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  • Lewandowski needs to go away Bayern, membership’s sports activities director says

    Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski has knowledgeable the membership’s boss that he needs to go away and never prolong his contract with the German champions, Bayern sports activities director Hasan Salihamidzic mentioned on Saturday.

    Speaking forward of Bayern’s remaining recreation of the Bundesliga season at VfL Wolfsburg, Salihamidzic confirmed widespread reviews that the Bundesliga’s second-highest all-time scorer might be on his manner out regardless of having a contract till 2023.

    “I spoke with Lewa. In that discussion he informed me that he does not want to accept our offer to extend the contract and that we would like to leave the club,” Salihamidzic advised Sky Germany.

    Bayern director Salihamidžić: “Yes, Lewandowski informed me that he didn’t want to accept our offer and he would like to LEAVE the club”, tells @SkySportDE 🚨🇵🇱 #FCBayern

    “Our position has not changed, Lewa has a contract until 2023. That is a fact. Proposal from Barcelona? No”. pic.twitter.com/rONf7E121J

    — Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) May 14, 2022

    “He said he wants to do something else. But our position has not changed. The fact is he has a contract to June 30, 2023.”

    The 33-year-old Pole joined in 2014 from Borussia Dortmund and has gained the German league yearly since then in addition to the Champions League.

  • Schalke promoted again to Bundesliga after ending Russia ties

    Schalke is coming again to the Bundesliga after a 12 months of transformation on and off the sphere.

    A humiliating relegation from the highest division compelled one among Germany’s conventional giants to rebuild its workforce. Then got here the conflict in Ukraine and Schalke lower ties with the Russian state gasoline firm Gazprom, the monetary gas for a few of its best successes, leaving the membership dealing with an unsure future.

    Schalke’s late surge for promotion this season was mirrored within the sport Saturday which secured its return to the Bundesliga. Schalke was down 2-0 at halftime towards promotion rival St. Pauli however recovered to win 3-2.

    “I have huge respect for this group, how they stepped up. Incredible,” mentioned coach Mike Büskens, himself a Schalke nice for successful the UEFA Cup as a participant in 1997. “You’re dumped unceremoniously out of the division, you have no team. And then a group develops where everyone is prepared to believe in the others, to give it their all, and I have to say, the guys earned it.”

    A shadow was forged over the festivities when followers have been injured in crushes and falls as hundreds pushed ahead onto the sphere. Police mentioned Monday 18 folks have been harm, 9 of them critically.

    🔵⚪ WE ARE GOING UP, SAY WE ARE GOING UP! 🔵⚪ pic.twitter.com/pQeEDPLlTt

    — FC Schalke 04 (@s04_en) May 7, 2022

    “This pitch invasion could have ended in disaster,” mentioned Peter Both, the senior officer on responsibility.

    In January 2021, Schalke ended a 12-month shedding streak one sport shy of the all-time Bundesliga report of 31. When relegation was confirmed three months later, followers confronted gamers and workers, attacking a few of them as they left the workforce bus.

    The lack of ticket gross sales in the course of the coronavirus pandemic triggered the membership to warn of doable insolvency. Even with a reported 20 million euros ($21 million) a 12 months from Gazprom within the high flight, Schalke had been spending past its means because it chased glory within the Bundesliga and Champions League, the place it final performed in 2018-19.

    Gazprom sells gasoline in huge portions to industrial consumers and nations, not German households, so one of many longest-running and most profitable sponsorship offers in world soccer was a paradox — what was the promoting actually for?

    💙 https://t.co/VxzN8QWDdY

    — FC Schalke 04 (@s04_en) May 9, 2022

    The sponsorship began in 2006 and made locals used to seeing the Russian state firm’s brand in Germany’s industrial heartland, which can be an electoral stronghold for the Social Democratic Party, one of many nation’s two main political forces. Sideline promoting boards featured the emblem of Nord Stream 2, a gasoline pipeline challenge between Russia and Germany which might have prolonged Gazprom’s management of European markets. That challenge was suspended shortly earlier than the invasion.

    When Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, Schalke ended the sponsorship cope with Gazprom and Matthias Warnig, an outdated buddy of Russian President Vladimir Putin, left the board. The new sponsor is a neighborhood actual property agency. The new deal isn’t public however is probably going value a lot lower than the Gazprom settlement, which was to run by means of 2025.

