Sunday, 17 January 2021
Cape Verde s match against Germany at the World Men s Handball Championship has been cancelled after positive COVID-19 tests from two members of the African team left them short of players.
The International Handball Federation (IHF) confirmed the Group A encounter, which had been scheduled for today, would not take place.
Germany have been awarded a 10-0 victory by walkover following the cancellation of the match.
Under the IHF s competition rules, teams must have a minimum of 10 players available, including one goalkeeper, for each game.
The positive tests within the Cape Verde camp meant they only had nine eligible players.
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Modern Diplomacy
Published 3 months ago
Hosting major sports tournaments can confer prestige on a country, but in the case of Egypt, the 2021 Handball World Championship will do little to repair its relations with the US, Italy and states in the Gulf, argues James M. Dorsey in this analysis.
Egyptian general-turned president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi sees the 2021 men’s handball world championship in Cairo and Alexandria as an opportunity to put his best foot forward at a time when Egypt’s relations with its closest regional and global partners are encountering substantial headwinds.
Successful hosting of the championship, the first to involve 32 rather than 24 competing teams, would also serve to counter criticism of the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Egyptian health minister Hala Zayed recently admitted that many more Egyptians contracted the virus than the government has so far reported. A successful hosting would further put a crown in the fea