Boxer Manny Pacquiao ends his career. Football world champion Roger Hunt is dead. And Uefa is stopping legal action against clubs in the European Super League. The latest sports news at a glance.
Olympic Games: No foreign spectators in Beijing either
(sda / dpa) Strict Corona requirements also apply to the Winter Games in Beijing. Foreign viewers are not admitted. Unvaccinated athletes have to go into quarantine after entry.
After the exclusion of all spectators from the summer games in At least locals get admission to the competitions in China if they meet the strict Corona requirements.
The International Olympic Committee approved this decision by the organizers of the Winter Games to be held next February. The same restrictions apply to the Paralympics in March. Details for the conditions for the ticket allocation are still being negotiated, it said. Empty arenas like in Tokyo should be avoided as far as possible.
Unvaccinated athletes must register themselves after entry Quarantined for three weeks. Exceptions are possible if athletes can provide a medical justification that a vaccination against the coronavirus is not possible.
For all participants in the Winter Games, a closed bubble will be set up around the competition venues from January 23rd, which must not be left. This shielded area includes the accommodations and its own Olympic transport system.
Those involved in the Winter Games from February 4th to 20th are only allowed to move within the bubble for training units and competitions as well as for their respective work. All participants and helpers have to undergo a daily corona test.
Similar measures applied to the summer games in Japan. There, however, foreigners were allowed to move freely in Tokyo 14 days after entering the country. In Beijing, apparently, a work quarantine is planned for the entire period of stay. Officials who are not staying in the Olympic Village, as well as media representatives and other parties involved, must stay in specially designated hotels in which strict corona measures apply.
The Chinese government is pursuing a “zero covid strategy”. With curfews, mass tests, contact tracing, quarantine and strict entry restrictions, the country has the coronavirus largely under control. Recently, however, there had been an accumulation of local outbreaks of the delta variant despite strict regulations.
Soccer : Haris Seferovic has to cure his calf injury
Haris Seferovic is canceled for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers.
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( sda) In addition to Captain Granit Xhaka, national coach Murat Yakin will also have to do without Haris Seferovic for the next two World Cup qualifying games in October. According to the “Blick”, the striker from Benfica Lisbon again suffers from a torn muscle fiber in his left calf.
Seferovic now has to be patient enough so that the injury is complete heals. Even before the games against Italy and Northern Ireland, he was struggling with the same calf injury, and after a 15-minute partial deployment at the end of August, he went straight to the national team. Against Northern Ireland, Seferovic remained pale and missed a penalty.
After returning to Portugal, the injury broke out again during training. “For the last two weeks I’ve only done therapy and strength training for the upper body, from next week I’ll slowly start running again,” Seferovic told the “Blick”.
In the other medical case, Arsenal has meanwhile confirmed the injury to Granit Xhaka’s right knee. As the club from London announced, the Swiss midfielder suffered a “significant injury to the knee ligament” in the derby against Tottenham Hotspur last Sunday.
Xhaka does not have to be operated, according to the club. However, it will be longer than initially assumed. As Arsenal writes, Xhaka will be “operational again in about three months”. For him it is the worst injury since a cruciate ligament rupture, which he suffered at the age of 16 as a junior at FC Basel.
Due to the latest injury, Xhaka missed all four outstanding games with Switzerland in the World Cup qualification against Northern Ireland (October 9), in Lithuania (October 12), in Italy (November 12) and against Bulgaria (November 15).
The tear in the inner ligament seals a thoroughly unsuccessful start for Xhaka in the 2021 season / 22nd She started with three defeats in a row in the championship and the dismissal in the 3rd round in the 0: 5 against Manchester City. As a result, Xhaka missed two games in the Premier League at the club due to a suspension and at the beginning of September because of Covid the three games with the Swiss national team against Greece, Italy and Northern Ireland.
Boxing: Filipino boxing legend Pacquiao retires from career
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The Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao stops professional sport and wants to dedicate himself to his political career. “I find it hard to accept that my days as a boxer are over. Today I announce my retirement, “said the 42-year-old on Wednesday in a video message to his fans. “I never thought that day would come,” added the former boxing world champion in eight different weight classes. “Goodbye, boxing.”
Only ten days ago Pacquiao announced that he would run for president of his country as the successor to President Rodrigo Duterte. “I am a fighter, and I will always be a fighter, in and out of the ring,” he emphasized. At the end of last year, Pacquaio was appointed the new leader of the PDP-Laban party by President Duterte. Pacquiao is a folk hero in his homeland.