    🔙 the place they belong!

    Cue: Wild @S04_en type celebrations. 🔵⚪#Bundesliga pic.twitter.com/kjiDQKdIvL

    — Bundesliga English (@Bundesliga_EN) May 7, 2022

    Fans made stickers to cowl the Russian firm’s brand on their duplicate shirts, or scrambled to purchase new ones with out Gazprom’s identify. Schalke now donates cash to charities serving to Ukrainians for each new membership member and each shirt offered with a “Together for Peace” message. Goalkeeper Ralf Fährmann organized sport tickets for 100 refugees.

    Getting promoted on the first try was important for Schalke in a division full of groups like Hamburg, Nuremberg and Hannover, which all have been as soon as top-flight stalwarts and are actually battling towards a sluggish decline after relegation.

    Schalke could also be on a excessive for now however the transition again to the Bundesliga gained’t be straightforward. This season’s standout participant with 29 objectives in as many league video games is Simon Terodde, a 34-year-old German who has an excellent report within the second division however has repeatedly struggled within the high league. Leading defender Ko Itakura is a loanee from Manchester City.

    First, although, Schalke followers will get to proceed the celebrations at Sunday’s final sport of the season at Nuremberg.

  • Bayer Leverkusen reaches Champions League, Union stuns Freiburg

    Patrik Schick scored twice to shoot Bayer Leverkusen into the Champions League with a 4-2 win at Hoffenheim within the Bundesliga on Saturday.

    Union Berlin surprised Freiburg 4-1 to dampen its Champions League hopes. Union secured no less than a spot within the Europa Conference League for the second season in a row after already attaining its greatest Bundesliga season.

    Sixth-placed Union, which was promoted solely in 2019, has a two-point lead over Cologne of their tussle for Europa League qualification. Cologne misplaced at house to Wolfsburg 1-0.

    Also, second-placed Borussia Dortmund defeated already relegated Greuther Fürth 3-1 away in Stefan Leitl’s final sport as Fürth coach. Leitl, who led the staff to promotion final season, is leaving after 3 1/2 years in cost.

    Leverkusen was made to work onerous for its outcome in opposition to Hoffenheim, which hoped to maintain its European qualification possibilities alive.

    Schick scored twice to take his season tally to 24 in 26 league appearances. Leverkusen twice got here from behind to safe third place, regardless of what occurs in its remaining sport in opposition to Freiburg subsequent weekend.

    The high 4 in Germany qualify for the Champions League.

    Freiburg’s defeat at house to Union gave Leipzig the possibility to maneuver to fourth by avoiding defeat at house to Augsburg on Sunday.

    Freiburg, which additionally faces Leipzig within the German Cup remaining on May 21, was rocked by three first-half targets from Union.

    Freiburg coach Christian Streich was booked for his livid response to an obvious infringement although it was unclear what it was.

    Streich’s staff pushed onerous after the break and duly pulled one again. But Union substitute Andras Schäfer sealed the outcome with a fantastic particular person purpose within the final minute.

    Cologne made a livid begin in opposition to Wolfsburg however failed to attain and was caught out earlier than the break when Yannick Gerhardt completed off a staff transfer from the guests.

    Cologne followers stormed the pitch in celebration of a very good season regardless of the loss. Cologne captain Jonas Hector, who was mendacity on the sector in disappointment, rapidly left.

    Hertha Berlin may safe its survival with a win at house over Mainz late.

  • Bayern Munich takes one other step nearer to thirty second German league title

    Bayern Munich gained 3-0 at struggling Arminia Bielefeld on Sunday to take one other step towards a record-extending thirty second German league title, transferring 9 factors forward of second-place Borussia Dortmund with 4 video games left.

    The Bundesliga race may very well be determined when the groups meet in Munich subsequent Saturday.

    It was an anticipated however welcome win for Bayern after a shock elimination by Spanish facet Villarreal within the Champions League quarterfinals.

    “In the end, the first 20 minutes were a good indicator of how we come out of this week,” Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann mentioned. “It was a deserved win and important that we got the chance to seal the title against Dortmund.”

    Bayern led after 11 minutes when Danish defender Jacob Barrett Laursen scored an own-goal below stress from league prime scorer Robert Lewandowski.

