Football has been in lockdown for six weeks, like much of society.
It presents different in the different areas of the game.
Here, Andy Mitten talks to four professionals about what life is like without football and with the coronavirus pandemic.
Dean Holden, assistant coach, Bristol City, English Championship
“Our season was going well and we were one point off the playoffs for the Premier League with nine games left. It was full on.
"The head coach Lee Johnson, assistant head coach Jamie McCallister and myself are in our fourth year here. The league position has improved each season, we’re developing young players and the club is in a good place. The stadium has been redeveloped, average crowds are 22,000, the highest for 40 years, and we have a new training ground on the way.
“We want to get into the Premier League but the Championship is a brutal league, with 46 matches. It’s two games a week every week and you have to be smart with your recovery after games. We debrief the players after matches and move quickly on to focusing for the next game.
“Six weeks ago, we were going through set pieces for our game at Blackburn Rovers. Big game, they’re two points behind us. That’s when the chief executive called all the staff and players in, explained the situation about Covid-19 and made everything about what was happening clear. That was the last we saw of each other face to face.
“Seeing more of my wife and family has been nice but I’m still working and in touch with the club every day. I’d never heard of Zoom before the lockdown but we have three or four Zoom meetings every day.
“The day starts with a staff meeting where we plan the day ahead, then we’ll be with the players as they stay fit. All of them have an exercise bike from the club and we also have quizzes, bingo and maintain that face to face contact.
“We keep a structure as we’re used to structure. Our players are elite athletes, they’re used to being very fit and competitive every day. They have personalised fitness programmes and position specific ones too, but nothing can beat match practice or training practice.
“Mental health is important so communication is key. We have a mental skills coach, we want players coming out of this situation in a better, not worse, frame of mind.
"Players might worry about their families, they’ll hear rumours, they speak to friends at other clubs. We don’t want scaremongering and the club needs to be as clear as possible - and they are. They stick to the facts.
"A lack of a fixed date for a return that we can plan for is difficult for everyone but the most important thing is people’s safety and wellbeing. We would need a period of time to get the players match fit, a bit like a pre-season, but we’ll be ready for whenever that is.
“With no games, we’re trying to get ahead. We’re watching opponents, our recruitment ideas are advanced. I’ve also spoken to others outside the club.
"I spoke to Chris Coleman, who took underdogs Wales to the semi-finals of Euro 2016. I also spoke to Paul Simpson, whose England under-20s won the World Cup three years ago. And Stuart Lancaster, former head coach of the England rugby team and is now at Leinster.
"They were all generous with their time and it's really important for us to learn and improve. We're three young coaches up against the likes of Marcelo Bielsa at Leeds United.
"I’m also reading a book called ‘Football Hackers: the science and art of a data revolution’. I want to learn as much as I can to make myself better and the club I work for better. I miss my job as it was before the pandemic, but I want to be better prepared when we’re properly back.”
Tom Broadbent, defender, Swindon Town, English League Two
“We’ve been top of the league for much of the season and could be promoted by now. Crowds were around 10,000, the club and Swindon was buzzing.
“My last game was a 2-0 win just before the lockdown. Though I’ve been in and out of the team and had too many niggling injuries, I was getting more opportunities when football stopped. It has been a good season for the team, but things could have gone better for me.
“I’ve worked hard, ready to be called upon, all season. I just want to play football every week but at least I have a contract until 2021. I speak to lads at other clubs and they’re out of contract in a month. There’s a lot of worry about.
“I was in the armed forces until I was 25 and that has helped me prepare for the situation we are in now. For one, the uncertainty. You don’t know what or when the outcome will be when you’re at war. I was in Afghanistan in the Royal Artillery and also on exercises around the world. My rank was lance bombardier and I served for six years before becoming a professional footballer.
“You learn to get on with things in the army and maybe that works against me as a footballer. I’m used to structure and hierarchy, with not arguing with my superiors. I follow orders, I don’t challenge the bosses or question their decisions – even though there’s no rank structure in football.
“You get used to standards, too. You respect those around you. I still do – I never leave my kit on the floor for the kit man to pick up.
“I wanted to be a footballer as a kid and was at Portsmouth when they were in the Premier League. I was on trial for five months and felt I was getting nowhere – I had to pay my own train fare each day and wasn’t getting paid. They suggested that I went to nearby Bournemouth, who were a lower league team. Bournemouth wanted to sign me, but then went into administration and only signed one player – Danny Ings.
