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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
Sport
Asharq Al-Awsat

Britain Could Delay Plans to Allow Sports Fans Back Into Stadiums

Britain is looking at delaying plans to allow a controlled return of fans into stadiums from Oct. 1, senior cabinet minister Michael Gove said on Tuesday as new restrictions are brought in to tackle a second wave of COVID-19 in the country.

"It was the case that we were looking at a staged program of more people returning, it wasn't going to be the case that we were going to have stadiums thronged with fans," Gove told BBC TV when he was asked if the Oct. 1 plan would go ahead.

"We're looking at how we can for the moment pause that program."

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