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National League North and National League South also affected Fixtures were initially postponed until 3 April The National League, National League North and National League South competitions have been suspended indefinitely, the National League Board has announced. The season was halted on 16 March after the Football Association advised “all grassroots football in England is postponed for the foreseeable future” due to the coronavirus outbreak, with matches initially scheduled to restart on 3 April. But after a meeting of its board on Tuesday, a statement from the National League confirmed that fixtures will now be suspended indefinitely. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/31/national-league-indefinitely-suspends-season-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak

Schneiderlin and Tosun among players recovering from injuries Everton’s director of medical services doing one-on-one sessions Coronavirus – latest updates | See all our coronavirus coverage Everton have arranged for Morgan Schneiderlin to see his knee surgeon on Zoom next week as part of their strategy for treating injured players during the coronavirus lockdown. While players across the world follow individual and group training routines at home to keep fit during the crisis, the challenges facing those recovering from injury are more complex. Everton have three first-team players who are not receiving the hands-on treatment they would expect during rehabilitation from long-term injuries – Schneiderlin, Cenk Tosun and Jean-Philippe Gbamin. But, thanks to video communication services such as Skype and Zoom, the club have been able to manage their recoveries and, in Schneiderlin’s case, arrange a check-up with the specialist who operated on his torn meniscus last month. Continu

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! When all this is over, we will have learned to practise kindness and become more generous towards our fellow man. The flatmate you’ve spent the last 12 weeks in isolation with who leaves the oven on overnight and never flushes? He’s only doing his best. The neighbours who’ve turned every evening of the last three months into some 90s nu-metal lockdown party? They just like what they like. The guy in Sainsbury’s who took the final box of Burford Browns? At least they’re going to a good home. Imagine it! A frictionless society based on patience and willingness to tolerate each other’s strengths and weaknesses. There’s one problem: that would mean imagining life without the France national team. Because at this time of empathy and shared fears it’s heartening, in some way, to know that in some places life goes on. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/31/the-fiver-benzema-girou

After beating Liverpool in an FA Cup semi-final and Juventus in a Cup Winners’ Cup semi-final, Arsenal failed at the last By Steven Pye for That 1980s Sports Blog The date is 12 May 1979, Arsenal are playing their 59th game of the season and Graham Rix is preparing to strike the ball. It is the 89th minute of the FA Cup final at Wembley and the club’s whole season is in danger of falling at the last, leaving them with nothing to show for all their efforts. Rix swings his left foot, sends a cross to the far post and Alan Sunderland heads the ball into the Manchester United net to score the winner. Fast forward 368 days to 14 May 1980 and Arsenal are playing their 68th match of the season and Rix is again preparing to strike the ball. Arsenal have already played 90 minutes in the FA Cup final and 120 minutes in a Cup Winners’ Cup final. Again they are in danger of winning nothing. Rix swings his left foot. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.c

UK and European 5G network rollouts will certainly be delayed during the pandemic, Huawei says.

The department store is heading for another major restructuring which could involve more store closures.

Study describes how app would alert citizens if someone they came into contact with tests positive.

The airlines' trade body wants to give vouchers for cancelled flights but passengers are unhappy.

Social networks usually leave world leaders’ posts alone - but the pandemic is changing that.

Bookmaker let customers bet on FC Eskilstuna game ‘People all over the world got in contact,’ says chairman A friendly between two lower league sides in Sweden had to be cancelled on Monday after at least one bookmaker offered customers the opportunity to place money on the game. In Sweden gatherings of no more than 50 people are still allowed to take place and seventh-tier Eskilstuna FC and eighth-tier Näshulta GoIF were hoping to get 90 minutes under their belts, but they were forced to postpone after “people from all over the world” started to contact players and coaching staff of the two teams. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/31/this-is-sick-seventh-tier-swedish-club-cancels-friendly-after-betting-mayhem

Lenders are cutting back on loans, unless borrowers have a huge deposit or plenty of equity.

