LONDON (REUTERS) – Padraig Harrington, who will captain Team Europe at the Ryder Cup in September, has tested positive for Covid-19 and withdrawn from this week’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, the PGA Tour said on Tuesday (Feb 9). The 49-year-old Harrington, who missed the cut at last week’s Waste Management Phoenix Open after carding rounds... » read more
LONDON • The English Premier League revealed on Monday that just 16 players and staff had tested positive for the coronavirus in the latest round of testing, which is a significant drop from recent weeks. Britain is under its third national lockdown as authorities battle a highly infectious strain of the Covid-19 disease but fears... » read more
The wife and the housemate of a 33-year-old Chinese national who tested positive for Covid-19 last Saturday have also tested positive for the infection, forming a new local cluster, according to the Ministry of Health (MOH) in a statement last night. The two Chinese nationals are work permit holders who were identified as close contacts... » read more
The M2 World Championship, a major e-sports tournament scheduled to take place in Singapore next week, will proceed as planned even though one of the overseas participants tested positive for the coronavirus earlier this week and two more were confirmed yesterday. The Brazilian player was identified only as Case 59238 in the Ministry of Health’s... » read more
Six days into serving her stay-home notice after arriving in Singapore on Dec 21 last year, a new maid from Indonesia started feeling unwell. The single mother, 40, who had left home for the first time to start a new life as a foreign domestic worker (FDW), developed a mild cough and headache while being... » read more
MANCHESTER (REUTERS) – Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero is self-isolating after coming into close contact with someone who tested positive for Covid-19, manager Pep Guardiola said. Aguero was expected to start in their FA Cup third-round tie against second-tier Birmingham City on Sunday but did not feature in the matchday squad as Guardiola’s side sealed... » read more
TOKYO • Record-breaking sumo champion Hakuho has tested positive for Covid-19 just days before the New Year tournament, the Japan Sumo Association (JSA) said yesterday. The JSA said Hakuho was tested after noticing a loss of smell, and that other members of the Miyagino stable who are thought to have come into contact with him... » read more
TOKYO • Badminton world No. 1 Kento Momota tested positive for Covid-19 yesterday, prompting the withdrawal of the Japanese national team from the Jan 12-17 Thailand Open. National broadcaster NHK said he tested positive at Narita Airport ahead of the team’s departure for Thailand. An official from the Japan Badminton Association confirmed that none of... » read more
SINGAPORE – A Singapore permanent resident was found to be infected with the coronavirus after completing his stay-home notice, which he served partly in Mandarin Orchard Singapore hotel. The Ministry of Health (MOH) said late Friday night (Dec 25) that it is investigating if he is linked to 13 patients who had earlier served their... » read more
KIEV (AFP) – Tuesday’s (Nov 17) Nations League match between Switzerland and Ukraine has been called off, the Ukrainian football association said, after six of its players tested positive for the coronavirus. The association said in a statement that it was informed by continental governing body Uefa the match “cannot take place”, after the Swiss... » read more
BARCELONA (REUTERS) – Atletico Madrid and Uruguay forward Luis Suarez has tested positive for Covid-19, the Uruguay national team said in a statement on Monday (Nov 16). Uruguay’s statement said top scorer Suarez and stand-in goalkeeper Rodrigo Munoz plus a staff member had tested positive. Other members of the squad had all tested negative ahead... » read more
LISBON (AFP) – Cristiano Ronaldo, who has tested positive for Covid-19, left the Portuguese team camp near Lisbon on Wednesday (Oct 14) to fly back to Northern Italy on his private jet, local media reported. The Juventus player’s jet took off in the afternoon from the Tires airfield, in the outskirts of Lisbon, according to... » read more