    The aim was awarded following a video replay which confirmed Lewandowski was not offside when he went to satisfy Joshua Kimmich’s move.

    Serge Gnabry scored the second aim — additionally awarded following a VAR evaluate — within the eighth minute of first-half stoppage time from one other move by Kimmich.

    The first half was delayed close to the top when Arminia’s Fabian Kunze was stretchered off injured after taking an elbow throughout an aerial problem.

    Bayern was hardly ever troubled by a facet which has scored solely 23 objectives, 9 lower than Lewandowski has managed himself. Lewandowski, who has netted almost 350 objectives for the membership general, is in talks over a brand new contract, along with his present deal expiring on the finish of subsequent season.

    He arrange Jamal Musiala for the third aim within the eighty fifth.

    Arminia mentioned that about 10 minutes from the top of the match a fan needed to be “resuscitated” within the stands and was taken to the hospital after being stabilized.

    OTHER RESULTS

    Leipzig leapfrogged Bayer Leverkusen for third place with a 1-0 win in Leverkusen.

    Dominik Szoboszlai scored the winner within the 69th to provide Leipzig its third straight win in all competitions. The membership is unbeaten in 9 consecutive league video games.

    Leverkusen was coming off two wins and a attract its final three video games.

    Sixth-place Union Berlin constructed on its derby win over Hertha Berlin with a 2-0 victory towards Eintracht Frankfurt.

    Eintracht, coming off a win over Barcelona within the quarterfinals of the Europa League, was one in all solely two Bundesliga groups that Union had did not beat at residence because it earned promotion in 2019. Bayern is the opposite.

    Last-place Greuther Fürth drew 0-0 at eighth-place Hoffenheim. Fürth is 12 factors from security and solely has a mathematical probability of avoiding relegation.

    On Saturday, striker Erling Haaland scored twice as Dortmund routed Wolfsburg 6-1 to keep up its very skinny probabilities of catching Bayern.

  • Bayern Munich drops extra Bundesliga factors with draw at Hoffenheim

    Bundesliga chief Bayern Munich dropped extra factors Saturday in a 1-1 draw at Hoffenheim, whereas Stuttgart gained an important attract its battle towards relegation.

    Robert Lewandowski’s twenty ninth league objective of the season was all Bayern might get regardless of dominating the sport in Sinsheim, the place Christoph Baumgartner had opened the scoring within the thirty second minute for Hoffenheim.

    It was Bayern’s second consecutive draw within the Bundesliga after final weekend’s 1-1 with Bayer Leverkusen, and the third recreation in its final 5 wherein it has dropped factors.

    Bayern stretched its result in 10 factors however second-place Borussia Dortmund has performed two video games fewer. Bayern has eight matches left to play whereas Dortmund hosts coronavirus-hit Arminia Bielefeld on Sunday, and it nonetheless has to face Mainz after their recreation final week was postponed because of coronavirus infections.

    Bayern had three objectives dominated out for offside and missed a number of possibilities, whereas Hoffenheim goalkeeper Oliver Baumann helped frustrate the guests with a string of excellent saves.

    Lewandowski lastly equalized in first-half harm time with a strong header to Joshua Kimmich’s nook, however the Poland star was unable so as to add to his tally within the second half.

    Saša Kalajdžic scored within the final minute to elevate Stuttgart out of a direct relegation place with a 1-1 draw at Union Berlin.

    Stuttgart, which ended its nine-game run with no win final weekend, moved forward of Union’s metropolis rival Hertha Berlin on objective distinction forward of Hertha’s recreation at struggling Borussia Mönchengladbach later Saturday.

    Freiburg moved to fourth, the final qualification place for the Champions League, with a 3-2 win at residence over Wolfsburg.

    Vincenzo Grifo opened the scoring with a superbly positioned free kick within the seventh minute, then rewarded Freiburg’s dominance with a superb second objective earlier than the break. Nicolas Höfler crossed from the left and Grifo managed the ball together with his first contact and volleyed it in together with his subsequent.

    Wolfsburg fought again to equalize within the second half, however Nico Schlotterbeck atoned for a mistake that preceded the equalizer when he let fly for the winner within the 87th.

    Mainz’ recreation at Augsburg was known as off as a result of ongoing coronavirus outbreak among the many guests.