Tottenham chairman says ‘football cannot operate in a bubble’ Spurs reduce wages of 550 non-playing staff by 20% Coronavirus – latest updates | See all our coronavirus coverage Daniel Levy has called on Premier League managers and players to help English football deal with the financial problems caused by the coronavirus crisis by accepting lower pay after revealing that Tottenham Hotspur have reduced the wages of their 550 non-football staff by 20%, in some cases by placing them on furlough. Tottenham’s chairman said his club’s operations had “effectively ceased” during football’s enforced shutdown and urged coaches and players to do their bit to protect jobs. Although there is an acceptance from some within the game that coaches and players at top-flight clubs will have to accept wage deferrals, an agreement on the issue has not been reached. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/31/daniel-levy-premier-league-managers

Football’s history is pockmarked with weird, unique and shocking kits. See how much you can remember about them Football kits: 30 of the weirdest – in pictures When did Barcelona air this homage to Sunny Delight? 2008-09 2010-11 2012-13 2014-15 When did Liverpool offend the public with this away kit? 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 When did Coventry release this oddity? 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 At which tournament did Mexico goalkeeper Jorge Campos wear this outrageous kit? Italia 90 1991 Copa América 1993 Copa América World Cup 94 Derby County took the button down approach several steps too far in which year? 1938 1949 1959 1965 Which team released this half-and-half horror show that looks like a paint chart in 1998-99? 1860 Munich VfL Bochum Union Berlin Wolfsburg In which season did Stoke kit designers decide to hurt our eyes with this font? 1992-93 1996-97 1998-99 1999-2000 At which Africa Cup of Nations did Cameroon go sleeveless? 200

Aston Villa captain must ensure off-pitch conduct does not stop him from reaching the heights his talent puts within reach Jack Grealish probably was not the only 24-year-old to ignore the government lockdown last weekend in order to go socialising , but he was the only one to do so almost immediately after lecturing hundreds of thousands of followers on social media about the importance of staying at home in order to keep people safe. His demonstration of a do-as-I-say, not-as-I-do attitude has led many people to rail that he is unfit to continue captaining Aston Villa, though others might suggest it marks him out as a future prime minister. Grealish did a hypocritical and dangerous thing and his apology was not altogether satisfying, since his account of “what happened at the weekend” did not include any explanation as to how his Range Rover came to collide with several motionless vehicles. It would have been useful to hear his version of events given that so many other people are

Kate Winslet, Matt Damon, Jennifer Ehle and Laurence Fishburne post public service announcements.

Our cartoonist envisages Julian Fellowes being commissioned to reboot the end of the season Buy copies of David’s cartoon at our print shop Take a look through David’s archive of cartoons Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2020/mar/31/david-squires-on-the-english-premier-league-game-julian-fellowes-netflix

West Ham’s win was all the more memorable because their talented group of youngsters were soon to be broken up They moved the ball quickly and gracefully, the three kids at the heart of West Ham’s midfield. There was no hint of any fear, no sign of Michael Carrick, Joe Cole and Frank Lampard shrinking. They took the ball in difficult areas and it was impossible not to admire how they determined they were to seize the moment against Manchester United, who would exit the FA Cup after Fabien Barthez’s foolhardy decision to impersonate a man hailing a cab allowed Paolo Di Canio to steal a famous win . Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2020/mar/31/my-favourite-game-manchester-united-west-ham-2001-fa-cup

Around 24 million people in East Asia and the Pacific will be affected due to the virus impact.

The airline says it is facing a challenging environment in "unprecedented circumstances".

Grocery sales this month beat all previous records as shoppers stocked up, a survey says,

The company says claims it exposed users data were part of a commercial smear campaign.

The US carrier says it will ask for government help to survive during the coronavirus downturn.

West Ham insist they have priority over other events Club do not want to play at stadium converted for athletics The prospect of the Anniversary Games taking place at the London Stadium in July is in further doubt after West Ham indicated they could force UK Athletics to reschedule its flagship event if the Premier League season is extended because of the coronavirus pandemic. The new head of UKA, Joanna Coates, has called on West Ham to waive their tenancy rights if there is a fixture clash, and the London Legacy Development Corporation urged the club to compromise. But West Ham have responded strongly to suggestions they could have to play matches in front of retracted stands and an athletics track. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/30/anniversary-games-under-threat-if-west-ham-refuse-to-compromise-on-stadium

64 sides cite ‘needless and inexplicable haste’ Men’s and women’s National League teams join forces More than 60 clubs have written to the Football Association to condemn the governing body’s “needless and inexplicable haste” in voiding the non-league season following the coronavirus outbreak. In a joint letter the clubs – part of tiers three to six of the men’s National League System and tiers three to seven of the women’s – have called on the FA to reconsider the decision and engage “urgently in constructive dialogue” over an alternative. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/30/64-non-league-clubs-lobby-fa-over-plan-to-void-seasons-results

Some US workers at Amazon and Instacart are threatening to strike over inadequate coronavirus protections.

