Soccer star and top world player Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for Covid-19, Portugal's Football Federation confirmed on Tuesday. Ronaldo is the highest-profile footballer to test positive for Covid-19, which has killed over a million people since the start of the pandemic earlier this year. The 35-year-old is said to be "doing well, without symptoms, and in isolation", with no further positive tests reported in the squad ahead of Wednesday's UEFA Nations' League match against Sweden.
European soccer is on a national team break. Readers of this space will well recall his many years playing for top team, Real Madrid. He began is European competition playing for Manchester United. Through it all, he has continued to play for the home squad, Portugal. Ronaldo started against Spain in Lisbon, coming off late in the second half of the 0-0 tie, and then played the whole of the Nations League game against France in Saint-Denis on Sunday. Cristiano Ronaldo currently captains the portuguese selection, while he plays for Italian Serie A squad Juventus. The 35-year-old had scored in each of his Serie A appearances this season, including in the 2-2 draw against Roma on September 27. Ronaldo is now set to miss Juventus's Serie A trip to Crotone on Saturday and their Champions League group stage opening game away to Dynamo Kiev next Tuesday. He is also a doubt for Juventus' match with Barcelona on October 28, which would have been a rematch with his old rival Lionel Messi. Brazil forward Neymar, his Paris Saint-Germain teammate Kylian Mbappe and AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic have also tested positive for the virus in recent weeks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/omnisport/1752549968.261414.1602629199025%40mail.yahoo.com.
