BERN (REUTERS) - Fifa president Gianni Infantino has warned against re-starting football too early amid the coronavirus pandemic, telling Fifa's 211 member associations on Friday (April 10) that such behaviour would be irresponsible.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BERN - Fifa president Gianni Infantino has warned against re-starting football too early amid the coronavirus pandemic, telling Fifa's 211 member associations on Friday that such behaviour would be irresponsible.
"Our first priority, our principle, the one we will use for our competitions and encourage everyone to follow is that health comes first," Infantino said in a statement on Friday which Fifa said was specially aimed at its members. Meanwhile, discussions are being held around the world over when and how to re-start the season while in some countries there are disagreements over whether players should face pay cuts.
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