South Korea postpones football season over COVID-19: K-league

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SEOUL: South Korea's K-league on Monday (Feb 24) postponed the start of the new football season in the face of the growing novel coronavirus ...

SEOUL: South Korea's K-league on Monday postponed the start of the new football season in the face of the growing novel coronavirus outbreak in the country.

"The K-league has decided to temporarily postpone the start of the 2020 K-league season until the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak eases," it said in a statement.This year's edition of the 12-team competition - whose current champions are Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors - had been due to kick off this weekend.

"This is a measure to protect the health and safety of the citizens and our players with the highest priority against the outbreak of the COVID-19 which has entered a serious phase," the K-league said after an emergency board meeting.

 

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