  • Dortmund drop extra factors in Bundesliga, Bayern now 8 clear

    Borussia Dortmund stumbled once more within the Bundesliga with a 1-1 draw at relegation-threatened Augsburg to let Bayern Munich open up an eight-point lead on Sunday.

    Thorgan Hazard scored within the first half for Dortmund however the guests didn’t construct on their lead as Donyell Malen hit the submit and had been caught out when Noah Sarenren Bazee equalized within the 78th.

    The level lifted Augsburg out of the relegation zone on aim distinction with Hertha Berlin dropping into the relegation/playoff place with 10 rounds of the league remaining. Hertha hasn’t gained within the league since beating Dortmund 3-2 at residence on December 18.

    Dortmund subsequently misplaced to Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer Leverkusen within the league, whereas it was knocked out of the German Cup by second division St. Pauli and out of the Europa League final Thursday by Scottish facet Rangers.

    Hazard scored within the thirty fifth minute when he surged previous Augsburg defenders Mads Pedersen and Felix Uduokhai earlier than capturing contained in the far submit from a slim angle.

    But Augsburg stayed within the sport and coach Markus Weinzierl introduced on Bazee to reinvigorate his group’s assault with 20 minutes remaining. The 25-year-old winger scored the equalizer eight minutes later.

    Earlier, Christopher Nkunku’s late aim was sufficient for Leipzig to reclaim fourth and the final qualification place for the Champions League with a 1-0 win at Bochum.

    Nkunku scored within the 82nd minute after Bochum captain Anthony Losilla hit the crossbar and Christopher Antwi-Adjei hit the submit for the house group. It was Nkunku’s 14th aim of the season.

    Bayern defeated Frankfurt 1-0 away on Saturday.

  • Bundesliga: Borusia Dortmund fights again to win, cuts Bayern Munich’s lead

    Borussia Dortmund fought again from two objectives down after a lackluster begin to beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-2 and return some aspect of pleasure to the Bundesliga title race. Mahmoud Dahoud’s 89th-minute winner on Saturday after Jude Bellingham equalized within the 86th moved Dortmund six factors behind Bayern Munich a day after the league chief’s 2-1 loss at house to Borussia Mönchengladbach.

    ⏱️ ’70 🦅2⃣➖0⃣💛
    ⏱️ ’89 🦅2⃣➖3⃣💛
    An instantaneous #Bundesliga basic as @BlackYellow come from behind to assert their first league win in Frankfurt since 2013. 👏 pic.twitter.com/5uAecGG68y
    — Bundesliga English (@Bundesliga_EN) January 8, 2022
    A fired up Erling Haaland was a think about all three objectives for Dortmund, which could simply have been 4 objectives down in Frankfurt.
    “It’s very annoying,” Dortmund defender Mats Hummels stated.

    “That’s the massive problem for us, that we give away objectives for nothing, that we at all times concede in conditions had been no objectives ought to be conceded.
    “That was the case with both goals today. It was the case two or three times in Berlin (3-2 defeat to Hertha before the winter break), and it was the case against Bayern, unfortunately twice through me. And that happens way too often, and then you don’t always win. This stability is something we need to make our top priority if we want to have a chance for anything.” Colombian ahead Rafael Borré opened the scoring with a easy end to Filip Kostic’s free kick within the fifteenth, then doubled the lead within the twenty fourth after extra lax defending.

    Evan Ndicka struck the publish for Frankfurt earlier than Dahoud gifted Frankfurt’s Jesper Lindström one other large alternative within the thirty fourth. But the midfielder shot broad.
    Haaland’s and Julian Brandt’s efforts confirmed some hope for the guests across the hour mark. Thorgan Hazard pulled a aim again within the 71st after Haaland despatched him by means of.
    The Norwegian was once more concerned earlier than Thomas Meunier arrange Jude Bellingham for the equalizer, and once more earlier than Dahoud curled within the late winner.

