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The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has set aside three days in June to hear Manchester City’s appeal against a two-year ban from European competition for breaching fair play rules. Updated listings posted on the Switzerland-based court’s website on Tuesday set a June 8 to June 10 date. European...

The Premier League in England said on Tuesday that six people from three different clubs had tested positive for COVID-19 out of a sample of 748 individuals. The novel coronavirus tests were taken on Sunday and Monday ahead of the return to small group training. “Players or club staff who...

From social distancing substitutes using airport stairs, to disinfected balls and a potential television audience of one billion, the 2019/2020 Bundesliga enjoyed a chequered restart on Saturday. It was the first major sports league to resume amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The German top two divisions, suspended since mid-March due to...

The Bundesliga will return in the second half of May as Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday rubber-stamped its return. ​ Germany’s top league – which was suspended in mid-March – is set to become the first of Europe’s top five leagues to initiate a restart since the outbreak of...

  PSG likely didn't need any favors, but the club has been crowned Ligue 1 champion for the third straight season–and seventh time in the last eight seasons–after the league abandoned the rest of the 2019-20 campaign amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Ligue de Football Professionnel made it official with...

Argentina declared its football season over on Monday and said there would be no relegation for two seasons because of the disruption caused by the new coronavirus outbreak. “We are ending the tournaments,” Claudio Tapia, president of the Argentine Football Association, told a local news channel, adding that the decision...

UK government’s cabinet minister responsible for sports on Monday said he had been in talks with the English Premier League (EPL). Speaking at a parliamentary questions session, Oliver Dowden, Culture, Media and Sports Secretary, said this was with the aim of getting football back on the field as quickly as...

FIFA will release operational funds for 2019 and 2020, amounting to $150 million (about N60 billion), to its member-associations, the global football body said on Friday. The world football ruling body said this would be the first step of a relief plan to help negate the economic impact of the...

The Spanish Football Association (RFEF) has taken a decision on what to do if the La Liga season is cut short or abandoned due to the coronavirus pandemic, an official says. RFEF general secretary Andreu Camps disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. He said the four clubs on top...

Rick Parry, the Chairman of English Football League (EFL), has told member-clubs the league organising body needs about 56 days to complete the 2019/2020 season. British media reported Parry as saying on Thursday that EFL intends to conclude the campaign with the playoffs in all three divisions. The EFL also...