The Latest: England players Chilwell and Mount isolating
The Latest on soccer’s European Championship:
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England says players Ben Chilwell and Mason Mount are isolating after coming into contact with Scotland midfielder Billy Gilmour during Friday’s match at the European Championship.
The Scottish national team says Gilmour has tested positive for COVID-19.
The English Football Association says Chilwell and Mount “will be kept away from the rest of the England players and wider support team.”
The England squad all tested negative on Monday.
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Germany midfielder Leon Goretzka says the team supports the anti-racism gesture of taking a knee even though the players haven’t been doing it at the European Championship.
Goretzka says it’s quite clear that “we want to counter racism and homophobia with diversity. I think you can see that in the way it’s done.”
The Bayern Munich midfielder says goalkeeper Manuel Neuer has been wearing a captain’s armband with the rainbow colors for Euro 2020 games and there are plans for Germany’s stadium to be lit in the colors “which I think is a great idea.”
Goretzka says “I’m just happy about it and happy about every signal that is sent.”
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The England team says every player and member of the coaching staff was negative in the latest round of coronavirus testing.
The PCR tests took place on Sunday. That was two days after the team played Scotland at Wembley Stadium. Scotland says midfielder Billy Gilmour has tested positive for COVID-19.
England says officials remain in contact with Public Health England and that the squad trained on the eve of the final Group D match against the Czech Republic on Tuesday.
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France forward Ousmane Dembele has been ruled out of the European Championship because of a knee injury sustained during the team’s 1-1 draw with Hungary on Saturday.
The French soccer federation says Dembele had X-rays at a hospital in Budapest on Sunday and the recovery time “is incompatible with keeping him in the squad.”
Teams cannot replace injured players during the tournament so France will have only 25 for the rest of Euro 2020.
Dembele came on as a second-half substitute and was later replaced.
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Scotland midfielder Billy Gilmour has tested positive for the coronavirus and will have to isolate for 10 days.
Gilmour will miss his team’s final Group D match against Croatia on Tuesday and a potential round of 16 match.
Gilmour played on Friday in a 0-0 draw against England at Wembley Stadium.
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Denmark has one more chance to qualify for the round of 16 at the European Championship.
The Danes have lost both of their matches so far at Euro 2020 and have played most of the time without Christian Eriksen after he collapsed on the field against Finland in the opener. He suffered cardiac arrest late in the first half of that game and had to be resuscitated with a defibrillator.
But Denmark can still get enough points to advance from Group B if the team beats Russia in Copenhagen and Belgium tops Finland in St. Petersburg.
Ukraine and Austria will face each other in Bucharest knowing a draw is likely to be enough for both to advance. The Netherlands has already won Group B and North Macedonia has already been eliminated.
The Dutch will take on North Macedonia at the same time in Amsterdam.
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