EVERY football game in England ‘WILL be held behind closed doors with NO games to be shown in pubs’

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES  In doubt  The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more

MARTIN SAMUEL: Closing football’s doors is the only option

Fans. Where would football be without them? We are about to find out. Close the doors. It is the only available option. Postponement, play-offs, ending the season now, none of it works, none of it would be fair. Not every team is like Liverpool, in a position to claim moral victory as champions less than … Read more

First Premier League game is called off due to coronavirus

Premier League football matches are expected to take place as normal this weekend despite fears over the spread of coronavirus in Britain.  Tonight’s match between Manchester City and Arsenal has been postponed after Nottingham Forest and Olympiacos owner Evangelos Marinakis contracted coronavirus and visited the London club’s Emirates Stadium. However the Premier League has insisted … Read more

Premier League postpone City’s clash with Arsenal over coronavirus fears

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES  In doubt  The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more

Coronavirus map: How is European football being effected by COVID-19

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES  In doubt  The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more

Coronavirus: Premier League matches and other big British sports events WILL still allow fans in

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES  In doubt  The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more

Coronavirus: Premier League chiefs face government talks today to discuss behind closed doors games

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES  In doubt  The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more

Government may cap sports crowds at just 500 if coronavirus escalates

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES  In doubt  The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more

Premier League SCRAP fair play handshakes between players before matches due to coronavirus

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES  In doubt  The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more

Watford 3-0 Liverpool: Unbeaten record falls as Sarr and Deeney strike gold

Sooner or later, everything changes. Everything comes to an end. Garbo talks. And Liverpool lose.  We knew it would happen some time but of all the places in all of England, no one expected it to happen at Vicarage Road on a bitter evening in February against a Watford team fighting for its life. Disbelief … Read more