The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
THE HOT CORNER
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ULTIMATE FIGHTING:
Cynthia Calvillo decisioned Jessica Eye in her UFC women’s flyweight debut in Saturday night’s main event in Las Vegas, and Merab Dvalishvili scored a one-sided batamweight victory over Gustavo Lopez.
SOCCER:
A Norwich player tested positive for the coronavirus in a practice game at Tottenham ahead of the English Premier League resuming. The unidentified player was one of two new COVID-19 cases detected after 1,200 people were tested at the 20 clubs on Thursday and Friday. The league releases only anonymous data and no other club disclosed a positive test. Players and club staff are being tested twice a week across the league, which ends its pandemicenforced 100-day shutdown on Wednesday in empty stadiums.
SOCCER:
Playing a home game but not at its famed Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Real Madrid resumed its Spanish league campaign with a 3-1 win over Eibar to keep pace with leader Barcelona. Toni Kroos, Sergio Ramos and Marcelo scored — with Marcelo taking a knee and raising one of his hands in the air — as Madrid won at its training center while renovation work takes place at the 80,000-capacity Bernabeu, about 6 miles away. There were no fans at the 6,000-capacity Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium, which is used mostly by Madrid’s “B” team.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL:
Iowa defensive back Jack Koerner sustained serious injuries when he and a passenger on a jet ski collided with a boat on the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. According to a police report, Koerner and Cole Coffin were hurt Friday when their watercraft crashed into the side of a boat. Coffin was taken to a hospital by aircraft. There was no immediate word on his injuries or condition. Koerner was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries. No additional information was provided.