Former Milan defender Maldini and son infected with
coronavirus.
IMAGE: Juventus and Argentina soccer forward
Paulo Dybala has no symptoms of the coronavirus but is in voluntary home
isolation since March 11. Photograph: Giorgio Perottino Livepic/Reuters
Juventus and Argentina
soccer forward Paulo Dybala has tested positive for coronavirus but has no
symptoms, the Italian Serie A club said on Saturday, making him one of the most
high-profile players to be infected so far.
"The player, in
voluntary home isolation since March 11, will continue to be monitored,"
the Turin club said in a statement. "He is well and asymptomatic."
He is the third player at
the club, one of the biggest in Europa and Italy's most successful in domestic
terms, to test positive after midfielder Blaise Matuidi, a World Cup winner
with France in 2018, and defender Daniele Rugani.
Italy is Europe's
worst-affected country by the coronavirus and the death toll has leapt by 793
to 4,825, officials said on Saturday.
Around a dozen Serie A
players have been reported as testing positive with Sampdoria and Fiorentina
the other clubs affected.
The 26-year-old, nicknamed
'the Jewel', joined Juventus from Palermo in 2015 and has won a Serie A title
in each of his seasons at the club. He has played 29 times for Argentina.
Dybala said on Instagram
that his fiance had also tested positive. "Luckily, we are in perfect
condition," he said.
Former Milan defender
Maldini and son infected with coronavirus
Former AC Milan defender
Paolo Maldini and his son Daniel, a current player for the same club, have both
contracted the coronavirus, the club said in a statement on Saturday.
Paolo Maldini, 51, a
one-club player and current technical director at the club, is regarded as one
of the best defenders Italy has ever produced and made a joint-record 647 Serie
A appearances. Daniel, 18, made his AC Milan debut this season.
"Paolo Maldini learned
that he had contact with a person who tested positive and was suffering from
symptoms of the virus. He was tested yesterday and found positive for the
coronavirus," the club said in a statement. "The same goes for his
son Daniel.
"Paolo and Daniel are
in good condition and, having already spent more than two weeks at home without
outside contact, as required by medical and health protocols, will extend the
quarantine for the time necessary for a complete clinical recovery."
Former Real Madrid president
Lorenzo Sanz dies
Former Real Madrid
president Lorenzo Sanz died aged 76, his son Lorenzo said on Saturday.
The former Real president
was taken to hospital on Tuesday, with newspaper El Mundo saying
he had been suffering from the novel coronavirus.
His son said he had a
respiratory disease.
Sanz presided over the club
between 1995 and 2000, in which they won two Champions League titles and one La
Liga crown among other trophies. Their 1998 Champions League triumph was the
first time they had won Europe’s top prize, which they have lifted a record 13
times, in 32 years.
“My father has just passed
away. He didn’t deserve it to end this way. One of the most brave and hard
working people who I have known in my life has left us,” Lorenzo Sanz Jr. said
on Twitter.