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- Raab: Premier League return would 'lift spirits of nation'
- Bundesliga return confirmed for May 15
- Australian Open under threat in 2021
- Epsom planning for one-day Derby meeting
- Turkey still expecting to host Champions League Final
- England star Stokes wants cricket return behind closed doors
- Project Restart latest to resume Premier League
- Non-League won’t return in 2020
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Project Restart latest to resume Premier League
Premier League clubs and their squads will hold crunch meetings this week, with players holding the key to the top-flight’s plans for a return to action next month.
The 20 clubs will meet again on Friday or Monday — depending on the Government’s planned review of the lockdown measures — for a pivotal vote on whether to complete the season at eight to 10 neutral venues.
Before then, clubs will gauge the views of their players over a return to action, while the Premier League are set to lobby the players’ union, the PFA.
Bundesliga return confirmed
The Bundesliga will return in the second half of May after Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel rubber-stamped its return on Wednesday.
Germany's top league - which was suspended in mid-March - is set to become the first of Europe's top five leagues to initiate a restart since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic; matches will be played behind closed doors as expected.
While neighbours France and Portugal have already terminated their respective leagues, there have been significantly fewer reported deaths in Germany, while testing capabilities have been relatively high from the onset.
