Football: South Korea's K-League postpones matches over coronavirus fears

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Soccer: South Korea's K-League postpones matches over coronavirus fears

The South Korean top flight said on Friday it had postponed next week's opening home matches for Daegu FC and Pohang Steelers due to a surge of coronavirus cases in the southeastern region.

After a meeting of league executives and representatives from the 12 clubs, the K-League said Daegu's season opener against Gangwon FC on Feb 29 and Pohang's meeting with Busan IPark on March 1 would be played later in March or in June.South Korea reported 52 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus on Friday, taking the national total to 156, the majority in Daegu, the country's fourth-largest city.

 

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