Other key concerns were whether players had been provided with enough time to return to competition fitness and whether, in the case of injury, they would have access to the usual range of treatment and rehabilitation, given the strain on health services.

The WPA said that one key measure would be to reduce the strain by modifying rest periods, substitutions and duration of matches, as soccer had done by allowing five substitutions per team instead of three.

In their paper: "The First, Comprehensive Immunological Model of COVID-19", Paolo Matricardi, Roberto Dal Negro and Roberto Nisini raise questions over the safety of playing while the virus remains at large.

At the height of the pandemic last year, many private healthcare facilities were only able to offer patients limited services, prompting concerns that insurance firms would continue to rake in premiums while customers were left without viable options.



"Many players will not have had access to the necessary training methods to ensure that they have the necessary fitness and conditioning to compete," said the World Players' Association (WPA), whose members play in the NBA, MLB, NHL, NFL, European soccer and Australian Rules football, among others.

BERN, June 4 (Reuters) - Players may be at an increased risk of injury as professional sports rush back into action following the coronavirus stoppage, a global union representing 85,000 athletes said on Thursday.

Both Biden and Warren need to perform well in Nevada and South Carolina after disappointing finishes in the first two states  The Nevada Poll, as it's called, has Sanders ahead of Vice President Joe Biden and Sen.

In that survey, the Vermont senator wins the support of 25 per cent of likely Democratic caucusgoers, followed by Biden with 18 per cent and Sen. Amy Klobuchar and former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg are tied with 10 points each.  Elizabeth Warren with 13 per cent.  Billionaire Tom Steyer followed with 11 per cent and Sen.

The research, produced by Italian immunologists and lung specialists based at institutes in Berlin, Rome and Verona, suggests that due to strenuous exercise, elite athletes are more likely to inhale virus particles and direct them to the lower areas of the lung.

WPA executive director Brendan Schwab pointed to a study conducted by Australian sports scientist Joel Mason last month which suggested an increased injury rate in the Bundesliga since Germany's professional soccer league restarted on May 16.



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MANCHESTER, England, April 28 (Reuters) - Research from Germany and Italy suggests that footballers and other athletes face a particular risk of the coronavirus infecting their lungs, raising major questions over attempts to restart professional soccer.





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Track and field is the most important sport for NBC so the prospect of the US team being reluctant to attend, or insisting that they could not be competitive because of disruption to preparation, means that pressure is becoming unbearable on Toyko 2020 organisers and Bach to postpone the games, despite the huge costs.

Sanders also continues to lead in national polls - showing him 10 points ahead of Biden in a survey released Thursday. That poll also shows former New York City Mike Bloomberg in a strong third, just one point behind Biden. 



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The Toyko Olympics appeared to be untenable on Saturday night after USA Track and Field (USATF) called for it to be postponed to 2021 because of the international emergency caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

"Not by chance, a great proportion of professional football players claimed the occurrence of fever, dry cough and malaise (and dyspnea in some cases) immediately after, or a few hours following their last official match," note the authors.