Aston Villa player says he feels ‘deeply embarrassed’ Grealish disciplined and fined by ‘deeply disappointed’ club Aston Villa’s captain, Jack Grealish, has apologised for breaking the government lockdown after being pictured at the scene of a road accident on Sunday morning. Without giving any details about the incident in Solihull in which a Range Rover crashed into two parked cars , the player admitted he was at the scene after defying the ban against non-essential travel by going to visit a friend. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/30/jack-grealish-apologises-for-stupidly-ignoring-lockdown-to-visit-friend-aston-villa

Max Rushden , Barry Glendenning and Jonathan Wilson discuss Sunderland v Leeds in the 1973 FA Cup final, the Belarusian Premier League, The English Game and chapter two of Detective Wilson Join the conversation on Facebook , Twitter and email . We start by wrapping up the latest news stories regarding the impact of Covid-19 on the world of football, and the UK’s Stay At Home measures on Max’s home life. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/audio/2020/mar/30/the-1973-fa-cup-final-and-the-english-game-football-weekly

A number of global airlines are still running passenger flights amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! With the usual big fat clanging caveat that none of it really matters, except to a worrying number of football fans to whom it appears to matter a very great deal indeed, debate over whether or not the current Premier League season should be played out to a conclusion continues to simmer like the blood pressure of a Solihull resident who wakes up to find their parked car has been hit by a Range Rover overnight . Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/30/the-fiver-premier-league-football

Move applies to all non-first-team staff amid coronavirus Saudi-led consortium tries to push on with takeover plans Coronavirus – latest updates | See all our coronavirus coverage As talk of a £340m Saudi Arabian takeover was revived Newcastle became the first Premier League club to put all non-first-team staff on furlough. Employees received emails from the managing director, Lee Charnley, on Monday explaining that football’s enforced shutdown dictated they would need to apply to the government’s coronavirus job retention scheme, which allows staff to claim 80% of their wages, to a maximum of £2,500 per month. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/30/newcastle-become-first-premier-league-club-to-put-staff-on-furlough

City manager says we must listen to scientists and doctors Guardiola donated €1m for battle against coronavirus in Spain Coronavirus – latest updates | See all our coronavirus coverage Pep Guardiola has said he is deeply missing football but underlined the importance of staying safe by remaining at home during the coronavirus crisis. Sports across the globe have been suspended as countries look to curb the spread of Covid-19 and few expect the Premier League to return anytime soon. Related: Lionel Messi says players will help staff at Barcelona but hits out at board again Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/30/pep-guardiola-we-will-come-back-stronger-kinder-and-a-bit-fatter

PSG forward sunbathing and playing foot-volley with friends Statement said everyone was in quarantine together Neymar has denied flouting social-distancing rules following his return to his native Brazil after posting pictures on Instagram which showed him sunbathing and playing foot-volleyball with a group of friends. The Paris Saint-Germain forward said in a statement that the people in the photographs had travelled with him from Paris in a private jet and were in quarantine with him. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/30/neymar-denies-breaking-social-distancing-rules-in-return-to-brazil

The 170 repaired machines had been in storage since the H5N1 bird flu outbreak of the mid-2000s.

Messi and Suárez release statements on Monday Argentinian criticises board’s handling of situation Lionel Messi has announced that Barcelona’s first-team footballers will not only take a 70% pay cut for as long as the state of alarm continues in Spain but also make contributions to guarantee that staff at the club earn their full salary throughout the coronavirus crisis. In a statement also released by Luis Suárez on Monday, Messi embraced the need for the players to be the ones to bear the brunt of the economic impact on the club but criticised the board for their handling of those measures and for what he sees as an attempt to turn public opinion against them. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/30/lionel-messi-says-players-will-help-staff-at-barcelona-but-hits-out-at-board-again

Two California-based start-ups confirm they have used the conference-call app to lay off staff.

The future of some 2,000 of the restaurant's employees hang in the balance.

Customers must keep paying for items they are renting despite administrators being appointed.

Despite the offers unions say the firms are "still failing" to support their own workers during the crisis.

