Premier League fixtures this weekend are likely to be postponed in honour of Queen Elizabeth who died on Thursday.
According to Daily Mail, Premier League officials were locked in talks with the government on Thursday night to discuss whether this weekend’s football can go ahead with the nation in mourning following the death of Her Majesty The Queen.
Although, there is no official directive from the government to cancel sporting events, but it’s been reported that most fixtures and events will be postponed.
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The DP World Tour confirmed that the BMW PGA golf Championship at Wentworth and all racing, the Queen’s favourite sport would be stopped for the remainder of play on Thursday.
The statement read: “Following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, play in the BMW PGA Championship has been suspended for the remainder of Thursday. All facilities in the Championship Village will close with immediate effect. Further updates and guidance will be provided shortly.”
The Premiership Rugby season was also scheduled to get underway this evening between Northampton Saints and Saracens.
But both teams released statements on social media confirming the game had been postponed in the wake of The Queen’s death.
Earlier on Thursday, Arsenal’s game against Zurich in the Europa League observed a minute silence at halftime for the monarch while Manchester United honoured the late monarch with a minute silence before their match kicked off against Real Sociedad.
A cancellation of the entire Premier league fixture for the week would create fixture congestion later in the season as there are no free midweeks between now and the mid-winter break for the World Cup.
Meanwhile, King Charles III will embark on a tour of the UK before his mother’s funeral with his wife Camilla, who the Queen announced would be crowned her eldest son’s Queen Consort in an historic statement to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee and 70 years on the throne on February 6.
