Unwelcome disguise Sports News The Premier League Football League on Women Super League is suspended until April.

The third duty kroner Violence will be like to family headquarters in just a moment of Celtic train this morning, but since then all Scottish football has also been shut down despite the outbreak.

Chapman Festival goes ahead as thousands arrive for the final day of racing Yeah, but we start with that news that all Premier League and English Football League on Women Super League match being postponed until April fit at the earliest.

Meetings were held this morning in response the escalating Corona virus pandemic.

Now what?

Food canceled their training yesterday after several members of the squad reported feeling unwell.

They also have one player waiting to hear results of a Corona virus test.

This morning, Nigel Pearson criticized Boris Johnson for showing a lack of leadership off.

The prime minister decided sporting events could go ahead as planned.

But don't think we had any great leadership last night.

Listen to the prime minister.

I was totally underwhelmed by the yeah by the lack of leadership, clear message in terms of what what was said in that press conference.

Um, I think it's important that that mean we're trying to be proactive ourselves, and I think what is very important is that, you know, hopefully the Premier League, um, will make strong decisions based on what is right for everybody within within the game.

We told all the players to stay home.

Indeed, all the technical stuff as well.

All the training ground staff.

So you know, it's we've done that a za proportion re measure because currently got one player who's bean awaiting test results, Um, on his symptoms.

I mean, we currently don't have, uh, anybody with a positive return of a result, but I think it's in the current climate is it's pretty inevitable that we've all we all will have contact with somebody who, all right, that as the virus or as possibly even recovered from it, we are gonna be alive to Prem league headquarters shortly.

But the e f l have also postponed or much is until April.

If we're gonna go live now.

Alan Meyers.

Alan, just talk us through the events of this morning.

Yes.

Well, Tom, we obviously woke up this morning to the reaction from last night when we heard about Mikhail are Teta first and Chelsea's hoods in the door this morning and then, of course, everyone was waiting to hear and around.

But it was on 11 o'clock when we heard from here the F L House with that collective statement on behalf of pretty much all of football in this country.

And this is what So the director of communications here, the F L Mark Road, had to say.

The FAA Premier League NFL Barclays F A women's Super League on F A women's championship have collectively agreed to postpone the professional game in England until the third of April at the earliest.

This action, which will be kept under constant review, has been taken due to the increasing number of clubs taking steps to isolate their players and staff because of the covert 19 virus.

The postponements include all matches in the championship league, one on lied to as well as academy and youth team fixtures.

In addition, NFL clubs are being advised to suspend indefinitely all nonessential activities, which include but are not limited to player appearances, training ground visits on fan meetings whilst the F L board has continued to take the advice and guidance offered by the government and its health advisers.

Emerging developments Me Now is the time to implement football's contingency plans in response to the crisis.

A further update on those plans will be given post NFL board meeting next week.

This decision has not been taken lightly, but the f l must prioritize the health and well being off players, staff and supporters while also acknowledging the government's national efforts in tackling this outbreak.

So So There we go.

That's the news that came out dramatic news, of course, because all the football will be suspended until that date April 1/3 when Blackburn play or due to play Leeds United at Elland Road.

That will be the next game at this point to take place.

But as the statement said.

That can change of the ramifications of this, of course, are many.

You know that that especially for e f l clubs League League one clubs lead to clubs financially.

We've already heard from the Trauma Rovers chairman Mark Palios, who's acted really quickly this morning to say that any of the games that have been suspended during that time people will get immediate refund on that now that will have an impact on clubs who in most cases work from week to week, months, a month.

You know, of course, the big Premier League clubs will be able to take this suspension.

But some of the smaller clubs who are not just the clubs as well, the surrounding businesses around football around the Saturday or whatever Sunday afternoon.

You know that will be a huge impact on those businesses.

So the ramifications we're still not clear on they'll they'll come in the next few days.

Of course, is people take this information in on DSI where they go from there?

Island, Thank you.

That's the E f l.

Let's get to the primary headquarters as promised.

His meetings were held this morning in response, the escalating Corona pandemic.