  • Leipzig wins; Freiburg, Leverkusen drop factors in Bundesliga

    Leipzig overcame a bunch of coronavirus infections to beat 10-man Mainz 4-1, whereas Freiburg and Bayer Leverkusen dropped factors after main within the Bundesliga on Saturday.
    Patrik Schick’s seventeenth objective of the season wasn’t sufficient for Leverkusen, which was lucky to emerge with a 2-2 draw in opposition to Union Berlin because the customer twice hit the publish late on.
    Freiburg, which spent the league’s winter break in third place, drew in opposition to relegation-threatened Arminia Bielefeld 2-2 regardless of scoring first via Janik Haberer and Jeong Woo-yeong.

    American ahead Ricardo Pepi made his debut as a second-half substitute in a 3-1 defeat at Hoffenheim.

    🎥 @RBLeipzig_EN began off 2022 with a bang, placing FOUR previous 1. FSV Mainz 05 💥 pic.twitter.com/nsps6jlBQK
    — Bundesliga English (@Bundesliga_EN) January 8, 2022
    Also, Stuttgart drew at last-placed Greuther Fürth 0-0.
    Borussia Dortmund hoped to chop Bayern Munich’s result in six factors with a win at Eintracht Frankfurt within the late recreation.
    In Leverkusen, Schick rewarded the house group’s early dominance in opposition to Union with the opener within the thirty ninth, slotting the ball in from a slim angle after Andreas Luthe saved Moussa Diaby’s preliminary effort. It was Schick’s ninth in Leverkusen’s final 5 Bundesliga video games.

    𝗙𝗧: 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗸𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗻 𝟮-𝟮 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻#B04FCU | #fcunion | 2-2 pic.twitter.com/vszVQzamoO
    — 1. FC Union Berlin (@fcunion_en) January 8, 2022
    However, the guests equalized from their interval of stress earlier than the break. Lukáš Hrádecký pulled off two effective saves in fast succession to disclaim Christoph Trimmel, then Kevin Behrens, however was powerless to cease Grischa Prömel scoring on the third try.
    Union coach Urs Fischer made two adjustments on the break. Prömel scored once more within the forty ninth, and Luthe thrice denied Leverkusen a response.

    Union’s Max Kruse struck the highest nook of the publish within the 78th, then Jonathan Tah lastly equalized within the 84th with a header to Karim Bellarabi’s cross.
    Union got here nearer to a late winner, with Andreas Voglsammer hitting the publish, then lacking one other likelihood in damage time, earlier than Bastian Oczipka struck the publish once more.
    Bayern resumed the league with a 2-1 loss at residence to Borussia Mönchengladbach on Friday.

  • Bayern extends league lead as Dortmund attracts at Bochum

    Bayern Munich prolonged its lead within the Bundesliga to 6 factors after Jamal Musiala scored in a come-from-behind 2-1 win over Mainz and Borussia Dortmund was held by native rival Bochum to 1-1 on Saturday.
    Karim Onisiwo headed Mainz right into a shock lead within the twenty second minute in a stadium empty due to coronavirus restrictions, however Kingsley Coman evened the rating for Bayern simply after the break. The 18-year-old Musiala earned Bayern the win along with his sixth aim of the season within the 74th.

    🎥 @FCBayernEN come from behind to increase their lead on the 🔝, due to objectives from Kingsley #Coman and @JamalMusiala 🤝 pic.twitter.com/Drdx38bN8Z
    — Bundesliga English (@Bundesliga_EN) December 11, 2021
    Bayern’s win restored a commanding lead in its pursuit of a tenth consecutive Bundesliga title and all however ensured the staff will take the symbolic prize of being prime on the Christmas break, with two video games to go.
    Dortmund Bruised In Bochum
    The Bundesliga now not has the famed Ruhr Derby rivalry between Dortmund and Schalke after relegation for Schalke final season, however smaller neighbor Bochum proved greater than aggressive sufficient to bother Dortmund.
    Dortmund was left aggrieved by the refereeing in its 3-2 Klassiker loss to Bayern final week — midfielder Jude Bellingham was fined for questioning the referee’s integrity and coach Marco Rose obtained a touchline ban. Dortmund was on the dropping aspect of some extra essential calls on Saturday.

