There is one country where football is still happening: Belarus
However, growing number of fans are boycotting league matches, anxious about catching coronavirusMINSK: Belarus is the only country in Europe still playing soccer amid the coronavirus pandemic but a growing number of fans are boycotting league matches, anxious about catching the disease. In the western city of Grodno, local team FC Neman Grodno drew with FC Belshina Bobruisk on Friday in front of almost empty stands. The league has proved an unlikely draw for fans overseas who are starved of matches in their own countries. The Belarus football federation initially explained its decision to continue because only a small number of coronavirus cases had been recorded in the eastern European country, but more recently they have declined comment. “Because first of all there are not many people coming to watch football, there are no crowds.
Source: The Express Tribune April 11, 2020 10:52 UTC
