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2 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 23 FEBRUARY 2020 SPORT LATEST RESULTS NEWS BOV Premier League Gudja United 0 Balzan 2 Gudja United lineup: Zammit G. (goaler) Bilbao E. (substituted by Mensah G. during match) Bolanos Ramirez J.A. Bondin J. Cremona L. De Farrugia J. (substituted by Friggieri A. during match) Gonzales (red carded during match) Grioli J. Jimenez M. Winchester R. Mosta lineup: Vella A. (goaler) Agius T. (substituted by Xuereb P. during match) Aquilina G. Augusto Sumbane C.J. (yellow carded during match) Brincat Z. (yellow carded) Brown D.J. (yellow carded) Chaney C. (subbed by Nworah D. during match) Farrugia T. (yellow carded) Muchardi M. Gusso Pedro Weverton (subbed by Gatt K.) Balzan lineup: Naumovski K. (goaler) Arab S. Bozovic I. Camilleri D. Correa R. (substituted by Dimic S. during match) Effiong A. Fenech P. Loof A. Montebello L. (substituted by Adekoya S. during match) Pisani S. Sljvic N. (substituted by Bezzina S. during match) (yellow carded during match) Hamrun Spartans lineup: Bartolo M. (goaler) (yellow carded) Alhinho V. (yellow carded) Borg D (subbed by Micallef N during match) Capitelli A. (yellow carded) Cinquini M. Dodo Failla C. Flores C. Lagzir S. (subbed by Schembri K.) Leone N. (subbed by Scicluna A.) Micallef K. Scorers: Correa R. (39th minute), Pisani J. (87th minute) Mosta 2 Hamrun Spartans 1 Scorers: Weverton (13th minute) (53rd minute P) (Mosta), Lagzir S. (61st minute) (Hamrun Spartans) Senglea Atheletic 2 Santa Lucia 5 Scorers: Juninho (54th minute), Wilkson (88th minute P) (Senglea) - Pinheiro Correia K. (3rd minute), Tachikawa R. (12th minute), Tachikawa R. (51st minute), Maxuell (60th minute), Walker J. (66th minute) (Santa Lucia) Birkirkara 2 Hibernians 1 Scorers: De Almeida Prado C. (34th minute), Yannick Y. (79th minute) (Birkirkara) - Grech J. (45th minute P) (Hibernians) Coronavirus 'haunts' perennially lively Nadur carnival KARL AZZOPARDI CORONAVIRUS costumes were the main feature of the Nadur carnival this year, with people sporting physicians' clothing, surgical masks and safety gog- gles to make fun of the influenza strain that has now reached Europe. The ensemble sometimes featured doctors' tags, thermometer guns, surgical gloves, and clipboards in the grotesque carnival on the sister island. The main square was bustling with activity at around 10pm on Friday night, with cars modified to serve as floats just starting to roll in. People from Nadur MaltaToday spoke to all de- scribed the popular carnival as an integral part of life in the Gozitan village. "It's in our DNA," one woman said of the no-holds barred carnival. The menagerie of costumes and floats also fea- tured the perennially popular political issues. Fake cash similar to that seen at protests outside parlia- ment last year bore the faces of former prime min- ister Joseph Muscat, his former chief-of-staff Keith Schembri and the former minister Konrad Mizzi. Carnival-goers speaking to MaltaToday said that Nadur offered a creative space for free expression with limited restrictions and the allowance of spon- taneity. This, they said, is what made the carnival unique. The scent of street food, alcohol and feast sweets permeated the square. The scent of marijuana min- PHOTO: JAMES BIANCHI