SPORT SPORT | 07 SPORT | 11 SL captain Players need to Karunaratne be disciplined in praises Arthur, virus plan, says eyes top-four rank Bundesliga official MONDAY 11 MAY 2020 Roland Ras Abu Aboud Stadium: Qatar 2022 venue Garros could is a blueprint for future sports competitions be behind closed doors: THE PENINSULA — DOHA More than 80% of the materials from the process before it was used for demolished buildings were reused or recycled, dust suppression on-site or dis- Guidicelli Ras Abu Aboud Stadium will be including metals, electronics, wood and office/ charged into the sea, to adhere the first of its kind; a pioneering to Qatar’s strict environmental packaging waste. A view of under solution in stadium design and requirements.” construction AFP — PARIS a blueprint for future sports More than 80% of the mate- Almost 70,000 tonnes of concrete and asphalt Ras Abu Aboud events – but its sustainable rials from the demolished were crushed, tested and stockpiled to use Stadium. legacy began long before buildings were reused or French tennis chief construction even started. during the construction of the stadium. recycled, including metals, elec- Bernard Guidicelli The stadium is being made tronics, wood and office/pack- admitted yesterday that primarily from shipping con- aging waste. Almost 70,000 Roland Garros, already tainers and is set to host tonnes of concrete and asphalt controversially pushed matches up to the quarter-finals were crushed, tested and stock- back four months due to stage during the FIFA World piled to use during the con- the coronavirus, could be Cup Qatar 2022. struction of the stadium. staged behind closed After the tournament, the The land was also home to doors. 40,000-capacity stadium will trees and vegetation, some of Guidicelli, who said be completely dismantled, with which were more than 30 years that the French federation its parts transformed into old. More than 875 trees were (FFT) had “no regrets” over sporting facilities in Qatar and inspected and tagged, and its unilateral decision to overseas. where possible, excavated and move the clay court Grand And while the stadium’s decontaminated after years of – partly for their cultural and employed, taking exceptional removed to the SC Tree & Turf Slam from May 24-June 7 sustainable legacy is guar- industrial use, meaning a legacy architectural value but also to care during the demolition and Nursery, which provides the to September 20-October anteed, what most people for the site has been delivered ensure new facilities didn’t need site preparation phases. Over tree and turf for all Qatar 2022 4, insisted all options don’t know is what measures before the project has even to be created from scratch. 65 tonnes of asbestos con- venues. remain on the table. were taken to ensure its been completed. The SC’s Sustainability & taining material was removed So far, 923 containers have “We haven’t ruled out location – close to Doha Port Significant work has been Environment Senior Manager, from the site and safely been delivered to the stadium any option. Roland Garros and overlooking the spec- carried out by the Supreme Eng. Bodour Al Meer, said: “Due disposed.” site out of the 949 required for is first and foremost a story tacular West Bay skyline – Committee for Delivery & to the nature of construction at Al Meer continued: “Soil and its construction. The fabrication of matches and players,” became suitable to house the Legacy (SC) to remove the the time the buildings were groundwater contamination of steel for the structure is 94% he told the Journal du construction. existing buildings, laboratories, constructed, many had asbestos were also present in some loca- complete and the development Dimanche. The land where Ras Abou workshops and fuel tanks. Some within their structures. Asbestos tions. Water was run through a of the steel structure is now 33% “There is the tour- Aboud is being built had to be of the old buildings were kept removal specialists were specific waste treatment complete. nament taking place in the stadium, and the tour- nament on TV screens. “Millions of viewers Serie A TV rights around the world are Five players test positive waiting. Organising it holders freeze behind closed doors would allow part of the business payment amid model -- television rights (which account for more uncertainty for coronavirus: La Liga than a third of the tourna- ment’s revenues) -- to go ahead. This cannot be REUTERS — MILAN AFP — MADRID premises. At the end of training, overlooked.” This file photo taken on January 4, 2020, they take away a bag of fresh The spread of the coro- shows a general view of the match ball inside The companies holding the broad- Five players from Spain’s top kit for the next day and shower navirus has halted all casting rights to Italy’s top-flight