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Football: Three players from Eredivisie called up for ‘new’ Norwegian team

sport">11.54 am: FC Groningen striker Jørgen Strand Larsen and midfielders Sondre Tronstad (Vitesse) and Hakon Evjen (AZ) have been called up for the national football team of Norway. The three players from the premier league can all make their debut in the national A-team on Wednesday in the Nations League against Austria. The Norwegian association has put together a completely new selection for that game in Vienna, after a corona infection in the group that was initially put together by national coach Lars Lagerbäck.

sport">The Norwegians were scheduled to play against Romania in Bucharest on Sunday, but they were told by the Ministry of Health at Oslo airport that they had to be quarantined after a positive test from international Omar Elabdellaoui. The Nations Leagueduel with the Romanians was canceled and is likely to be converted into a regulatory 3-0 defeat for Norway, which is in the running for promotion to the A division.

Tennis: ‘Tennis bubble’ for Australian Open in Victoria still uncertain

sport">10.24 am: The Australian Tennis Association’s plan to move the Australian Open preparation tournaments to the state of Victoria has not yet received approval from the authorities. Prime Minister Daniel Andrews warned that fighting the coronavirus is a higher priority than creating a tennis bubble in the state of Melbourne city.

sport">“The Australian Open is definitely an important event, but avoiding a third wave of contagion is perhaps even more important,” said the Prime Minister of Victoria.

sport">The Australian tennis association on Monday unfolded the plan to move the tennis tournaments from Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Hobart, Adelaide and Canberra all to Victoria. That way, the tennis players can avoid the tightened travel restrictions and play the warm-up tournaments in the same state. The players who travel to Australia first go into quarantine for a period and then can move freely in Victoria. “With that we have the guarantee that the Australian Open can continue,” said director Craig Tiley.

sport">But state prime minister Andrews dampened enthusiasm for the tennis bubble. “It’s not a done deal yet. It is a huge logistics company with complicated quarantine arrangements. I think we can let the Australian Open go ahead, but it will look very different, ”said the prime minister, whose state has only recently come out of a lockdown.

sport">The Australian Open is scheduled for January 18 to 31. The preparation tournaments are in the weeks before. Tennis Australia’s plan for the bubble assumes that about 500 foreign tennis players will be quarantined for two weeks upon arrival in Victoria. They have to stay in their hotel but have access to a tennis court. Corona tests are part of the protocol.

Football: Coronavirus hits South Korea national football team in Vienna

sport">09.13 am: The South Korea national football team was hit by the corona virus during the practice trip in Austria. Six players have tested positive. The entire squad has been quarantined in their hotel rooms in Vienna, squad officials reported.

sport">South Korea played against Mexico last Saturday without the six infected players and lost 3-2. Star player Son Heung-min from Tottenham Hotspur was among the negative tested players and participated.

sport">An exhibition game with Qatar is scheduled for Tuesday. That match can continue if under FIFA rules thirteen uninfected players are available. The selection will undergo a new test round on Monday.

sport">The six players infected with the virus are Kwon Chang-hoon, Lee Dong-jun, Hwang In-beom, Na Sang-ho, Kim Moon-hwan and goalkeeper Jo Hyeon-woo.

Football: Norway does send a football team to Austria

sport">08.40 am: Norway will play the game in the Nations League in Vienna against Austria on Wednesday. The Norwegian Football Association sends a new selection that will be led by the national coach of Young Norway, Leif Gunnar Smerud. That team will be presented on Monday.

sport">The Norwegians did not play their scheduled game against Romania on Sunday. The Norwegian government forbade football players to fly to Bucharest. The selection of national coach Lars Lagerbäck had to be quarantined by the Ministry of Health after a positive corona test by international Omar Elabdellaoui.

sport">The footballers were already ready for departure at Oslo airport when that announcement came in. The game will probably be turned into a regulatory 3-0 defeat for the Norwegians, who are in the race for promotion to the A-division of the Nations League. With a win over Austria, Norway can even win the group with that defeat.

sport">“It was a tough job, but we are happy that the game can continue. Not only for sporting reasons, but also to fulfill our obligations to UEFA ”, was a statement from the union.

sport">The temporary national coach Smerud sounded militant. “I look forward to meeting the players who are willing to help the national team in this chaotic situation. It is now about preparing and performing well against Austria. ”

Football: De Bruyne is already talking about a longer stay at Manchester City

sport">07.35 am: Kevin De Bruyne is in talks with Manchester City for a longer stay at the club. That said the Belgian international at the Flemish TV channel VTM. He has played for the Premier League club since 2015 and has already won two league titles with City.

sport">The 29-year-old midfielder does the negotiations himself. “In this situation I can, because I would like to stay with City. If I wanted to leave City and the club wouldn’t want that, then that is a situation in which you do need someone to mediate, ”said De Bruyne, who still has a contract until mid-2023.

sport">“I still have a contract for 2.5 years. We are currently chatting a bit, but we’re not very far in the talks. There will be no difficult in the negotiations, and that goes for both sides. Because that’s not how we work. ”

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