Judge's death and NBA basketball mother's care

The world of sports continues to bear new losses in connection with the pandemic of coronavirus infection.

On Friday, April 17, the world champion in the national team of England, 76-year-old Norman Hunter, did not become. For Leeds fans, the center back was a true legend. The pupil of the club spent 14 years with Peacocks. Hunter moved to Bristol City just closer to his retirement. As part of Leeds, Norman played a total of 726 matches. Together with the team twice became the champion of England.

Hunter won the World Cup with England in 1966, although he spent the entire tournament in reserve. Two years later, he won the Euro 1968 bronze medal. In the match for third place, the British defeated the USSR - 2: 0.

In the USA, the famous referee who served boxing fights, Eddie Cotton, died. Among the biggest fights that he judged were the meeting of Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson in 2002 and the confrontation of Wladimir Klitschko with Alex Leapai in 2014. In the hospital, the former arbiter spent ten days and died from complications caused by the coronavirus.

There was also no judge from the Netherlands, Christian Leybrandt, who worked two months ago at the Junior World Curling Championship in Krasnoyarsk. 

In addition, the famous sports photographer Anthony Causey died in the United States. He worked at the New York Post since 1994, and a huge amount of sporting events went through the lens of his camera. For example, he became the author of cult photos from the duel of Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov. Kaushi was hospitalized with coronavirus in late March, and on April 12, his life ended. Kausi was 48 years old, he left a wife and two children.

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I never thought I would get something like this.i thought I was indestructible. If I do make it out of here. I promise you this the worlds not going to know what hit it

Posted by Anthony Causi (@acausi) Mar 22, 2020 at 10:49 am PDT

Earlier, on April 13th, because of COVID-19, Jacqueline Towns - the mother of the basketball player of the NBA club “Minnesota Timberwolves” Karl-Anthony Towns - passed away. She reportedly fought the disease for more than a month. A terrible diagnosis was also made to her husband, but he managed to overcome the disease. 

“Jackie meant a lot to many people - she was a wife, mother, daughter, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. She was an incredible source of strength; ardent, caring and extremely loving person. The Towns family is extremely grateful for the love and support that they received during this very difficult time. They would like to thank the doctors from the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and Kennedy Medical Center - the real warriors who fought for Jackie every day and helped Karl Sr. recover from the same virus that claimed Jackie’s life, ”the official website said in a statement. Minnesota.

Father of a Russian racer and a Swedish skier

At the same time, cases of new infections in the world of sports have become more rare. Over the past 10 days, the media reported only two. First, coronavirus was diagnosed with the father of the Russian Formula 2 pilot Robert Schwartzman.

“Please share this video with your family and friends in order not to be in the same situation as my family. People, I beg you very much - do not leave your home, wash your hands and keep your distance. This virus is not a joke! Before my dad got infected, I didn’t take him very seriously either, but after what happened, for two weeks now I can’t live normally. You are not only risking your health, but also the health of your loved ones and those around you, please think again, ”Robert wrote on Instagram.

In addition, in Sweden COVID-19 was discovered by two-time medalist of the Junior World Championships, skiers Jenny Eberg. The 30-year-old athlete herself reported this. According to her, at first she tried to be treated at home, but later agreed to hospitalization, because she felt too bad.

The long-awaited meeting with the girl after recovery and the terrible story of the ex-UFC fighter

But the number of healed athletes sets up an optimistic mood. The situation is gradually improving even in Italy, where the problem of COVID-19 is especially acute. So, on April 15, Juventus announced the full recovery of defender Daniele Rugani. A negative test passed and his teammate, world champion in the French national team Blaise Mathewidi.

As for Rugani, he was especially pleased to be reunited with the girl after more than a month.

“We will tell you about these 35 days spent away from each other. We will tell you that this was the right choice, but also about how difficult it was. But first of all, we’ll talk about how to hug a threesome again (the athlete’s girl is in position. - RT ). Finally, a negative result, finally together, ”the football player wrote on Instagram.

