PARIS: Professional football, rugby and other sports in France cannot resume until the end of the summer because of coronavirus restrictions, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila). The announcement makes the completion of the 2019-2020 Ligue 1 football season and Top 14 rugby union campaign appear increasingly unlikely. The French football league will hold a teleconference later Tuesday to draw its conclusions from the government’s announcement. Paris Saint-Germain is scheduled to face Lyon in the League Cup final and are then due to play Saint-Etienne in the French Cup final. French rugby union federation president Bernard Laporte said the announcement gave clubs clarity.

Source: Manila Times April 29, 2020 16:26 UTC