“I came to terms with not becoming a professional footballer and joined the army. I wasn’t allowed to play football while I did my basic training, but I played a lot of football after that.
First, I played for my regiment. Then for the Royal Artillery, then the Army and finally the Armed Forces - all the best players across the forces. It was brilliant and we played around the world. The British Army against the German Army is played every Christmas to mark the truce on the western front in the First World War. It’s a big deal.
"I was also allowed to play semi-professionally for Hayes & Yeading, where I was captain but it was my coach for the Armed Forces who helped me to go professional through a contact at Bristol Rovers in League One. I joined Swindon in 2019.
“I’m in lockdown with my girlfriend Ashley, who has been furloughed, and our dog. I’m training every day and in constant touch through WhatsApp. We do 5km runs and screenshot our times. I’m not near the top but we have some very fast lads at the club doing 17 minutes. My aim is to go under 20. We also use Strava to track our bike rides and runs. We interact a lot.
“It’s getting a bit boring now and I want to get on the ball and train with the others. I miss that, especially this time of the year when the sun is out, we’re going for promotion and looking forward to summer. I have played two-touch with Ashley. It’s useful because she’s not the best and you don’t know where the ball is coming to you. It could go anywhere!”
Sergi Samper, midfielder, Vissel Kobe, J1 League, Japan
“We started this year by winning the Emperor’s Cup, the first ever trophy for Vissel Kobe. That was the final game of the season, an incredible day.
"I’ve won trophies with Barca, but I was playing every week with Vissel. I like it here in Japan. We play in front of big crowds, the people are friendly. My family (his brother is a professional tennis player) have been out to see me, but I couldn’t go back home to Barcelona until after the season finished. That was the first time in a year and I had three weeks back in Barcelona in January before returning to Japan.
“David Villa and Luka Podolski, two important players, left but we were looking forward to this season which started in February. We won the Japanese Super Cup and 50,000 people watched that.
“Andres Iniesta, my friend from when we were at Barca, is captain and we signed a very good Brazilian striker, Douglas. We were motivated ahead of this season with Champions League football to look forward to.
“We stopped playing in February but trained all March and played four friendlies behind closed doors. There was no virus in Kobe, but then it arrived and some of our players caught it. They’re OK now, thankfully.
“I’m in Japan and my family are in Barcelona. I’m using Zoom a lot and I train at home. We’re allowed out to run outside. I live in the same building as Andres but we have to social distance from everyone. I did watch the new film about him last week, which I enjoyed. He’s a great guy.
“Life isn’t normal, but I try to stay positive. I have to be and I’ve had time to think. I feel motivated and can’t wait for football to restart again. I’m fit and after years of suffering from serious injuries, I don’t take that for granted. It’s a privilege to play football for a living.”
Adam Webster, defender, Brighton & Hove Albion, English Premier League
“I joined Brighton (for a club record £20 million) at the start of this season from Bristol City. It was a dream move for me. I couldn’t believe it when it all came off. I train at a superb training ground and play in a wonderful stadium.
“We were playing well but not getting results before the lockdown. That’s why Brighton are in this position, two points above the relegation zone.
"It's my first season in the Premier League and it hasn't been plain sailing for me. It's tough – it's the Premier League after all and you're up against some of the best players in the world – but I felt I'd turned a corner and was finding form. We drew away at Wolves in the last game, our first clean sheet of the year.
"That was a good result and I was playing 90 minutes almost every game. I'd scored away at Arsenal and Spurs too. We won at Arsenal, the first time for Brighton. All my mates came to that game; lads from back home in Chichester. They'd seen me score before but never be on a winning side, so that was a great night for us.
“We were preparing for Arsenal at home when football stopped. Now, I’m at home with my fiance and our dog. The dog is really happy because it's getting walked all the time.
“We speak on Zoom calls three times a week. The club gave us a spinning bike and kettle bells for home. I’m doing a lot of running too, but it’s all completely different to actual training. You can’t replicate running around a pitch and the agility which comes from that.
“I feel it’s important that I’m in a routine. The Zoom calls with the players and coaches help and I run at the same time each day when we don’t Zoom.
“I watched a few box sets and would walk around mumbling phrases in Spanish. My fiance asked me why I didn’t learn Spanish rather than mumbling nonsense from Narcos so I’ve been doing that.
“I’m really missing football, though. It was a nice break to be at home for the first two weeks but you can’t beat that feeling of playing and winning a game. I can’t wait to get back."