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United striker helping to feed youngsters on free school meals Rashford says he feels 10 times better after back injury Coronavirus – latest updates Marcus Rashford says helping children is his top priority after working to get food to those who relied on free school meals. The Manchester United and England forward has been working with the charity FareShare to help local youngsters after schools were closed across the country due to the coronavirus pandemic . And the 22-year-old revealed that his own childhood has inspired him to want to make a difference to the next generation. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/30/marcus-rashford-manchester-children-coronavirus-crisis-united-injury

Scheduling football before restrictions end would be a nightmare as telling fans not to attend matches will not keep them away England has hosted only a handful of senior competitive behind-closed-doors football fixtures and anyone who considers them a suitable and workable solution to the problems now facing sport could probably do with a reminder about how the previous ones went down, starting with the first. This, at least, is a chapter of British sporting history that anyone can be forgiven for forgetting, since it took place 105 years ago. In March 1915 Bradford City, one of two Bradford clubs in the First Division at the time, met Norwich City of the Southern League in the third round of the FA Cup. They first played in Yorkshire, drawing 1-1 after extra time, and when the match was replayed the following weekend at The Nest, then Norwich’s home ground, it finished goalless. A second replay was thus required, and arranged for a neutral venue – Lincoln City volunteered – but wit

Officials trying to stop convenience stores selling Easter eggs are told they have misread the rules.

Coronavirus pandemic prompts removal of UK broadband data caps on fixed-line connections.

The price of crude sinks to $23 a barrel as demand plummets due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Thousands of the devices, which deliver oxygen to the lungs without needing a ventilator, could be made.

A rapid response unit is working with social media firms to take down misleading or harmful content.

The head of Loganair, the UK's biggest regional airline, says he will ask the government for help.

Virgin Atlantic and easyJet appeal to staff to step in and help at the NHS Nightingale hospital.

A rapid response unit is working with social media firms to take down misleading or harmful content.

A Range Rover crashed into parked cars in Solihull Pictures apparently show Aston Villa captain at the scene An investigation has been launched after pictures of the Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish surfaced online following an incident in which a Range Rover crashed into parked cars. West Midlands police said they were called to the Dickens Heath area of Solihull on Sunday just before 10am where the two parked cars suffered minor damage. The force said the driver left his details with a member of the public before leaving on foot. Images surfaced online on Sunday of a damaged white Range Rover as well as a picture that appeared to show the Aston Villa captain in slippers and a bright blue hoodie. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/29/police-investigate-after-jack-grealish-pictured-at-traffic-incident

Engineering firms say the UK may not have all the ventilators it needs when virus infections peak.

Pelé’s daughter on how she came to make a documentary on women’s football, racism in Brazil and the fight for equality “There are no words,” says Kely Nascimento-DeLuca, the eldest daughter of Pelé, when I ask about her journey from women’s football novice to documentary maker on the subject. “I’ve always been very into football. I love football. It’s like Christmas, every game in Brazil. It’s hard to explain the feeling, the electricity during a game.” Sitting in a cafe in downtown Manhattan, Nascimento-DeLuca is buzzing. Following this interview she will head off to celebrate with her co-director Justin Noto, having just dropped off the footage for Warriors of a Beautiful Game, their feature-length documentary on women’s football, at Rock Paper Scissors, the editors of the acclaimed Netflix documentary Icarus among many other productions. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/29/kely-nascimento-deluca-if-theres-a-time-to

Failure to resume seasons by June could end 2019-20 campaign Games could go behind closed doors but not European finals Coronavirus – latest updates | See all our coronavirus coverage Aleksander Ceferin, the president of Uefa, has warned that the current season may never be completed if it cannot be restarted by June. The majority of competitions in Europe have been suspended owing to the coronavirus pandemic, with English football suspended until at least 30 April, though many Premier League clubs are resigned to that suspension being extended further. Ceferin said behind-closed-doors games would have to be considered if leagues were to finish across Europe but dismissed the notion that Champions League or Europa League finals could be played without fans present. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/29/current-football-season-could-be-lost-warns-uefas-aleksander-ceferin

Rustu’s wife says this is a ‘critical period’ for her husband 108 have died from Covid-19 in Turkey Former Turkey goalkeeper Rustu Recber has been taken to hospital after testing positive for the coronavirus and is currently in a “critical period”, his wife said late on Saturday. “We have taken my husband Rustu to hospital with a Covid-19 diagnosis. While everything was normal, we are still in shock by the sudden and rapidly developing symptoms,” Isil Recber said on her Instagram account, adding that her and her two children had all tested negative. Related: Current football season could be lost, warns Uefa's Aleksander Ceferin Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/29/former-turkey-barcelona-goalkeeper-rustu-recber-hospital-coronavirus

Engineering firms say the UK may not have all the ventilators it needs when virus infections peak.

