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Zlatan Ibrahimovic Returns to Milan; Fans Return to Taiwan Baseball

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Swedish soccer fans had been hoping that the strange circumstances of the coronavirus pandemic would have a surprising side effect: the return of striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic to his home country.

But now it seems those hopes have been dashed, as Ibrahimovic, 38, is set to return to Italy for a two-week quarantine period before rejoining A.C. Milan, which is starting individual training again. (Cristiano Ronaldo is already in quarantine for a return to Juventus.)

Ibrahimovic started his career at Malmo in Sweden before moving on to some of the top teams around the world, including Ajax, Juventus, Inter, Barcelona, Paris St.