After Queen Elizabeth’s passing, it is now very uncertain whether this weekend’s Premier League round will take place. Late on Thursday evening, the EFL (English football league) writes that Friday’s matches have been postponed. This applies to second, third and fourth tier matches in England. The Premier League has not come up with anything official about what happens to the round which runs from Saturday to Monday next week. The only thing they have communicated so far are warm thoughts to the royal family. – The Premier League is very sorry to hear that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has passed away. Our thoughts and condolences go out to the royal family and everyone around the world who is grieving the loss of Her Majesty, writes the Premier League on Twitter. AT MATCH: Queen Elizabeth from a cup final in 1945 during the war. Elizabeth was a princess at this time. Photo: NTB / NTB Journalist in the Daily e-mail, Mike Keegan, writes that the Premier League clubs expect a clarification tomorrow morning. – The clubs expect an announcement tomorrow morning. Those I have spoken to say they expect the round to be postponed out of respect for the Queen’s passing, he writes on Twitter. The Guardian writes that an emergency meeting will be held on Friday. The body that organizes the English Championship series and the leagues under the Premier League, EFL. writes in a message on Twitter that the weekend’s football matches will be discussed. – The EFL matches will be discussed with the government and the rest of the sports sector in the near future and will be communicated as soon as possible. Football writer Henry Winther believes this weekend’s matches will be postponed. – This weekend’s Premier League and EFL matches must be postponed, he writes on Twitter. WORLD CUP TROPHY: Queen Elizabeth presents the World Cup trophy to Bobby Moore after England won the World Cup in 1966. Photo: – / AFP Matches played tonight Manchester United’s home game against Real Sociedad had not yet started when the news of the Queen’s passing broke come. The match was played with a minute’s silence beforehand. The cliché that you could hear a pin in the silence was indeed true tonight at Old Trafford. Many supporters who were in place at Old Trafford were clearly affected. Some prayed, and others kept to their hearts. Several had their eyes closed. Both teams wear black mourning bands. In addition, no music was played before the match in the stadium. The Europa League anthem was also not played at the entrance, and no team photo was taken. The advertising signs around the pitch would also be black throughout the match. Arsenal were playing an away game against Swiss side FC Zürich when the news of the Queen’s passing broke. To honor the queen, both teams walked together to the center circle at halftime and had a minute’s silence for the queen. ONE MINUTE’S SILENCE: During the break between FC Zürich and Arsenal. Photo: DENIS BALIBOUSE / Reuters Hamilton sent warm thoughts Viktor Hovland was in a shared lead on the DP World Tour, but after the news of Queen Elizabeth’s death came, the tournament was stopped. – All games have been stopped on Thursday following the death of the queen, DP World Tour writes on its website. The news has also hit the Formula 1 circus, and Lewis Hamilton spoke at a press conference before the death was known. – She has been a very strong leader for a very long time. I know she’s always been a fighter. We don’t know anything more about the situation, but all my thoughts are with her and her family, and my prayers go out to them, says Hamilton. Here are the matches in the Premier League that may be postponed:
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