LONDON
All English and Scottish football has been postponed this weekend following The Queen’s death on Thursday.
The Premier League, Championship, League One and League Two have all been postponed, as well as the start of the new Women’s Super League season, and all non-League and grassroots fixtures.
The Scottish FA also announced the SPFL, SWPL and Highland & Lowland Leagues have agreed professional football matches will be postponed.
The British Boxing Board of Control has also postponed Saturday’s fight between Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall for the undisputed middleweight world championship. The fight will now provisionally go ahead on October 15.
The postponements follow Queen Elizabeth II’s passing on Thursday, with the country now in a state of national mourning.
Following the cancellation of Friday’s cricket fixtures as a mark of respect on announcement of her death, the England and Wales Cricket Board has confirmed play will resume from Saturday including international, domestic, and recreational fixtures.
This means the men’s Test match between England and South Africa at The Oval is a three-day Test, and the Women’s IT20 match between England and India will also go ahead at the Riverside in Durham.
Tributes were paid to the Queen on day three of the third Test at The Oval where there was a minute’s silence before the match followed by the national anthems, with God Save The King and then a round of continued applause from the crowd. Players and coaches from both sides, and the match officials are also wearing black armbands during the Test.
