Staff Reporter.
Ferrari Formula 1 driver Charles Leclerc tests positive for Covid-19:
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc has announced he has tested positive for Covid-19.
In a statement on Twitter, the 23-year-old from Monaco said: “I am feeling OK and have mild symptoms.
“I will remain in isolation in my home in Monaco in compliance with the regulations set by the local health authorities.”
Testing for the 2021 season is scheduled for March, although the date of what should have been the first race has already been pushed back as the Australian Grand Prix has been moved from 19-21 March to 19-21 November because of Covid-19 restrictions.
The first of 23 scheduled races is now the Bahrain Grand Prix from 26-28 March.
Last season, Racing Point drivers Sergio Perez and Lance Stroll and Mercedes’ world champion Lewis Hamilton all tested positive for Covid-19.
Danny Ings tested positive for Covid-19:
Southampton striker Danny Ings tested positive for Covid-19 last week, boss Ralph Hasenhuttl revealed on Thursday.
However, Ings is not expected to play against Leicester City on Saturday.
Saints have not played since 4 January, when Ings scored in a 1-0 victory over reigning Premier League champions Liverpool.
Their FA Cup third-round tie against Shrewsbury Town had been scheduled for 9 January, but was postponed because of coronavirus cases at the League One side and that game will now take place on Tuesday, 19 January.
Ings has played for England three times and scored his first international goal in the 3-0 win over Wales at Wembley in October.
He has also scored seven Premier League goals for Southampton, who are seventh in the table, this season.
Andy Murray tests positive for coronavirus:
Former world number one Andy Murray’s participation at the Australian Open is in doubt after the Briton tested positive for coronavirus.
Instead he remains in quarantine and isolating at home in London.
Murray, who is said to be in good health, remains hopeful he will be allowed to travel safely at a later date and compete as planned.
The five-time Australian Open runner-up pulled out of last week’s ATP event in Delray Beach as he wanted to “minimise the risks” of catching a transatlantic flight to Florida.
The Australian Open will start on 8 February at Melbourne Park, three weeks later than usual, because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Players must test negative before taking one of the 15 chartered flights – which have been put on by tournament organisers and will operate at 25% capacity – to Australia.
Once they have arrived, they will have to pass a series of Covid tests during a 14-day quarantine in Melbourne before the Grand Slam.