The Premier League has postponed its upcoming round of matches as a mark of respect following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
The English Football League — the three divisions below the Premier League — also called off their games scheduled for the weekend. The Women’s Super League was due to start its season this weekend but has cancelled its games, too.
“We remain hopeful of restarting at some stage over the weekend,” the tour said Friday in a statement, adding that it would be aligning with the decisions made by other sporting events in Britain. Other events called off included cycling’s Tour of Britain, which also cancelled the final two stages of the race scheduled for the weekend, and the third day of horse racing’s St. Leger festival in Doncaster. The St. Leger, one of British racing’s classics, will now take place on Sunday, organizers said Friday.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
Queen Elizabeth II drinks a toast as she attends a state banquet at Brdo Castle on the first day of a two day tour of Slovenia on October 21, 2008 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II feeds a sugarlump to Tinker the Donkey, watched by Rachel Dancer from Telford, Shropshire, 12 June, after the Queen met Rachel and her friend Holly Smith from Sheffield and their donkeys Joshua and Tinker, who walked from Balmoral in Scotland to Buckingham Palace in aid of Michael Elliot trust animal sanctuary.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh react as they bid farewell to Irish President Michael D. Higgins and his wife Sabina at the end of their official visit at Windsor Castle on April 11, 2014 in Windsor, United Kingdom.
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