Football: Czech teams no longer obliged to quarantine if single player tests positive

Czech professional football teams will no longer be required to quarantine all members of a club if a single player tests positive for coronavirus. This follows from an agreement between the Czech Football League and Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO).

However, under the agreement, teams now must be tested for Covid-19 ahead of every match. The agreement came on the heels of a new case hitting the Slavia Prague club last week, which forced the two-time defending national champions to suspend their training camp in Austria.

The resumed Czech football league season was officially abandoned in the third week of July after a positive coronavirus case forced quarantine at an Opava club battling relegation. Slavia Prague had already clinched the title and Plzen, Sparta Prague, Jablonec and Liberec locked up European places.