. The individual European Championships in Warsaw and the World Team Championships in South Korea have also been rescheduled in the second half of September. National coach Roßkopf personally assumes that no international championships can take place this year. (dpa)
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Second ghost race day in Hoppegarten
Clement Lecoeuvre achieved a surprise victory with Kalifornia Queen in Hoppegarten on Sunday . The French jockey and the three-year-old mare from the top-scoring team won the second day of the race over 2000 meters with a lead of one and a half lengths ahead of Snow with Sibylle Vogt in the saddle. Co-favorite Ocean Fantasy with Miki Cadeddu came third in the important preliminary examination, endowed with 35,000 euros, for the classic Diana price in August in Düsseldorf. Flamingo Girl with star jockey Andünsch Starke only finished fifth. (dpa)
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