Tag: Training

  • Premier League clubs to resume training today

    Premier League clubs to resume training today

    Premier League clubs will return to training on Tuesday after agreeing to allow “small group” sessions to begin, the first step on the road to a return to competitive action. The league held a conference call for all 20 clubs on Monday where the move was given unanimous backing. It is the first move in…

  • Barca players to have COVID-19 test before training

    Barca players to have COVID-19 test before training

    Barcelona players will be tested for Covid-19 at the club’s training ground on Wednesday before resuming individual work “in the coming days”. La Liga teams have been given permission to return to training this week following the easing of some restrictions by the government. Barca say the league “gave the go-ahead” for testing after inspecting…

  • Sassuolo players run on empty pitches as Serie A training resumes

    Sassuolo players run on empty pitches as Serie A training resumes

    Sassuolo on Monday became the first Italian top-flight club to resume training following the coronavirus stoppage although it was still a long way from normality with only a handful of players running up and down empty pitches. The Serie A club posted a video on Twitter showing players exercising individually, with each having half a…

  • La Liga training to resume this week with season restart in June

    Soccer clubs in Spain’s top two divisions will return to individual training this week for the first time since activity was halted due to the coronavirus pandemic, while organisers will aim to re-start the season in June, La Liga said on Monday. A statement from the organising body said clubs would follow the league’s protocol…

  • Serie A clubs allowed to resume training Monday

    Italian football teams have been given permission from the government to resume training from Monday. The government had initially declared that as of May 4 citizens can exercise in parks and athletes involved in individual sport can begin training again as they begin lifting lockdown restrictions. Team sports were initially required to wait a further…

  • Three test positive for COVID-19 at FC Cologne as clubs resume training

    Three test positive for COVID-19 at FC Cologne as clubs resume training

    German top-flight football club FC Cologne said on Friday that group training was continuing in spite of three people at the club testing positive for COVID-19. The Bundesliga side said in a statement that the entire squad and coaching staff had been tested on Thursday. “Three people tested positive, all are symptom-free,” the club statement…

  • EPL: Arteta missing as Arsenal players resume training

    Arsenal head coach, Mikel Arteta, was missing as the first team resumed training at London Colney on Monday, the UK Metro reports. A ‘majority’ of the squad trained at the club’s Hertfordshire base, after the club decided that it was safe to open up their large training base. However, the Gunners enforced strict rules for…

  • Bundesliga: Bayern Munich to resume training

    Bundesliga: Bayern Munich to resume training

    Bayern Munich players will return to training on Monday for the first time since the Bundesliga campaign was halted by the coronavirus pandemic. Germany’s top flight has been on hold since 13 March. The German Football League recommended clubs should not train until Sunday, 5 April; the Bundesliga leaders will welcome back players in small…

  • COVID-19: Arsenal players set to return to training

    Arsenal players are set to return to training next Tuesday, following their period of self-isolation due to the coronavirus outbreak, Sky Sports reports. The Gunners boss, Mikel Arteta, tested positive for COVID-19 last week. The news led to the Premier League postponing all fixtures until at least April 4. Since then, all Arsenal players and…

  • Ighalo banned from Man Utd training ground

    Ighalo banned from Man Utd training ground

    Manchester United striker Odion Ighalo has yet to set foot in the club’s training ground since joining on loan from Shanghai Shenhua, British media reported on Thursday. Media reports said this was after he was told to stay away due to concerns over the coronavirus. The flu-like virus has killed over 1,300 people and infected…