LaLiga president Javier Tebas has been critical of the decision to call an end to the Ligue 1 season, comparing matches behind closed doors to working on an assembly line or fishing boat as Spanish football moves closer to a return.
Fifa medical committee chairman Michel D’Hooghe believes football should not return until the end of August at the earliest.
The 2019-20 Ligue 1 season has been abandoned after French prime minister Edouard Philippe’s announcement that no sporting events will be allowed to take place until September.
SuperSport United defender Bongani Khumalo has joined the fight against the coronavirus pandemic by donating his full salary to a charity aimed at feeding at least 300 families.
Mike Tyson’s cannabis company hopes to secure the naming rights to Barcelona’s iconic stadium after the club put it up for sale, according to the former boxing champion’s business partner.
Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte has given the top flight the all-clear to resume activities under social distancing guidelines.
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Borussia Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke has claimed the Bundesliga ‘will go under’ if the season does not resume in the next few months.
The health minister of Spain, Salvador Illa, has refused to offer any guarantee that the LaLiga football season will resume before Spain’s summer arrives.
Ajax chief executive Edwin van der Sar has said his side being denied the Eredivisie title is ‘understandable’ after the league’s season was ended without a champion on Friday.
Ed Woodward has warned it may not be business as usual for Manchester United in the summer transfer window and that speculation linking the club with players for hundreds of millions of pounds is ‘far from reality’.