Serie two leagues have tested positive the stadium before a match between Getafe at home. tennis since mid-March A soccer championship, including for coronavirus, La Liga and Real Madrid at Coliseum Alfonso Perez, The league have not offi- and will not resume until Comcast’s unit SKY, have not paid the confirmed yesterday. Getafe, Spain. cially announced the timing for July 13 at the earliest. last instalment of the 2019/2020 Players in Spain’s top-flight the resumption of competitive Close to 500,000 fans season, which has been halted due to and Segunda division were matches although Leganes regularly attend Roland the coronavirus outbreak, three allowed to carry out individual coach Javier Aguirre said last Garros every year. sources familiar with the matter said. work at training grounds last week the proposed date is June However, an indication Serie A was suspended on March 9 week. 20. as to the thinking around and the league and the Italian football The move was the That could correspond with the 2020 edition came on federation (FIGC) want the season to be beginning of a staggered the Spanish government’s de- Thursday when the FFT completed, playing matches without training programme, with the escalation programme, which decided to reimburse all spectators. aim to restart competitive includes outside events being tickets bought for the The Italian government has not yet games in the middle of June. allowed to go ahead in their original date of the tour- decided whether it will give its per- La Liga insist identifying fourth and final phase, as long nament rather than mission for the league to do so, although infected players through pos- as they are attended by fewer transfer them. it lifted a ban on individual training last itive tests are part of that plan. than 400 people. Guidicelli is adamant week. Italy’s top pay-TV operator SKY, The five players, who have Football matches are that the FFT was right to sport digital firm DAZN and global sports not been officially named, will “One of the objectives of carrying out work individually expected to be staged behind shift the tournament back by agency IMG did not pay the 2019/2020 now be quarantined at home these medical tests, according before then expanding into closed doors for several months. four months with the death final instalment, totalling roughly €220m and tested again “in the next to the La Liga’s protocol for small groups and finally taking La Liga president Javier Tebas toll from the coronavirus in ($238m), the three sources said. few days”. returning to training, according part in larger team sessions. has said “it is not an option” to France standing at 26,310 by The installment is part of a €1.3bn They will be allowed to to recommendations of the Barcelona’s players were cancel the top flight given he Saturday night. annual fee which right holders pour into rejoin their club’s training pro- CSD (Supreme Sports Council) back for their first session on estimates the economic fallout “Roland Garros is the Serie A’s club coffers to screen matches gramme only after obtaining and the Ministry of Health, was Friday while Real Madrid’s will would cost clubs around driving force of tennis in under a three-year agreement expiring two consecutive negative test precisely to detect the denom- return today. $1.08bn. France, it is what feeds the next season. results. inated or asymptomatic, that The medical protocol for But the third and fourth tiers players in our ecosystem Sources previously said rights A La Liga statement read: is, those people who are training is strict and includes in Spain will not complete their (260 million euros in holders had each presented Serie A with “Among La Liga Santander and infected and that, without pre- players arriving already seasons, as confirmed by the revenue, or 80% of the separate proposals for postponing or La Liga SmartBank (Segunda) senting symptoms, they can changed and at specific times Spanish football federation turnover of the FFT),” reducing the amount of payments due clubs, five positive cases were infect other people,” the to avoid contact with others. (RFEF) on Wednesday. Instead, added Guidicelli, to clubs, in the light of the suspension of detected in players, all of them statement added. They wear masks and gloves, promotions will be decided describing himself as the matches, but such proposals were asymptomatic and in the final La Liga’s training plan and have their temperatures through play-offs and there will “good father”. rebuffed by the clubs. phase of the disease.” includes players initially taken before entering the be no relegations. F1 star Hamilton has only himself to beat online LONDON REUTERS — stuff. It’s been frustrating as hell but Hamilton said he was “not have to kind of override youry completelypy different.