Qatar FA Fines Barca Legend Xavi $2,700 For Breaching COVID-19 Rules
A file photo taken on September 16, 2019 shows Al Sadd SC’s Spanish coach Xavi Hernandez reacting during the AFC Champions League quarter-final football match between Saudi’s Al-Nassr and Qatar’s Al-Sadd at the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium in Doha.Qatar’s Football Association fined former Barcelona star Xavi Hernandez and several other top-flight players and staff $2,700 each for breaching coronavirus rules, it said in a statement on Thursday.
The penalty, which included an official warning from the league, was because of “non-compliance with the Ministry of Public Health’s safety protocols including breaching a home quarantine pledge signed by him”, the statement said. It is not clear if the sanctions related to the two-week mandatory quarantine period that Qatari authorities applied to those returning to the country at the height of the pandemic.In this file photo taken on October 01, 2019 Sadd’s coach Xavi Hernandez reacts after a goal during the first leg of the AFC Champions League semi-finals football match between Qatar’s Al Sadd and Saudi’ Al Hilal at the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium in the Qatari capital Doha, on October 1, 2019.
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