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Sports News of Thursday, 28 May 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Premier League to restart June 17

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The Premier League has announced that the league will resume on Wednesday, 17th of June a three-month shutdown, MyNigeria.com reports.

Football in England has been suspended since March 13 following an emergency meeting between the Premier League, Football Association, the English Football League and the Women's Super League.

All first-round fixtures, according to the PL's statement, will be taking place for the first time since the restart on June 19-21.

The first two games to kick start "Project Restart" next month will be Aston Villa vs Sheffield United and Manchester City vs Arsenal. The games were originally postponed due to the EFL Cup Final.

A statement read: "Premier League Shareholders today agreed to a new provisional restart date for the 2019/20 season of Wednesday 17 June, provided that all safety requirements are in place.

"Aston Villa v Sheffield United and Manchester City v Arsenal - postponed due to the Carabao Cup Final - will now take place on 17 June, followed by a full match round beginning on Friday 19 June. Due to COVID-19, games will take place behind closed doors.

"Premier League Shareholders also approved a proposal that would see all 92 remaining matches broadcast live in the UK by the League's existing broadcast partners: Sky Sports, BT Sport, BBC Sport and Amazon Prime.

"The planned kick-off times in the UK for live matches will also differ from the traditional times."

Before the announcement of the restart date, the PL conducted three phases of tests for all clubs in the Premier League and 12 positive results were confirmed. Four positive tests were announced on Wednesday evening.

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