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Real Madrid footballers sent home after basketball player tests positive to coronavirus

“Real Madrid CF has announced that a player from their basketball team has tested positive after undergoing tests for coronavirus COVID-19,” said the statement on the club’s official website

Therefore, the club sent all the members of its soccer and basketball teams home into quarantine after one of the sports club’s basketball players tested positive for the new coronavirus, the Spanish club said in a statement on Thursday.

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“From now, the club has followed the recommendation of placing the basketball and football teams into quarantine as the two squads share facilities at the club’s training ground.
“We have also decided to close our training ground and recommended that all staff who work at the facility remain in quarantine.”

The announcement has led to the next two rounds of matches in Spain’s top division being postponed by the organising body, La Liga, including Real’s match at home to Eibar, which had been due to take place on Friday without spectators.

All national league basketball games have also been postponed, Real’s statement added.

Paul Omorogbe

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