Scores
None…Seriously…this is everywhere
The Corona-Virus continues its unbeaten run drastically altering life around the world. This week there were some mutterings about how exactly to get back to the silly, little, inconsequential world of professional sports.
To be sure, sports fans around the planet would love a live distraction right about now. But the people put at risk by every game (even those where fans are blocked from entering) from players, to officials, to security, to medical and transportation staff make it unlikely at present.
Add to this something I only realized when The Independent noted it, an injured athlete might need urgent medical care (say for a torn ligament or concussion) but that urgent care is going to the, you know, thousands of people diagnosed with a serious virus. However you slice it, things need to get a whole lot better before we get back to this.
News & Notes
Belarus more like Bell-a-RUSE! Right?!?
Let’s take one minute to acknowledge one place on earth where the games continue without a blink: Belarus.
Since President Alexander Lukashenko announced that COVID-19 was actually just a western “psychosis”, it’s been dismissed. When he claimed that such a disease could be healed because, “in the villages, the tractor heals everyone. The fields heal everyone”, people just sort of kept living their lives. (Lukashenko’s iron grip on the country probably doesn’t hurt.)
So Belarus plays on with sweat, spittle, and germs spreading across the pitch and in the stands, and nobody ready to do anything about it. So…that’s going to be fun to see.
Man of the Matches
Once again we have no matches, but we do have a new front runner in best Social-Media Training
Legon Cities Keeper Fatau Dauda’s workout is equal parts reflex drill, acrobatic tumbling, and general unflappability. Even if all you have is a driveway, you can still train; so he does. For that Mr. Dauda you’re our man of the (non) Matches.
What’s Next
Wednesday, April 8
Wait hopefully for FIFA to announce more #WorldCupAtHome games to fill the ever growing void in our hearts where football used to be. (Repeat daily)
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