Head of eastern Turkish football club contracts virus

ISTANBUL

The chairman of a Super Lig football club in the city of Erzurum, eastern Turkey has tested positive for COVID-19, the club announced on Monday.

On Twitter, Buyuksehir Belediye Erzurumspor said that Huseyin Unes was put in quarantine and has started treatment.

Erzurumspor are currently in sixth place with seven points in the Turkish Super Lig table.