Soccer-Hertha's new coach Magath tests positive for COVID-19

BERLIN (Reuters) - New Hertha Berlin coach Felix Magath has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not make a return to the Bundesliga against on Hoffenheim on Saturday, the Bundesliga club said.

Magath was named coach last week, succeeding Tayfun Korkut, and becoming their third coach of the season, a decade after his last job in the Bundesliga.

"Our head coach Felix Magath today tested positive for corona. So he will not be available for training or matches at the moment. He is doing well and is almost asymptomatic," the club said.

Hertha are in 17th place after having failed to win any of their last nine league matches.

(Reporting by Karolos Grohmann; Editing by Nick Macfie)