The League Two club have handed over the use of their new grandstand with the boardroom temporarily moonlighting as a phlebotomy clinic On Monday morning, the Plymouth dressing room will not be home to players or coaching staff gearing up for a promotion push but rather National Health Service nurses welcoming the first wave of antenatal patients. The League Two club have handed over the use of their new grandstand to the NHS to ease the strain on the city’s Derriford hospital amid the coronavirus crisis, with the Home Park boardroom temporarily moonlighting as a phlebotomy clinic and the conference hall doubling up as a waiting room. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/29/home-park-nhs-find-new-ground-with-plymouth-coronavirus

More than 100 YouTubers appear in a video message encouraging people to stay at home.

Another round of questions for those of us missing football grounds – but where were they taken? Guess the stadium – part one Let's start with an Italian ground – but which club does it belong to? Fiorentina Juventus Roma Udinese Which English stadium are Everton fans being welcomed to here? Bournemouth Bristol City Sheffield United Liverpool Which traditional English giant has this futuristic looking floodlight at their ground? Preston North End Bolton Wanderers Aston Villa Sheffield Wednesday Which Scottish ground is pictured at sunset here? Celtic Park Ibrox Hampden Park Tynecastle Over to Ligue 1 now, but which side plays in this elegant arena? Rennes Lyon Bordeaux Monaco Hopping over the border to Italy – which team play in this very English looking four-sided venue? Spal Brescia Pescara Cagliari Back to Britain, and a sunlit afternoon in the Premier League. But who are the home team? Sheffield United Burnley Crystal Palace Aston Villa Wh

Former midfielder says he is ‘clear’ he wants to coach his old club Xavi names Jadon Sancho and Serge Gnabry as potential recruits Xavi believes he is ready to manage Barcelona but insists there cannot be any “toxicity” in the dressing room. The midfielder spent the majority of his playing career with Barcelona, from 1998 to 2015, playing more than 700 matches and winning eight La Liga titles. In recent years he has moved into management with the Qatari club Al Sadd, where he finished his playing career. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/29/xavi-manage-barcelona

Textile firms say they could have begun making gowns and masks for front-line workers ten days ago.

A group of 38 MPs calls on the chancellor to support airlines during the coronavirus crisis.

Arguably the greatest upset in World Cup history and one that made me well and truly fall in love with football Life is filled with memorable summers and among my first was that of 1990. I was nine at the time and for the past year or so a Liverpool supporter. But that was as far as my love of football went – they were the only team I cared about, the only team I wanted to watch, and games that did not involve men in red shirts with Candy across the middle didn’t interest me much. That, however, was about to change. On Friday 8 June 1990 to be precise, and having sat down in front of the living-room television to watch Argentina versus Cameroon in the opening fixture of that year’s World Cup. Diego Maradona was key to my decision to do so. I had heard of him, how he was the best player of his generation and probably of all time, and here he was – on show at the start of a global tournament taking place across an entire month. I was intrigued by what lay ahead and there was to be no d

Belarusian Premier League has signed 10 new TV rights deals 94 cases of coronavirus reported in the country With professional football at a virtual standstill around the globe, fans in need of their weekly fix are turning to the Belarusian Premier League to fill the void as it carries on with matches despite the coronavirus outbreak. The league, one of Europe’s least glamorous competitions whose teams rarely reach the Champions League group stage, is drawing foreign fans’ attention and a string of new broadcast deals. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/29/belarus-football-continues-coronavirus-premier-league

Amid the virus, some retailers are seeing trade collapse, but others are overwhelmed by demand.

Main UK milk processor Freshways says its price cut was forced by a drop in pub and coffee shop trade.

