FC Sochi to miss match after nine test positive for coronavirus

ByReuters

Published 16/07/2020 at 16:25 GMT+1

Russian top-flight team FC Sochi are set to miss their next match after nine people at the club tested positive for the COVID-19, the league said on Thursday.

FC Sochi's player Alexander Kokorin stands on the pitch with his hands folded before a 2019/2020 Russian Premier League Round 23 football match between FC Sochi and FC Rostov at Fisht Stadium

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The Russian Premier League did not say whether the cases had been recorded among players or team staff.

Sochi, currently 12th in the 16-team league, had been scheduled to play 14th-placed Tambov on Thursday.

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The Russian Premier League resumed the season last month after having halted action in mid-March to contain the virus. A few matches have since been cancelled after outbreaks were reported at certain clubs.

Russia has recorded 752,797 cases of the virus, the fourth highest in the world.

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