Football: Euro 2020 to keep original name despite switch to 2021

Euro 2020 will keep its name despite the tournament being postponed by a year because of the coronavirus crisis. PARIS: The next European Championship will continue to be called Euro 2020 despite being postponed by a year to 2021, UEFA confirmed on Thursday .

Following an Executive Committee meeting of European football's governing body by videoconference, UEFA said maintaining the same name would be a way of remembering the coronavirus pandemic and the difficult times faced by the continent this year as a result.In addition, and most importantly, UEFA had already produced huge amounts of branded merchandising before the tournament was put back by a year.

"This choice is in line with UEFA's commitment to make Euro 2020 sustainable and not to generate additional amounts of waste," it said in a statement.In an unprecedented move, UEFA last month announced the postponement of Euro 2020 shortly after football all across the continent ground to a halt as COVID-19 spread. More than 110,000 people have now died from the virus in Europe.The tournament is now pencilled in for Jun 11 to Jul 11 next year.

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