Tottenham and Manchester City are among the clubs who would probably make very different decisions if they could reset the Premier League as if it were Football Manager The season must be completed. The season must be abandoned now. As the arguments gabble on, only occasionally acknowledging their own hypothetical nature given how little we know about how the virus will proceed, how long the lockdown may last and whether there may be a second wave of infections when it is lifted, it’s tempting t o dip into another hypothetical. What if this were like a game of Football Manager? What if we could quit without saving and go back and start again last summer? What would Premier League clubs, given their time over, do differently? Let’s start with the obvious one: Tottenham’s decision to sack Mauricio Pochettino and replace him with José Mourinho . Once a path has been embarked on, there is perhaps some logic in pursuing it to its conclusion, but would Daniel Levy really take that road aga

Maurizio Sarri also agrees to reduction in pay Club will save €90m as Serie A suspension stretches on Juventus players have agreed to waive four months’ wages due to the coronavirus pandemic. Cristiano Ronaldo and his teammates, along with the manager, Maurizio Sarri, have agreed to a reduction in pay “equal to the monthly payments of March, April, May and June 2020”, according to a club statement. The agreement is set to be worth around €90m (£81m) to the club. Football in Italy is suspended with the country in lockdown and it remains to be seen whether the Serie A season will be finished. On Thursday the president of the Italian Football Federation refused to write off the season, saying the league could extend into July and August if necessary. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/28/juventus-players-wages-coronavirus-serie-a

Hundreds of people raise concerns about workers being too close together at more than 150 companies.

Amazon, Google, Palantir, Microsoft and Faculty AI will help decision-makers better understand the crisis.

Resumption on 30 April appears increasingly unlikely Coronavirus – latest updates | See all our coverage The Premier League is ready to accept the inevitable over the coronavirus pandemic and tell its players to take a break from training as doubts increase over the likelihood of restarting the season in a month’s time. Clubs have been attempting to keep their players fully fit for a possible resumption of games after 30 April . But even if the plan to play matches behind closed doors goes ahead, it seems that early May will be too soon. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/28/premier-league-players-stop-training-uncertainty-coronavirus

Women’s Super League and Championship clubs must pay players during lockdown, with FA determined to finish current season The FA has told struggling Women’s Super League and Women’s Championship teams there is no financial support available and that it remains determined to wait out the pandemic and complete the 2019-20 seasons of the top two tiers. The FA voided the season for all tiers of the women’s pyramid from the National League down (tiers three to seven and grassroots football) on Thursday. The decision drew criticism from a number of clubs, including Barnsley, who said they were not consulted until shortly before the plans were made public and urged the FA to “immediately reconsider” the decision. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/28/no-coronavirus-financial-support-for-struggling-top-womens-teams-says-fa

Karren Brady says unnamed players ‘seem to be well’ Chelsea’s Pedro is separated from family by lockdown Coronavirus – latest updates | See all our coverage West Ham have eight players in self-isolation showing mild symptoms of coronavirus, according to the club’s vice-chair, Karren Brady. In her weekly column in The Sun, Brady wrote: “I am relieved to say they are all showing mild symptoms and, along with their families, seem to be well. But it is no more than a handshake, sneeze or cough away from any of us, so no one should be complacent.” Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/28/eight-west-ham-players-in-self-isolation-with-mild-coronavirus-symptoms

Minute-by-minute retro coverage of Group 4 game The Fiver: Ally’s Army on the brink of elimination Get in touch! Email scott.murray@theguardian.com 2.30pm GMT Some literally breaking news from back home: A brick has been hoyed through the window of the Scottish FA offices in Glasgow. All that pre-tournament hubris is coming back to bite MacLeod and his squad on the padded side of their trousers in a big way. Take that going-away party at Hampden, for example. “They should have had the send-off after they came back,” was one Glasgow punter’s wonderfully tinder-dry take during an STV vox pop. The amount of promotional activity undertaken by both manager and squad hasn’t aged well either. In retrospect, the ad campaign for Chrysler Avenger, which showed the team standing around the popular family car alongside the slogan “They both run rings around the competition”, was simply asking for trouble. It’s been pulled, two days ahead of schedule. “It’s not my fault, I didn’t write the c

ITV will show all of England’s games again this summer, with every other match available on demand. As Rob Smyth wrote in 2007, highlights may be few and far between This article was originally published in July 2007 Tunnel vision is one of the most important qualities in a sportsman, but it is less commendable in spectators. Otherwise you end up with a distorted reality, like Euro 96. In the collective English psyche it was the summer when football came home, when the Three Lions roared and Britannia seeped Cool from every pore. In truth, it was none of the above. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/jul/04/1