Sheikh Zayed's poem
When it is unveiled at Abu Dhabi Art, the Standing Tall exhibition will appear as an interplay of poetry and art. The 100 scarves are 100 fragments surrounding five, figurative, female sculptures, and both sculptures and scarves are hand-embroidered by a group of refugee women artisans, who used the Palestinian cross-stitch embroidery art of tatreez. Fragments of Sheikh Zayed’s poem Your Love is Ruling My Heart, written in Arabic as a love poem to his nation, are embroidered onto both the sculptures and the scarves. Here is the English translation.
Your love is ruling over my heart
Your love is ruling over my heart, even a mountain can’t bear all of it
Woe for my heart of such a love, if it befell it and made it its home
You came on me like a gleaming sun, you are the cure for my soul of its sickness
Be lenient on me, oh tender one, and have mercy on who because of you is in ruins
You are like the Ajeed Al-reem [leader of the gazelle herd] for my country, the source of all of its knowledge
You waddle even when you stand still, with feet white like the blooming of the dates of the palm
Oh, who wishes to deprive me of sleep, the night has ended and I still have not seen you
You are the cure for my sickness and my support, you dried my throat up let me go and damp it
Help me, oh children of mine, for in his love my life will pass me by.
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RESULTS
2pm: Handicap (PA) Dh40,000 (Dirt) 1,200m
Winner: Najem Al Rwasi, Fabrice Veron (jockey), Ahmed Al Shemaili (trainer)
2.30pm: Handicap (PA) Dh40,000 (D) 2,000m
Winner: Fandim, Fernando Jara, Majed Al Jahouri
3pm: Maiden (PA) Dh40,000 (D) 1,700m
Winner: Harbh, Pat Cosgrave, Ahmed Al Mehairbi
3.30pm: Maiden (PA) Dh40,000 (D) 1,700m
Winner: Wakeel W’Rsan, Richard Mullen, Jaci Wickham
4pm: Crown Prince of Sharjah Cup Prestige (PA) Dh200,000 (D) 1,200m
Winner: Jawaal, Fernando Jara, Majed Al Jahouri
4.30pm: Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Cup (TB) Dh200,000 (D) 2,000m
Winner: Tailor’s Row, Royston Ffrench, Salem bin Ghadayer
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ESSENTIALS
The flights
Emirates flies from Dubai to Phnom Penh via Yangon from Dh2,700 return including taxes. Cambodia Bayon Airlines and Cambodia Angkor Air offer return flights from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap from Dh250 return including taxes. The flight takes about 45 minutes.
The hotels
Rooms at the Raffles Le Royal in Phnom Penh cost from $225 (Dh826) per night including taxes. Rooms at the Grand Hotel d'Angkor cost from $261 (Dh960) per night including taxes.
The tours
A cyclo architecture tour of Phnom Penh costs from $20 (Dh75) per person for about three hours, with Khmer Architecture Tours. Tailor-made tours of all of Cambodia, or sites like Angkor alone, can be arranged by About Asia Travel. Emirates Holidays also offers packages.
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The specS: 2018 Toyota Camry
Price: base / as tested: Dh91,000 / Dh114,000
Engine: 3.5-litre V6
Gearbox: Eight-speed automatic
Power: 298hp @ 6,600rpm
Torque: 356Nm @ 4,700rpm
Fuel economy, combined: 7.0L / 100km
The specs: 2018 Nissan 370Z Nismo
The specs: 2018 Nissan 370Z Nismo
Price, base / as tested: Dh182,178
Engine: 3.7-litre V6
Power: 350hp @ 7,400rpm
Torque: 374Nm @ 5,200rpm
Transmission: Seven-speed automatic
Fuel consumption, combined: 10.5L / 100km
Lexus LX700h specs
Engine: 3.4-litre twin-turbo V6 plus supplementary electric motor
Power: 464hp at 5,200rpm
Torque: 790Nm from 2,000-3,600rpm
Transmission: 10-speed auto
Fuel consumption: 11.7L/100km
On sale: Now
Price: From Dh590,000
Labour dispute
The insured employee may still file an ILOE claim even if a labour dispute is ongoing post termination, but the insurer may suspend or reject payment, until the courts resolve the dispute, especially if the reason for termination is contested. The outcome of the labour court proceedings can directly affect eligibility.
- Abdullah Ishnaneh, Partner, BSA Law
Tips to stay safe during hot weather
- Stay hydrated: Drink plenty of fluids, especially water. Avoid alcohol and caffeine, which can increase dehydration.
