AFPRelief for Atletico as negative tests give green light for Leipzig quarter-final
Atletico Madrid breathed a sigh of relief on Monday after further coronavirus tests on their players and staff turned up negative, allowing the team to travel to Portugal on Tuesday for their Champions League quarter-final against Leipzig. Tests at the weekend had revealed two coronavirus cases at the club, which Atletico confirmed on Monday to be players Angel Correa and Sime Vrsaljko. Both players are asymptomatic and will remain isolated at home while the rest of the squad will return to training in the Spanish capital on Monday afternoon, before flying to Lisbon on Tuesday for Thursday's game against Leipzig.
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Draw for the UEFA Champions League 2nd qualifying round
NYON, Switzerland (AP) -- Draw made Monday for the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round:
AFPSancho jets off with Dortmund as Man Utd switch deadline expires
Jadon Sancho travelled with Borussia Dortmund to their pre-season training camp on Monday, the day the Bundesliga club's deadline for the England winger's possible transfer to Manchester United expired. The 20-year-old is of the brightest talents in Europe and Dortmund, who finished second in the Bundesliga last season, had slapped a 120 million euros ($140 million) price tag on him. Media in the United Kingdom reported last week that United were close to signing the starlet.
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