The game’s wealthier end is doing what it can in the coronavirus crisis but the precarious financial reality for too many lower-league clubs also plain to see “What is football without a crowd?” Pep Guardiola asked a couple of weeks ago, just before it became plain that crowds of any kind now had to be avoided. The short answer is not very much. Football has probably only just realised how much of its appeal lay in its ability to attract and entertain large numbers of people packed close together. Football stadiums are designed to accommodate crowds, to facilitate companionship; up and down the country those large edifices now standing empty and silent are powerful reminders that the human urge to congregate and commune is what has been suspended indefinitely. Consider also the distinct lack of appetite for any sort of behind-closed-doors conclusion to the various loose ends of the season. No one is really going to do that, surely? It is hard to imagine anything more likely to de

All of the club’s hopes and expectations have dissolved after the FA announced their season had been cancelled If everything went as well for Halesowen Town as planned, their time spent in the Southern League Division One Central would have been over in a flash. After years of struggling in the division above, last season they were finally relegated. The failure prompted a complete rehauling of the team, with an entirely new set of players and a new head coach brought in. It worked. By March they sat second, one point off the top with a game in hand, well on course for promotion. On Thursday afternoon, all those hopes and expectations dissolved. After weeks of postponements because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Football Association finally announced in conjunction with the National League System that all leagues from steps three to six were cancelled. All results have been “expunged” and no teams will face promotion or relegation. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardia

Glory owner Tony Sage describes move as ‘heartbreaking’ PFA is demanding all players be reinstated immediately Australia’s professional footballers’ union is demanding Perth Glory owner Tony Sage revoke the stand-down notices sent to the A-League club’s players. Less than a week after the FFA suspended the 2019-20 A-League season until at least April 22 due to the coronavirus outbreak, Sage has stood down all of the club’s players and staff. The outspoken club owner said the decision was “heartbreaking”. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/28/pfa-threatens-legal-action-after-perth-glory-stands-down-a-league-players

Player was tested before a pre-scheduled international flight ‘He was fine, no symptoms,’ the Jets chief executive said An unnamed Newcastle Jets player has become the first professional footballer in Australia to test positive to Covid-19. The player, who underwent the test as a precaution before a pre-scheduled international flight, was a member of the Jets squad for last weekend’s A-League matches against Brisbane Roar and Melbourne City. The player was asymptomatic and Jets chief executive Lawrie McKinna said he remains in good health. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/28/its-definitely-real-newcastle-jets-player-tests-positive-to-coronavirus

OneWeb, the high-profile London-based satellite start-up, files for bankruptcy protection in the US.

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Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! The Fiver woke up late to discover there’s a reasonable chance Dominic Raab will be in temporary control of the country soon. We thought about that for a moment. Then we thought about necking the rest of that Mogadon and Dettol cocktail we’d fixed for ourselves last night but didn’t quite finish before blackout. But instead we decided to run. So we ran. And we ran. And we ran and we ran and we ran and we ran and now we’ve found ourselves back in 1978. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/27/we-ran-and-we-ran-and-now-weve-found-ourselves-back-in-1978

After trade from business stops, food and drink wholesalers are launching online home deliveries.

A closely watched survey finds US consumer confidence at the lowest level in three years.

"Use it or lose it" annual leave rules scrapped for essential workers needed to combat coronavirus.

Europol is warning that online child abusers are preparing to take advantage of more unsupervised kids online.

More La Liga clubs expected to follow suit in coming days Spanish top division staging online charity concert Coronavirus – latest updates | See all our coronavirus coverage Espanyol and Atlético Madrid have followed Barcelona in announcing that they will apply temporary pay cuts to their players as a result of the economic impact of the coronovirus pandemic. A handful of other Spanish first division clubs are expected to follow suit in the coming days, although Real Valladolid have announced that none of their staff will be subject to cuts. Barcelona had been unable to reach an agreement with their players, despite their willingness to negotiate a reduction . But the club will unilaterally apply legislation, known as an ERTE, which allows them to temporarily cut wages in exceptional circumstances. Atlético have also applied their wage cuts under this measure. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/27/atletico-madrid-and

Vodafone is offering half a million pay monthly mobile customers 30 days of free unlimited data.

Some 2,400 staff will lose their jobs as the company is expected to fall into administration.

