COVID-19

Football Team Forced To Play With Only 7 Players After 16 Tested COVID-19 Positive

BEVERLY HILLS, April 12, (THEWILL) - COVID-19 has led to some often bizarre events like what occurred on Sunday in the Colombian football top-flight, the Categoria Primera A. In the match between 17th-placed Rionegro Aguilas and 13th Boyacá Chicó FC,...

Lagos Relaxes Restrictions On Gatherings, Events Centres

BEVERLY HILLS, April 09, (THEWILL) – The Lagos State Government has eased restrictions on social gatherings and event centres across the state. A press statement on Friday, signed by Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs. Uzamat Akinbile Yusuff, and the...

COVID-19 Forces Organisers To Postpone French Open

BEVERLY HILLS, April 08, (THEWILL) – The highpoint of the tennis clay season, the French Open, has been postponed by a week. Organisers took the decision on Thursday in the hope that more spectators will be permitted to attend the...

Leonardo Bonucci Tests Positive For COVID-19 After Italy International Duty

BEVERLY HILLS, April 01, (THEWILL) - Veteran Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci has tested positive for coronavirus, and will now need to enter a period of self-isolation. The 33-year-old recently returned from international duty with Italy, having featured in two of the...

UK Slams Chris Oyakhilome’s TV Station With N65.6m Fine Over COVID-19 

BEVERLY HILLS, March 31, (THEWILL) – The Office of Communications in the United Kingdom, Ofcom, has sanctioned religious channel, Loveworld, owned by Nigerian Pastor, Chris Oyakhilome. Ofcom said in a statement that the station was fined £125,000 (N65.6 million) for breaching...

COVID-19 Restrictions Push Chelsea Of England Vs Porto Of Portugal To Play In Neutral Spain

BEVERLY HILLS, March 30, (THEWILL) – The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has announced that the home and away matches of the Champions League quarter-final tie between English Premier League side Chelsea and Portuguese Primeira Liga club Porto will...

Fresh Tests Clear Alex Iwobi Of COVID-19

BEVERLY HILLS, March 30, (THEWILL) - Glad tidings have hit the senior men's national football team of Nigeria, as the confirmation results of the initial test for COVID-19 on Alex Iwobi have returned negative. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) broke the...

COVID-19 Vaccine: Impact For Sportsmen And Women

BEVERLY HILLS, March 29, (THEWILL) - According to information shared online by the COVID-19 Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Wednesday, a total of 215,277 Nigerians have received their first doses of the University of Oxford coronavirus vaccine AstraZeneca. In early...

CAF Gets Breather For Africans In French Leagues Over COVID-19 Embargo

BEVERLY HILLS, March 29, (THEWILL) - The restrictions surrounding travel enforced around destinations known to have high rates of COVID-19 infections caused world football governing body, FIFA, to loosen rules obliging clubs to release players from travelling to represent their...

COVID-19: Edo Vaccinates Over 11,800 Frontline Workers, 4527 Others

BEVERLY HILLS, March 29, (THEWILL) - The Edo State Government has intensified the vaccination of residents against coronavirus (COVID-19), as about 16,328 persons have received the Oxford AstraZenaca vaccine across the state’s 18 local government areas. Executive Secretary of the state’s...
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