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MES QUE UN LAB</strong></p>
Barcelona players have been ordered to undergo coronavirus testing when they return to </p>
training, according to the club.</p>
The Catalan giants released a brief statement detailing how they want to test the players.</p>
https://twitter.com/FCBarcelona/status/1257645649991999489?s=20</p>”},”date”:{“timestamp”:1588684244,”date_formatted”:”5th May 2020″,”time_formatted”:”2:10 pm”},”author”:”Alex Terrell</a>”,”avatar”:{“src”:”https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/75622bf9fec0da44f98a717e21d53376?s=96&d=mm&r=g”,”width”:30,”height”:30}},{“id”:”269084″,”type”:”new”,”post_id”:”11524786″,”css_classes”:”liveblog byuser comment-author-aterrell even thread-even depth-1 liveblog-entry liveblog-entry-class-269084″,”content”:{“rendered”:”
RUGBY ‘CATASTROPHE’ LOOMING</strong></p>n
RFU chief Bill Sweeney has described the prospect of the sport being postponed into 2021 as “catastrophic” for the health of rugby.</p>n
Sweeney was giving evidence to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee on Tuesday about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on sport and said rugby union in England would need a Government bailout if next year’s Six Nations could not be played.</p>n
He said: “That would be catastrophic, 85 per cent of our income comes form hosting men’s international games at Twickenham.</p>n
“Twickenham is a major asset for us. When you own a stadium it is a major cost and at the same time brings in large revenue.</p>n
“If this was to be prolonged and the Six Nations games were impacted, then it would be a catastrophic impact on rugby union in England. </p>n
“We would be looking at some very severe situations.”</p>n”,”raw”:”
RUGBY ‘CATASTROPHE’ LOOMING</strong></p>
RFU chief Bill Sweeney has described the prospect of the sport being postponed into 2021 as “catastrophic” for the health of rugby.</p>
Sweeney was giving evidence to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee on Tuesday about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on sport and said rugby union in England would need a Government bailout if next year’s Six Nations could not be played.</p>
He said: “That would be catastrophic, 85 per cent of our income comes form hosting men’s international games at Twickenham.</p>
“Twickenham is a major asset for us. When you own a stadium it is a major cost and at the same time brings in large revenue.</p>
“If this was to be prolonged and the Six Nations games were impacted, then it would be a catastrophic impact on rugby union in England. </p>
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