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Ti racconteremo di questi 35 giorni distanti l'uno dall'altro. Ti racconteremo che era la scelta più giusta, ma anche di quanto sia stato difficile. Ma ti racconteremo soprattutto della bellezza di ritrovarci in quest'abbraccio, tutti e tre. Finalmente negativo, finalmente tutti insieme ❤️. We'll tell you about the time we had to spend far from each other. We'll tell you that it was the right choice, but it was difficult too. And above all we'll tell you how magic it was to hug again, the three of us. Together at last ❤️ #grazieatutti #family #RestateACasa

Publication by Daniele Rugani (@daniruga) Apr 16, 2020 at 6:43 am PDT

Also in Italy, all six players from another Serie A team of Sampdoria recovered. Nothing threatens the life of the president of Pordenone, Mauro Lovisa, either.

“I am pleased to report that I was officially cured of this damned virus ... I sincerely thank the medical staff for their continued support and monitoring my condition,” the club’s website quotes Lovis.

In Turkey, one of the country's most famous trainers Fatih Terim passed the negative test for COVID-19. In Spain, the ex-partner of Alexander Kerzhakov for Seville Andres Palop recovered. And in China, the virus defeated and left the walls of the medical facility, the Belgian midfielder “Shandong Lunen” Maruan Fellaini, who spent three weeks in the hospital.  

Meanwhile, the former striker of Rubin Zhonatas, who had been ill with a coronavirus, spoke about the course of the disease. 

“At first I felt a fever, I was very bad. I mistakenly thought it was just a migraine. My head hurt a lot, my body too. In the morning, the doctor advised me to take a coronavirus test, as I had symptoms. The result was positive ... My body is weak. He suffered very much, for nothing lacked strength. When I went to the shower, I almost lost consciousness. This virus is not a joke, ”the record.pt quotes the athlete.

The former UFC fighter Roger Gracie shared his experience from the transferred COVID-19. He said that the coronavirus was in his rather severe form. 

“I was cured two weeks ago. I felt very bad, I spent almost all the time in bed. It’s now easy for people to talk about the virus, since most of them don’t even know what it really is. They think that it will not concern them, that they will not become infected. I lay in bed for ten days, I had a temperature of 40 degrees and a cough. One day I even had breathing problems, which, fortunately, were not complicated. I woke up at dawn, my heart was pounding, I was short of breath. He called an ambulance, even got into the car. I had a test, then I consulted with the head doctor and decided that I better stay at home, ”Gracie quotes bjpenn.com.

At the same time, the fighter emphasized that during the period of the coronavirus pandemic, one should be much more attentive to one's health. 

“It's great that people can find out about my case. I have many friends who thought that I would not get sick because I am young and healthy. Now many people are dying around the world. My friend, a marathon runner from Italy, died at age 35 due to a coronavirus, and there are thousands more cases that we don’t know about. It is necessary to raise awareness. The disease affects the most fragile, the oldest, but it also affects others. She cannot be ignored, this is not a joke, ”added Gracie. 

The situation in other sports is on the way, including hockey. On Thursday, it became known about the recovery of the head coach of the Yaroslavl “Locomotive” Michael Pelino, as well as his wife. Coronavirus was diagnosed by a Canadian specialist in late March. 

"Friends! We are pleased to announce that Lokomotiv head coach Michael Pelino and his wife Kimberly have recovered from the coronavirus. We wish the entire Pelino family good health, ”the Lokomotiv message said. 

More and more recovered appears in NHL clubs. Earlier, a particularly difficult situation developed in Ottawa, where COVID-19 was diagnosed immediately by seven players. But at the moment they are all healthy. The state of Colorado hockey players with coronavirus is also improving. 

“Everything is fine with us, everything is in order with the guys. Some of them felt normal even before the tests. As far as I know, they are doing well, they are back with their families and follow the instructions received. They were lucky that the symptoms were not very serious, and everything went smoothly, ”the NHL Russian-language website quoted the head coach of the team, Jared Bednar. 

Meanwhile, in Saratov, the first coronavirus-infected Russian biathlete Anastasia Khaliullina was discharged from the hospital. She was hospitalized with her mother Catherine on March 27th. Her test gave a positive result on COVID-19. However, according to the athlete, she has since passed two negative.