paris highlevel sports was one of the first social activities shut down by the coronavirus pandemic and many athletes who play in front of crowds and train with teammates have been among the highprofile victimswhile only one sports personality the 76yearold former real madrid president lorenzo sanz has so far died those infected spread across the age range and the sporting spectrum with clusters in italian football the nba and cyclingthe numbers could be higher because not all clubs are testingvalladolid in the spanish liga rejected test kits saying they should be used on those who need themthe nbas golden state warriors said they would only test players with symptomswere treating ourselves like people which is what we are said general manager bob myers were just a basketball teamheres a look at some of the most highprofile cases sanz who died on march 21 was in charge of real madrid from 19952000 overseeing two champions league titlesmy father has just passed away he did not deserve this ending and in this way tweeted his son lorenzo sanz junior on march 17 while the international olympic committee and local organisers were still insisting the tokyo games would go ahead as scheduled this summer japan olympic committee deputy chief kozo tashima said he had contracted coronavirusi have a mild fever examinations showed a symptom of pneumonia but im fine the 62yearold tashima said in a statement issued via the japan football association which he also heads arsenal manager mikel arteta tested positive for covid19 the english premier league was suspended the day after the gunners announced arteta had tested positiveas a result of the spaniards diagnosis the arsenal squad were sent into selfisolation for 14 days callum hudsonodoi the 19yearold chelsea and england winger on march 13 became the first premier league player to test positivethe club said at the time that the teenager was doing well among other young rising stars to catch the virus is 20yearold brazilian tennis player thiago seyboth wild who announced on wednesday that he had tested positivehe said he started feeling ill about 10 days agothat came after a globetrotting period typical of the tennis circuiton march 1 seyboth wild won his first atp title in santiago chile the following week he played in a davis cup tie in adelaide australiai really dont think hes the only player who has it former player lindsey davenport told tennis channel we have so many players all over the world former nba season mvp kevin durant a 31yearold forward former nba most valuable playeris one of four brooklyn nets players to have tested positive the forward had been sitting out the season recovering from an achilles injury utah jazz star rudy gobert tested positive for the virus the frenchman had to apologise after pointedly touching every microphone and voice recorder on a table in front of him at a media conference only to then test positive for covid19 defender daniele rugani at italian champions juventus was the first player