UEFA postpones Euro 2020 by a year

The European championship, due to be played in June and July this year, has been postponed until 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic, European football’s governing body UEFA said on Tuesday.

UEFA said the new proposed dates for the tournament wereJune 11 to July 11 next year, as Euro 2020 becomes Euro 2021.

   

It said the postponement would “will help all domesticcompetitions, currently on hold due to the COVID-19 emergency, to becompleted”.

The announcement comes after UEFA held crisis talks with itsnational associations as well as clubs and players bodies via videoconference,as the continent fights to deal with the health crisis.

“The health of all those involved in the game is thepriority, as well as to avoid placing any unnecessary pressure on nationalpublic services involved in staging matches,” UEFA said in a statement.

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