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Barbro Holmberg rushed to Florida hospital

Tiger Woods' Swedish mother-in-law Barbro Holmberg is reported to be in a stable condition after being admitted to a Florida hospital in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Barbro Holmberg rushed to Florida hospital

Health Central Hospital spokesman Dan Yates in Ocoee, Florida, told the Associated Press that Holmberg was admitted in with stomach pain.

She arrived at the hospital via ambulance in the early hours of Tuesday morning after a 911 emergency call was placed from the Woods mansion outside of Orlando.

“She’s doing well under the circumstances,” a source told the Expressen newspaper.

“It’s not life-threatening.”

Holmberg, Sweden’s former migration minister and current governor of Gävleborg County in eastern Sweden, is in the United States with her daughter Elin Nordegren amidst an ongoing scandal involving a number of alleged infidelities by her star-golfer son-in-law.

Media outlets in the United States have been speculating for much of the day about who exactly was whisked away from the Woods estate. The woman, seen in video footage shot by a local television station, was described as being a middle-aged female with blonde hair, spawning theories that it was likely Holmberg who had taken ill.

A spokesperson for Holmberg confirmed on Monday that the governor of Gävleborg had cancelled all her appearances for the week and had taken leave from her post.

The news of Holmberg’s hospitalization comes following reports that Nordegren has moved out of the Windmere mansion she shares with Woods and their two children and has decamped to another house in the area.

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Tennis courts and golf courses to reopen in Denmark

Danes will be able to take up their tennis rackets and golf clubs again after the country's two biggest sports associations announced that outdoor sports with no physical contact can resume again.

Tennis courts and golf courses to reopen in Denmark
Tennis will be one of the first sports to restart. Photo: Søren Bidstrup/Ritzau Scanpix
The Sports Confederation of Denmark and the country's other sports association DGI announced that they had agreed new guidelines for restarting group sports with the Danish Health Authority, in a press release issued on Tuesday. 
 
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“This is the first sign of sport opening up, and we are really pleased that the health authorities have given us guidelines so that some activities can start up again,” Charlotte Bach Thomassen, chair of the Danish sports association DGI, said. 
 
“Of course, joining together in sports clubs must be safe from a  health point of view, so it is important to be aware that in many sports associations you will not be able to meet physically.” 
 
 
DIF chairman Niels Nygaard told Ritzau that the announcement did not mean any organisation would be required to restart activities they did not regard as safe. 
 
“These are voluntary associations where there are differences from association to association and sport to sport,” he said. “Our recommendations are not a requirement for associations to start activities. They can do it if it can be done under safe conditions, and if they have doubts about whether it can be done, then they shouldn't do it.”
 
According to the joint press release, group sports can now restart if: 
 
  • they take place outside 
  • participants can keep a distance of two meters from others
  • participants pay special attention to hand hygiene
  • rackets, clubs or other props are frequently cleaned
  • participants cough or sneeze into your elbow or a paper towel
  • participants stay home if they have a fever, cough or muscle soreness. 
  • shared facilities such as clubhouses and dressing and shower facilities are not used 
 
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