Four Footballers In Russian Club Contract Coronavirus

Russian Premier League club Lokomotiv Moscow confirmed Thursday that four players have tested positive for COVID-19.

The club said Dmitry Barinov, Anton Kochenkov, Timur Suleymanov and Roman Tugarev were in good health and are quarantined at home.

Lokomotiv announced May 16 that Peruvian forward Jefferson Farfan tested positive for the virus.

The team was in second place in the standings with 41 points when the league was suspended March 17.

Remaining matches will be played from June 21 to July 22.

Russia reported its highest number of fatalities from the coronavirus infection Thursday with 174 deaths in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 4,142. -