WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Detroit Pistons forward Christian Wood has become the first publicly known NBA player to be cleared after testing positive for coronavirus, according to multiple media reports Thursday. Wood tested positive for the virus on March 15 but has been cleared, unnamed sources told The Athletic and ESPN, while Wood’s agent, Adam Pensack told the Detroit Free Press that Woods is “feeling great and fully recovered.” The 24-year-old American, on his […]
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Pistons player tests positive for coronavirus
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Detroit Pistons player Christian Wood has tested positive for the coronavirus, becoming the third NBA player to contract COVID-19. The Pistons, without identifying Wood, issued a statement on Saturday saying that one of their players had tested positive. Woods’ agent Adam Pensack told the Detroit News on Saturday that his client is the one, adding “he feels 100 percent fine.” “A player on the Detroit Pistons, who is […]
Wood stadium planned for world’s ‘greenest’ soccer club
(Reuters) — Before the advent of concrete and steel, arenas and amphitheatres were historically mostly made of wood. This was not without risk, not least from fire – Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre burnt down in 1613 when a prop cannon was fired during a performance of Henry VIII, spitting sparks into the structure’s thatched roof. But for English soccer club Forest Green Rovers – as their name suggests – wood is the way forward. They’ve put […]





