Sports news morning 1-4: Man City receives bad news from Haaland

Man City received bad news from Haaland; Philippine basketball player tested positive for doping twice in 3 years... are the main news in the sports news section on the morning of April 1.

Erling Haaland is likely to be out for the rest of the season due to injury - Photo: REUTERS

Man City received bad news from Haaland

Norwegian striker Erling Haaland will miss the rest of the season with a serious ankle injury. Haaland had bad luck in Man City's defeat of Bournemouth in the FA Cup quarter-finals on March 31.

Man City doctors said Haaland could only be fully fit by June - when the blue half of Manchester attends the FIFA Club World Cup in the US.

Haaland's absence for the rest of the season will be a big loss for Man City.

This season, although Haaland is not in great form, he still scored 21 goals, second only to Mohamed Salah (Liverpool).

For the rest of the season, Man City still has the goal of competing for a position in the top 5 to participate in the Champions League next season.

Without Haaland, things will be difficult for Man City - a team that has not played very impressively this season.

Chelsea sell women's team

Chelsea sells women's team to parent company to circumvent financial fair play rules - Photo: REUTERS

Chelsea recently decided to sell the women's team to the parent company for 200 million pounds. This is an internal transfer method for Chelsea to achieve the necessary profit, thereby avoiding the financial fair play law.

This is not the first time Chelsea has used this tactic. Last season, The Blues also took a similar action when they sold two hotels located on the Stamford Bridge grounds to the parent company.

Chelsea have now announced a pre-tax profit of £128.4 million and have not breached financial fair play rules.

Philippine basketball player caught doping twice in 3 years

Justin Brownlee (right) tested positive for a banned substance for the second time in three years - Photo: FIBA

Naturalized Filipino basketball player Justin Brownlee tested positive for doping and faces a second ban in just three years.

Justin Brownlee was banned for three months for testing positive for a banned substance at the 19th Asian Games in 2023 - where he helped the Philippines win the 5x5 basketball gold medal for the first time in 61 years.

Recently, Brownlee tested negative again. The Philippine Basketball Federation confirmed this information but has not released any further information.

If banned from competing, he faces the risk of being absent from the 2025 FIBA ​​Asia Cup, held in Saudi Arabia next August.

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