- Seek cool environments: Use air conditioning, fans, or visit community spaces with climate control.
- Limit outdoor activities: Avoid strenuous activity during peak heat. If outside, seek shade and wear a wide-brimmed hat.
- Dress appropriately: Wear lightweight, loose and light-coloured clothing to facilitate heat loss.
- Check on vulnerable people: Regularly check in on elderly neighbours, young children and those with health conditions.
- Home adaptations: Use blinds or curtains to block sunlight, avoid using ovens or stoves, and ventilate living spaces during cooler hours.
- Recognise heat illness: Learn the signs of heat exhaustion and heat stroke (dizziness, confusion, rapid pulse, nausea), and seek medical attention if symptoms occur.
Mohammed bin Zayed Majlis
Challenge Cup result:
1. UAE 3 faults
2. Ireland 9 faults
3. Brazil 11 faults
4. Spain 15 faults
5. Great Britain 17 faults
6. New Zealand 20 faults
7. Italy 26 faults
Specs
Engine: Electric motor generating 54.2kWh (Cooper SE and Aceman SE), 64.6kW (Countryman All4 SE)
Power: 218hp (Cooper and Aceman), 313hp (Countryman)
Torque: 330Nm (Cooper and Aceman), 494Nm (Countryman)
On sale: Now
Price: From Dh158,000 (Cooper), Dh168,000 (Aceman), Dh190,000 (Countryman)
LA LIGA FIXTURES
Friday Athletic Bilbao v Celta Vigo (Kick-off midnight UAE)
Saturday Levante v Getafe (5pm), Sevilla v Real Madrid (7.15pm), Atletico Madrid v Real Valladolid (9.30pm), Cadiz v Barcelona (midnight)
Sunday Granada v Huesca (5pm), Osasuna v Real Betis (7.15pm), Villarreal v Elche (9.30pm), Alaves v Real Sociedad (midnight)
Monday Eibar v Valencia (midnight)
Look north
BBC business reporters, like a new raft of government officials, are being removed from the national and international hub of London and surely the quality of their work must suffer.
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if you go
The flights
Etihad, Emirates and Singapore Airlines fly direct from the UAE to Singapore from Dh2,265 return including taxes. The flight takes about 7 hours.
The hotel
Rooms at the M Social Singapore cost from SG $179 (Dh488) per night including taxes.
The tour
Makan Makan Walking group tours costs from SG $90 (Dh245) per person for about three hours. Tailor-made tours can be arranged. For details go to www.woknstroll.com.sg
Leaderboard
63 - Mike Lorenzo-Vera (FRA)
64 - Rory McIlroy (NIR)
66 - Jon Rahm (ESP)
67 - Tom Lewis (ENG), Tommy Fleetwood (ENG)
68 - Rafael Cabrera-Bello (ESP), Marcus Kinhult (SWE)
69 - Justin Rose (ENG), Thomas Detry (BEL), Francesco Molinari (ITA), Danny Willett (ENG), Li Haotong (CHN), Matthias Schwab (AUT)
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Conflict, drought, famine
Estimates of the number of deaths caused by the famine range from 400,000 to 1 million, according to a document prepared for the UK House of Lords in 2024.
It has been claimed that the policies of the Ethiopian government, which took control after deposing Emperor Haile Selassie in a military-led revolution in 1974, contributed to the scale of the famine.
Dr Miriam Bradley, senior lecturer in humanitarian studies at the University of Manchester, has argued that, by the early 1980s, “several government policies combined to cause, rather than prevent, a famine which lasted from 1983 to 1985. Mengistu’s government imposed Stalinist-model agricultural policies involving forced collectivisation and villagisation [relocation of communities into planned villages].
The West became aware of the catastrophe through a series of BBC News reports by journalist Michael Buerk in October 1984 describing a “biblical famine” and containing graphic images of thousands of people, including children, facing starvation.
Band Aid
Bob Geldof, singer with the Irish rock group The Boomtown Rats, formed Band Aid in response to the horrific images shown in the news broadcasts.
With Midge Ure of the band Ultravox, he wrote the hit charity single Do They Know it’s Christmas in December 1984, featuring a string of high-profile musicians.
Following the single’s success, the idea to stage a rock concert evolved.
Live Aid was a series of simultaneous concerts that took place at Wembley Stadium in London, John F Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, the US, and at various other venues across the world.
