More than three months after its last match, Leicester-Aston Villa (4-0) on March 9, the English championship will resume its rights on June 17. Note that this is a "provisional date", "provided that all security requirements are in place", as the Premier League slips in a press release, specifying that the matches will take place, as we could 'imagine, behind closed doors. Coronavirus requires. The 92 matches remaining to be played will all be broadcast live across the Channel. Two matches will take place on June 17 as a curtain raiser, Aston Villa-Sheffield United and Manchester City-Arsenal. For the rest of the pack, it won't take long. The 30th day will take place from Friday 19 to Monday 22 June. The dates and times of the matches are not yet known. We do know, however, that they will always be played at 7 p.m. Paris time on Friday, 11:30 a.m., 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday, 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Sunday, and finally at 7 p.m. on Monday. What about midweek days? It will be at 5 and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. These decisions emanate from the meeting between the bosses of clubs which took place this Thursday, the day after the authorization to resume training with contacts. Also the day after the announcement of ... four new cases of coronavirus in Premier League clubs, bringing the total to twelve, players or staff members.
#PL Shareholders also approved a proposal that would see all 92 remaining matches broadcast live in the UK by the League's existing broadcast partners
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