To the greatest fans and the greatest sport in the world, thank you ! Thank you for all the wonderful memories. This is the hardest decision I’ve ever made, but I’m at peace with it. Chase your dreams, work hard, and watch what happens. Good bye boxing. https://t.co/Bde4wO82sA
– Manny Pacquiao (@MannyPacquiao) September 29, 2021
In August Pacquiao lost his first boxing match in two years in Las Vegas. He was defeated by the Cuban Yordenis Ugás on points in the fight for the super world championship welterweight belt according to the version of the WBA. For Pacquiao it was the tenth loss in the 71st fight of his career.
The next presidential election in the Southeast Asian island nation is scheduled for 2022. According to the constitution, Duterte is not allowed to run again. Instead, the current head of state, who was mainly controversial because of his tough anti-drug fight, announced that he would be running as Vice-President.
Soccer: World Champion Roger Hunt has passed away
(sda / dpa) England world champion Roger Hunt is dead. The former Liverpool FC striker died on Monday evening after a long illness at the age of 83. Hunt was part of the team that won the 1966 World Cup final against Germany at London’s Wembley Stadium. He was also twice champions with Liverpool, for which he played from 1958 to 1969. With 285 goals in 492 games, Hunt was the club’s top scorer for a long time until he was overtaken by Ian Rush in 1992.
Football: Ibrahimovic in the Swedish squad
( sda / dpa) A few days before his 40th birthday, Zlatan Ibrahimovic was called back to the Swedish national team. The AC Milan striker is part of the 25-man squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Kosovo and Greece in early October. Ibrahimovic is the record scorer in Sweden with 62 goals in 118 international matches. A knee injury meant that he had missed the EM in the summer.
General: First Swiss athletes selected for the Winter Games in Beijing
Martin Rios and Jenny Perret are back at the Olympic Games in 2022.
Simon Tanner
(sda) The women and men of the curling teams Perret / Rios (mixed doubles), Tirinzoni (women) and De Cruz (men) have been selected by Swiss Olympic as the first athletes for the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing in 2022.
The mixed doubles team with Jenny Perret and Martin Rios comes to the Chinese capital for the second Olympic participation. The two of them won the silver medal in Pyeongchang in 2018 and, with their interaction on the ice, provided interesting insights into the sport of curling.
Silvana Tirinzoni and Esther Neuenschwander are also participating in the Olympic Games for the second time after 2018. Her teammates Alina Pätz and Melanie Barbezat then joined the team and are facing the Olympic premiere. Team Tirinzoni will travel to the Olympic tournament as world champions in 2019 and 2021.
The men’s team by Skip Peter de Cruz with Benoît Schwarz, Valentin Tanner and Sven Michel is also one of the medal candidates. The Geneva team won Olympic bronze in 2018. After this success, Claudio Pätz left the team at his own request. Since then, Sven Michel has taken his place. Team de Cruz won the bronze medal at the 2021 World Cup in Canada.
Football: Proceedings against Real Madrid, Barça and Juve set
(dpa) Uefa has responded to a judicial threat from Spain and will not pursue the proceedings against the three breakaway Super League clubs Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and Juventus Turin. The Uefa confirmed on Tuesday. The European association will not demand any penalty payment from the other nine Super League teams.
After careful examination, it was concluded that the continuation of a legal dispute was not in your own interest and that of the member associations, according to a Uefa announcement. The Uefa Appeals Chamber had therefore decided that the proceedings would not be pursued further. In the room there was a Champions League exclusion of the three top clubs.
Nevertheless, the clear stance against the establishment of a super league and the disapproval of the behavior of the clubs involved remain. They will continue to do whatever is necessary to stop the Super League and any form of breakaway league. Likewise, in the event of a possible resumption of any spin-off plans, new legal steps are reserved.
The Spanish judge Manuel Ruiz de Lara had given Uefa an ultimatum the previous week to withdraw the threats of sanctions against the founding members of the controversial super league. Otherwise, Uefa President Aleksander Ceferin will face charges for failure to comply with a judicial judgment.
Twelve European top clubs, including initially six English Premier League clubs, had shocked football Europe in April with the publication of their Super League plans. The super league would have entered into direct competition with the Uefa Champions League, which, like many national leagues and associations, sharply criticized these plans. Fans demonstrated against the plans.
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