    🎥 A troublesome draw fought out between @VfLBochum1848EN and @BlackYellow noticed the honours even 🤝 👊 #Bundesliga pic.twitter.com/3ychV6jorx
    — Bundesliga English (@Bundesliga_EN) December 11, 2021
    Referee Matthias Jöllenbeck instantly pointed to the spot when Dortmund goalkeeper Gregor Kobel rushed out to intercept Christopher Antwi-Adjei shortly earlier than halftime and despatched the winger flying. Sebastian Polter transformed the spot kick, sending Kobel the improper manner. Marius Wolf thought he leveled for Dortmund within the 53rd however a video overview noticed an offside within the buildup.
    Hosting native rival Dortmund for the primary time since March 2010 after promotion, Bochum leaned closely on goalkeeper Manuel Riemann for a string of key saves, and was helped by some wayward capturing from Dortmund striker Erling Haaland. Julian Brandt lastly salvaged a draw within the eighty fifth off a cross from Haaland.
    Tedesco Starts Brightly
    Leipzig had a profitable begin to life beneath new coach Domenico Tedesco with a 4-1 win over struggling Borussia Mönchengladbach. Tedesco’s staff ended the three-game dropping streak within the Bundesliga which helped value coach Jesse Marsch his job final week.
    Croatia defender Josko Gvardiol opened the scoring for Leipzig off a free kick from Angelino within the twenty second — his first aim since shifting to Leipzig — and ahead Andre Silva doubled the benefit 11 minutes later. Ramy Bensebaini gave Gladbach temporary hope of a comeback with a aim within the 88th however Christopher Nkunku and Benjamin Henrichs every scored for Leipzig in added time.

    Defeat left Gladbach thirteenth and heaped extra stress on coach Adi Hütter. He delighted followers with a 5-0 demolition of Bayern within the German Cup in October however the staff — within the Champions League solely final season — has misplaced seven of 15 Bundesliga video games beneath Hütter and was humbled 6-0 by Freiburg final week.
    Richards Scores Winner
    United States defender Chris Richards scored the profitable aim in stoppage time as Hoffenheim gained at Freiburg 2-1 to maneuver as much as fourth and into the Champions League locations. It was the primary profession Bundesliga aim for Richards, who’s on mortgage from Bayern.
    New Hertha Berlin coach Tayfun Korkut picked up his first win in his second recreation in cost, beating Arminia Bielefeld 2-0.

  • German authorities hints at smaller crowds or empty stadiums

    The German authorities recommended huge crowds at sports activities occasions ought to be decreased Monday after a weekend which featured one empty-stadium Bundesliga recreation and one other with a crowd of fifty,000.
    Germany leaves coverage on sports activities occasions in the course of the coronavirus pandemic to the state governments, however there are requires a extra unified method.
    Leipzig had the primary top-division recreation of the season in an empty stadium Sunday, shedding 3-1 to Bayer Leverkusen, as a result of its dwelling jap state of Saxony has Germany’s highest an infection charges. The day earlier than, Cologne was allowed 50,000 in attendance for its 4-1 win over native rival Borussia Mönchengladbach.
    Some different states have allowed crowds, however at sharply decreased capability. Around the nation, entry is often restricted to folks with proof of vaccination or proof they just lately recovered from a coronavirus an infection.

    Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman, Steffen Seibert, mentioned it’s “really hard to understand why 50,000 people are coming together in a football stadium, even if it was approved,” at a time when specialists are saying that contacts should be decreased.
    “This inequality among the German states in the pandemic as far as large events are concerned — which doesn’t just affect sports, but other big events — is really unsatisfactory,” Interior Ministry spokesman Steve Alter mentioned. Outgoing Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has been saying for weeks that it ought to be decreased, Alter added.
    The various approaches are “a sign for (Seehofer) that it would perhaps make sense to react to this at the federal level,” Alter mentioned.
    The outgoing authorities is prone to depart workplace subsequent week, and Seehofer’s celebration shall be going into opposition. The incoming coalition hasn’t but named a successor.
    Some regional politicians go even additional. Baden-Württemberg governor Winfried Kretschmann indicated plans Monday to “massively restrict or prohibit” large-scale sports activities occasions, in feedback reported by the dpa company. Bremen’s inside minister Ulrich Mäurer final week recommended suspending the soccer season utterly.
    European international locations have taken starkly completely different approaches to permitting crowds at sports activities occasions as winter begins and coronavirus circumstances rise. The English Premier League has performed in entrance of full homes all season to date with no vaccination or testing necessities for followers. The Netherlands moved to empty stadiums for sports activities occasions this month.