McClean fined two weeks’ wages and deletes Instagram account Player apologises for posting ‘ill-advised and offensive’ picture James McClean has been fined two weeks’ wages by Stoke City after his club took a dim view of an “inappropriate social media post” on Instagram. The Republic of Ireland midfielder, who was born in Derry, hastily removed a post published on Thursday which showed him wearing a black balaclava while teaching his children what he described as a “history lesson”. McClean has apologised and agreed to delete his Instagram media account, the Championship club have confirmed. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/27/james-mcclean-fined-by-stoke-balaclava-history-lesson-post-instagram

Liverpool manager hopes crisis will bring greater solidarity Klopp admits he found preparing for Atlético game tough Coronavirus – latest updates | See all our coronavirus coverage Jürgen Klopp has said he was moved to tears by footage of NHS staff singing You’ll Never Walk Alone and hopes the response to the coronavirus pandemic will generate greater solidarity across the world. The Liverpool manager has given his first full interview since the Premier League season was suspended on 13 March and said any problems he may have – such as when football may resume and Liverpool may win the league – are “embarrassing” compared with the global crisis. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/27/jurgen-klopp-cried-when-nhs-staff-sang-youll-never-walk-alone-liverpool

Club remain committed to finishing current season Pro-rata rebates an option if games played without fans Manchester United remain committed to finishing the current season, but have informed fans they can expect a pro-rata rebate or refund if matches are played behind closed doors or cancelled. The coronavirus suspension appears certain to be extended beyond the end of April and talk continues to rumble on about how best to conclude this season. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/27/manchester-united-will-offer-fans-ticket-refunds-if-season-is-not-completed

It may have got everyone chatting but some are talking about whether it is actually safe.

As this unforgettable night wore on, the teams abandoned their tactical systems and went for the jugular Eamon Dunphy once described a hectic, high-scoring Premier League encounter as “like watching two drunks fighting in an alley”. He wasn’t being wholly complimentary about that spectacle, but still acknowledged the thrill of seeing two sides cast off any pretence of tactical discipline and go for broke. Dunphy’s phrase came back to me at Stamford Bridge in March 2012. Trailing 3-1 from the first leg in Naples, a 2-0 victory would have sent Chelsea into the Champions League last eight. Walter Mazzarri’s Napoli, playing 3-4-3, arrived aiming to hit on the break. The context was fascinating. Chelsea’s first-leg defeat hastened the dismissal of André Villa-Boas, lured from Porto less than a year earlier . Roberto Di Matteo took caretaker charge of a battle-hardened team who had hated Villas-Boas’s methods: John Terry, Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba among them. They had an unhappy rec

Combined Counties League side had won all 27 games Club had already mathematically secured promotion Jersey Bulls say they will make their case to the Football Association after being denied promotion to the Combined Counties Premier Division. The newly-formed non-league side won all 27 of their Division One matches and mathematically guaranteed promotion. That has now been denied after the FA’s decision to cancel the season from step three downwards because of the coronavirus crisis. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/27/jersey-bulls-will-make-case-to-fa-having-already-won-promotion-in-void-season

Some people who fall outside the terms of the rescue grants say their hopes have been dashed.

Since England’s game in Sofia the London-born midfielder has been racially abused by fans, including of his club CSKA Sofia When Viv Solomon-Otabor stepped off the plane after returning from his first international call-up, his phone would not stop buzzing. The messages were not ones of congratulations for being part of the Nigeria squad that had faced Brazil but about the shocking racism at England’s Euro 2020 qualifier against Bulgaria. London-born Solomon-Otabor left Birmingham City for CSKA Sofia last summer in search of a new adventure after seven years at St Andrew’s. The midfielder’s early experiences in Bulgaria were enjoyable and the football was going so well he was called up by Nigeria for that friendly in Singapore. Since England’s visit to Sofia last October, however, the 24-year-old’s time in the country has been repeatedly soured by racist abuse, leaving him isolated. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/27/v

Derbyshire Police is accused of "nanny policing" after sharing aerial shots of Peak District walkers.

The Sports Direct owner says it was a mistake to lobby government to keep his shops open.

Experts are calling on the public to practice ‘information hygiene’ to help stop the spread of falsehoods online.

Investors are betting that measures by the US and G20 will ease the economic impact of the pandemic.

Luxury fashion brands are shifting manufacturing to make vital medical wear for the coronavirus effort.

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Chains can access a government database with the names of millions who are most at risk of coronavirus.