Three Blackburn players positive
London: Blackburn captain Elliott Bennett and two unnamed Fulham players have tested positive for Coronavirus, the Championship clubs announced on Thursday. The English Football League said tests were carried out on 1,030 players and staff between Monday and Wednesday, with three positive results coming from two clubs. Second-tier Blackburn confirmed Bennett had been tested on Monday and was found to have Covid-19, but was asymptomatic. He will isolate for seven days and will return to training on June 5 if he does not develop symptoms, the club said. Bennett added: “There seems to have been a lot of hysteria about footballers returning to training but it’s not a big deal at all. It’s the people who are seriously ill in hospital that we need to worry about, not footballers who are fit and healthy, and who aren’t showing any signs of being unwell.” — AFP