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Season could be lost, says Uefa boss Aleksander Ceferin

Season could be lost, says Uefa boss Aleksander Ceferin

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Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin says the current football season could be lost if it cannot be restarted by the end of June.Most leagues in Europe are suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic, with this summer's Euro 2020 tournament postponed for another year.Ceferin says seasons could be finished behind closed doors. "If we don't succeed in restarting, the season will probably be lost," the Slovenian said.He told Italian newspaper La Repubblica: "There is a plan A, B and C."The three options are to start again in mid-May, in June or at the end of June."There is also the possibility of starting again at the beginning of the next [season], starting the following one later. We will see t...

Coronavirus in sport live updates: UEFA confirm Euro 2020 moved to 2021, all public boxing shows in Britain cancelled and more

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[unable to retrieve full-text content]All the latest updates on how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting sport… UEFA has postponed Euro 2020 until next summer All the events cancelled due to coronavirus, including Premier League, EFL, golf’s Masters, boxing and England cricket tour French Open pushed back until September but moved to just a week after US Open British Boxing […] talkSPORT
Uefa Player of the Year: Lucy Bronze and Virgil van Dijk win awards

Uefa Player of the Year: Lucy Bronze and Virgil van Dijk win awards

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Media playback is not supported on this device England's Lucy Bronze has been named the Uefa Women's Player of the Year, while Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk took the men's award.Full-back Bronze beat Lyon team-mates Ada Hegerberg and Amandine Henry to the award.She is the first English winner of the honour, voted for by top coaches in the women's game and journalists. Defender Van Dijk helped Liverpool beat Tottenham 2-0 in the Champions League final in Madrid in June.How Lucy Bronze defied the odds to reach the topVan Dijk, 28, edged out Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Juv...