The combined event was broadcast to an estimated worldwide audience of 1.5 billion.
RESULTS
Catchweight 63.5kg: Shakriyor Juraev (UZB) beat Bahez Khoshnaw (IRQ). Round 3 TKO (body kick)
Lightweight: Nart Abida (JOR) beat Moussa Salih (MAR). Round 1 by rear naked choke
Catchweight 79kg: Laid Zerhouni (ALG) beat Ahmed Saeb (IRQ). Round 1 TKO (punches)
Catchweight 58kg: Omar Al Hussaini (UAE) beat Mohamed Sahabdeen (SLA) Round 1 rear naked choke
Flyweight: Lina Fayyad (JOR) beat Sophia Haddouche (ALG) Round 2 TKO (ground and pound)
Catchweight 80kg: Badreddine Diani (MAR) beat Sofiane Aïssaoui (ALG) Round 2 TKO
Flyweight: Sabriye Sengul (TUR) beat Mona Ftouhi (TUN). Unanimous decision
Middleweight: Kher Khalifa Eshoushan (LIB) beat Essa Basem (JOR). Round 1 rear naked choke
Heavyweight: Mohamed Jumaa (SUD) beat Hassen Rahat (MAR). Round 1 TKO (ground and pound)
Lightweight: Abdullah Mohammad Ali Musalim (UAE beat Omar Emad (EGY). Round 1 triangle choke
Catchweight 62kg: Ali Taleb (IRQ) beat Mohamed El Mesbahi (MAR). Round 2 KO
Catchweight 88kg: Mohamad Osseili (LEB) beat Samir Zaidi (COM). Unanimous decision
Squid Game season two
Director: Hwang Dong-hyuk
Stars: Lee Jung-jae, Wi Ha-joon and Lee Byung-hun
Rating: 4.5/5
Ferrari 12Cilindri specs
Engine: naturally aspirated 6.5-liter V12
Power: 819hp
Torque: 678Nm at 7,250rpm
Price: From Dh1,700,000
Available: Now
What is dialysis?
Dialysis is a way of cleaning your blood when your kidneys fail and can no longer do the job.
It gets rid of your body's wastes, extra salt and water, and helps to control your blood pressure. The main cause of kidney failure is diabetes and hypertension.
There are two kinds of dialysis — haemodialysis and peritoneal.
In haemodialysis, blood is pumped out of your body to an artificial kidney machine that filter your blood and returns it to your body by tubes.
In peritoneal dialysis, the inside lining of your own belly acts as a natural filter. Wastes are taken out by means of a cleansing fluid which is washed in and out of your belly in cycles.
It isn’t an option for everyone but if eligible, can be done at home by the patient or caregiver. This, as opposed to home haemodialysis, is covered by insurance in the UAE.
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FIXTURES (all times UAE)
Sunday
Brescia v Lazio (3.30pm)
SPAL v Verona (6pm)
Genoa v Sassuolo (9pm)
AS Roma v Torino (11.45pm)
Monday
Bologna v Fiorentina (3.30pm)
AC Milan v Sampdoria (6pm)
Juventus v Cagliari (6pm)
Atalanta v Parma (6pm)
Lecce v Udinese (9pm)
Napoli v Inter Milan (11.45pm)
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GAC GS8 Specs
Engine: 2.0-litre 4cyl turbo
Power: 248hp at 5,200rpm
Torque: 400Nm at 1,750-4,000rpm
Transmission: 8-speed auto
Fuel consumption: 9.1L/100km
On sale: Now
Price: From Dh149,900
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MOUNTAINHEAD REVIEW
Starring: Ramy Youssef, Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman
Director: Jesse Armstrong
Rating: 3.5/5
ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA
Starring: Nader Abd Alhay, Majd Eid, Ramzi Maqdisi
Directors: Tarzan and Arab Nasser
Rating: 4.5/5
Chef Nobu's advice for eating sushi
“One mistake people always make is adding extra wasabi. There is no need for this, because it should already be there between the rice and the fish.
“When eating nigiri, you must dip the fish – not the rice – in soy sauce, otherwise the rice will collapse. Also, don’t use too much soy sauce or it will make you thirsty. For sushi rolls, dip a little of the rice-covered roll lightly in soy sauce and eat in one bite.
“Chopsticks are acceptable, but really, I recommend using your fingers for sushi. Do use chopsticks for sashimi, though.
“The ginger should be eaten separately as a palette cleanser and used to clear the mouth when switching between different pieces of fish.”