Let's go liked our chief reporter, Brian Swanson.

Brian, what can you tell us about this or told that's emergency meeting here at the premiere League headquarters has now finished it.

Waas a unanimous.

It was a quick decision to fall in line with the rest all of English football and announce that suspension until at least April, the fourth weekend off that probably Chief executive Richard Masters still in cyber, hoping to hear from him that shortly a boat.

That decision, Aston Villa's chief executive Christian Personal, left here into the media scrum.

He praised the decision, didn't want to say too much as he headed through this from towards a taxi.

But he did say that he didn't know when.

Ultimately this season will finish because nobody does know what is happening around the UK.

What is happening around the world right now is unprecedented on English football.

No doubt felt that they had to respond in this way by suspending all elite football, at least for the next three weeks.

That does by a bit of time to establish exactly where this is going.

The Premier League previously followed the advice off the governments and the chief health officer in deciding initially last night that old fixtures would go ahead.

But then Mikaela Thetas, a positive test for Corona virus really changed everything and that forced them into this emergency meeting on what happened was the quick decision was made the overwhelming majority off English football's top club officials met by a video conference on the phone that was just that personal.

That was in Paris in along with Richard Masters.

Inevitably, still plenty of questions for people in the game.

The answer.

The Premier League will feel that they have bean as decisive as they can be, given the circumstances, but they Noah's well as anyone that's still the future is uncertain, not least going into next.

Choose thes youe for meeting where there will be a decision on whether you're 2020 will, as is expected to be sporting for another year.

Brian, Thank you found me to Scotland Yet because the Scottish FAA suspended all domestic football until further notice.

Charles Patterson is it Celtics training ground charges a really interesting one, because this morning Celtic it seemed like business.

A CZ usual for them.

Very different now.

Yeah, that's right.

Celtics players were training here this morning.

Of course, the hold firm game is scheduled to take place on Sunday, and indeed they were actually fixtures due to be played this evening, including Mother Will against Aberdeen for Park.

But in the last hour, the Joint Response Group, which is made up with the S F A on Spfl, released a statement where they confirmed the suspension of all domestic professional on grassroots football under the jurisdiction off the Scottish FAA.

Until further notice.

There's no date set.

Unlike in England of the third of April 4th of April for the F L and the Premier League is until further notice in Scotland.

So they're not putting a date on it on.

Of course, the to the game tonight, Mother will against Aberdeen is off Queen the South or due to play reunited in the Scottish Championship that has gone as well on DSO essentially is no suspension in Scotland and it could be for many, many weeks they're not wanting to put a date on.

And they were They were following government advice, of course, and the S P f l n s f A.

They were monitoring the situation closely.

I understand.

Speaking to people, very course the Spfl board.

They were waiting to see what came out off that Premier League meeting and the year fail meeting on that, of course, that their reaction here in Scotland is very, very quick.

We are the duty here from Neil Lennon around about one o'clock Celtics press conference today will go ahead despite the fact that the fixture Ibrox is off.

Rangers press conference has been canceled today so we will not be hearing from Steven Gerrard, although we did hear from him last night extensively on the subject after Rangers lost the buyer liver coups in in the Europa League.

That game, that second leg of that ty has been postponed.

Of course, Rangers will not be traveling to Germany next week so that tie is totally up in the air.

But in terms of Scottish football will until foreseeable future.

There will be no football in skull and we'll wait to see what the SFM Spfl do next just to give you quick words from SFC chief executive in Maxwell.

He said that since the game's outlined by governments last night, we've been engaged in extensive dialogue to clarify the position on gay Vince for Scottish football.

The announcement has been made in the interest of public health on equally the health and safety off players, which is of paramount importance.

Neil don't cost you got don't cast the Spfl chief executive.

He has said that the health and safety of fans, players and officials is paramount.

We've not yet had any confirmed cases off Corona virus amongst players in Scotland.

But given the nature of this outbreak, it seems to be only a matter off time.

So that is the situation here in Scotland.

Until further notice, there will be no football played professional level or grassroots football will be getting the reaction of Neil Lennon just after one o'clock to this.