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Premier League set to reject requests to postpone games due to Covid outbreaks
Premier League officials are set to reject requests to postpone games in the event of Covid outbreaks amongst top-flight sides, with clubs required to fulfil fixtures unless they have fewer than 14 players available. The 2020/21 season is set to begin this weekend with the division’s authorities determined to finish the rescheduled and congested campaign on time ahead of next summer’s European Championships, with clubs having been informed that fixtures will need to be fulfilled even in the event of significant coronavirus outbreaks amongst top-flight squads. According to the Mail, Premier League clubs will be required to fulfil fixtures unless they have less than 14 players available for selection, including U21 players, who they will be obliged to play in the event of such circumstances....
Relegated Premier League sides get fixtures as 2020-21 Championship schedule released
Bournemouth will start life back in the Championship at home to Blackburn Rovers, while Watford host Middlesbrough and Norwich City travel to Huddersfield Town. The Cherries were relegated after a five-year stay in the Premier League, while Watford and Norwich were also demoted in a top-flight campaign that was disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. That halt means the new Championship season starts on September 12, with beaten play-off finalists Brentford travelling to Birmingham City on the opening day, while south Wales rivals Cardiff City and Swansea City – who also made the top six – host Sheffield Wednesday and visit Preston North End respectively. Wycombe Wanderers – playing in the second tier for the first time – welcome fellow new boys Rotherham United for their first game, while ...
Britain secures early access to promising vaccine candidates
The British government on Friday announced that it had secured early access to 90 million doses of two new promising vaccine candidates. British citizens will receive early access to 90 million doses of the two COVID-19 vaccine candidates should they prove safe and effective. By far, the British government has secured access to six different vaccine candidates as part of the government’s strategy to build a portfolio of promising new vaccines should any be found to be safe and effective. The government has also agreed in principle to co-fund a global clinical trial with the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson and Johnson to establish how effective their vaccine could be in providing long-term immunity against COVID-19. The next phase of Janssen’s clinical trials is expected to begi...
Newcastle United defender’s one-word reaction to Swansea City heroics
Newcastle United central defender Federico Fernandez has taken to Twitter to give his reaction to Swansea City finishing in the Championship playoffs this season. Swansea have got the better of Reading 4-1 away from home at the Madejski Stadium in the Championship this evening. The result means that the Swans have finished sixth in the league table with 70 points from 46 matches. The Welsh outfit have ended up level on points with Nottingham Forest in seventh, but they have a better goal difference – just one. Fernandez was on the books of Swansea from 2014 until 2018 before he moved to Newcastle, and the 31-year-old Argentine defender is delighted to see his former club stand a chance of winning promotion to the Premier League via the Championship playoffs. Fantastic 👏👏&#x...
‘We can’t describe the emotion’: Many Leeds fans flock to Henry Winter’s tweet
Leeds United are within touching distance of securing promotion to the Premier League after earning a 1-0 victory against Swansea City in the Championship on Sunday. Swansea made life tougher for Leeds throughout the game, and just when it looked like the visitors will have to settle for a draw, Pablo ‘magician’ Hernandez produced a low shot rolled in off the post in the 89th minute. It is a massive win for the Whites. They are now three points ahead of West Bromwich Albion at the top, and the Yorkshire club just need four points from their three remaining fixtures to clinch automatic promotion. The Times journalist, Henry Winter, has posted a brilliant tweet after the result. It was a year that saw three Leeds United legend passed way, but Henry rightly pointed out that the club is i...
Big win puts Swansea in playoff mix
For Swansea the aim for the season restart is to reach the playoffs and they have a really good chance to make that happen. Going into the first game at Middlesbrough after three months away was always going to be a difficult game back but it’s one Swansea came through with ease. Swansea started off with Rhian Brewster up top and with 4 goals in 11 going into the game with confidence he had a great start putting the ball in the net twice in three minutes to put the game to bed after 21 minutes but, it could have been more if Aldo Kalulu on loan from Basel put the ball just wide when it looked easy to score after racing on from a mistake from Boro captain George Friend. Swansea extended their lead on 31 minutes when George Friend took out Conor Gallagher in the box and that gave Andre Ayew ...
