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Captain Xhaka allowed to play for Switzerland again

Granit Xhaka and Breel Embolo will be allowed to return to action for Switzerland next month following an investigation into forged Covid-19 vaccination certificates.

— BBC Sport — Football, publisher's words · Read the original ↗

11 outlets6 languages8 countriesUpdated

Who broke it

kicker — Aktuell

DE · DE

Followed by

10

outlets in 6 languages over 7 h 58 min.

Our read

Corroborated (7)

7 of 8 outlets each added at least one detail no earlier report had; the other 1 repeat it. That is independence, not agreement: two of them can still contradict each other.

Judged on the 8 outlets in our latest edition; the timeline keeps all 11 we have seen.

Coverage timeline

11 outlets · first-seen order
  1. +0 min

    kicker — AktuellDE · DEBroke it

    Nach Impfdebatte: Xhaka und Embolo spielen wieder für die Schweiz

  2. +16 min

    Krone SportDE · ATOwn reporting

    Schnelles Comeback - Schweiz begnadigt Xhaka & Embolo nach Covid-Eklat

  3. +58 min

    BBC Sport — FootballEN · GBOwn reporting

    Captain Xhaka allowed to play for Switzerland again

  4. +1 h 9 min

    De Telegraaf SportNL · NLOwn reporting

    Granit Xhaka en Breel Embolo weer welkom bij Zwitserse ploeg na vervalsen vaccinatiebewijzen

  5. +1 h 28 min

    TuttoMercatoWebIT · ITRepeats

    Svizzera, Xhaka e Embolo saranno reintegrati dopo il caso dei certificati Covid falsi

  6. +1 h 40 min

    VoetbalPrimeurNL · NLRepeats

    Nationale ploeg van Zwitserland ziet twee sterspelers terugkeren na vaccinatie-rel

  7. +2 h 24 min

    Sportschau (ARD)DE · DEOwn reporting

    Nach "Corona-Sperre" - Schweiz holt Xhaka und Embolo zurück

  8. +2 h 27 min

    Mundo Deportivo — FútbolES · ESOwn reporting

    Xhaka y Embolo vuelven tras falsificar certificados Covid

  9. +2 h 37 min

    zerozero.ptPT · PTOwn reporting

    Xhaka e Embolo de regresso às opções da seleção suíça, após falsificação de certificados

  10. +3 h 35 min

    Daily Mail FootballEN · GBRepeats

    Granit Xhaka cleared to play for Switzerland again after fake Covid-19 vaccination certificate scandal

  11. +7 h 58 min

    UOL EsportePT · BROwn reporting

    Capitão da Suíça na Copa tem volta liberada após fraude em certificado de covid

First seen is our own clock across 245+ feeds; it is not a guarantee of who published first. Each time is the earlier of the publisher's own timestamp and our first sighting. Headlines and summaries are the publishers' own words, linked to the original. How we work out who broke it.