Coronavirus: Star Athletes Make the Most of Isolation
The coronavirus pandemic may have temporarily halted sport, but athletes' various high jinks kept them in the public eye this weekend.
Sports stars were coming to terms on Sunday with another day of being sidelined amid the coronavirus pandemic.
There have been over 160,000 confirmed cases and more than 6,000 deaths worldwide.
Without work to keep them busy, athletes were finding other ways to entertain themselves - and often posting evidence online.
In the United States, Giannis Antetokounmpo has been vocal in bemoaning his boredom while the NBA is paused, but the world received evidence of how he has been using his time.
The Greek Freak's girlfriend uploaded a video of the reigning MVP playing Deep Purple's Smoke on the Water on guitar, and the Milwaukee Bucks ace replied: "If anyone wants a guitarist for their group, I'm free. Inbox me for booking."
The 17-year-old posted a photo of the three in front of a television screen playing FIFA.
Liverpool midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain stayed active this weekend.
His pop star girlfriend Perrie Edwards - a member of Little Mix - posted a video of the pair dancing at home with the caption: "Precautionary self isolation can be fun!"
View this post on Instagram Precautionary self isolation can be fun❗️ A post shared by Perrie Edwards ✌️🌻 (@perrieedwards) on Mar 14, 2020 at 1:24pm PDT
Soccer's most famous popstar WAG had also featured in a social media post on Saturday.
David Beckham had been anticipating Inter Miami's first home match against his former club LA Galaxy before the 2020 MLS season was suspended.
Beckham instead took his family to see his expansion club's stadium, though, and wife Victoria was enjoying herself as the tannoy blasted out Spice Girls songs.
View this post on Instagram Special day showing the family what we have built @intermiamicf @victoriabeckham @brooklynbeckham @romeobeckham @cruzbeckham #HarperSeven ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ ⚽️ A post shared by David Beckham (@davidbeckham) on Mar 14, 2020 at 12:21pm PDT
Robert Lewandowski and Gabriel Jesus shared clips of their workouts, but Dries Mertens' was a little different.
The Napoli star was filmed lifting a giant wine bottle in his exercises, posting the video with the caption: "My greatest advice in life, 'A little bit of wine is the solution to a lot of problems'."
View this post on Instagram My greatest advice in life: “a little bit of wine is the solution to a lot of problems” #quarantainelife A post shared by Dries Mertens (@driesmertens) on Mar 15, 2020 at 6:37am PDT
And Barcelona B midfielder Riqui Puig joined a campaign to keep people in their homes in Spain, skillfully juggling toilet roll in an apparent reference to the stockpiling prompted by the virus.
View this post on Instagram #StayAtHome #ITrainAtHome A post shared by R I C A R D P U I G (@riquipuig) on Mar 15, 2020 at 6:28am PDT