Man Utd, Man City, Chelsea and Wolves learn Champions League and Europa League return date

Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Wolves and Rangers have reportedly all discovered when they will return to action in Europe after football was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Premier League is still putting together a plan to return to action and they are hopeful players will be back in training later this month.

Matches will be scheduled to take place from June behind closed doors.

UEFA wants domestic seasons wrapped up by the end of July so they can blitz through the latter stages of the Champions League and Europa League in a chaotic three-week period which will see a match being played almost every day.

Spanish publication marca have published UEFA's supposed draft calendar which sees both competitions run into the 2020/21 campaign.

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Nigerian govt has abandoned Kano – Ganduje

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Turkey sends aid to Arab countries to fight coronavirus

Turkey’s state aid agency on Wednesday sent aid packages to both Lebanon and Palestine to fight the worldwide coronavirus pandemic. In the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip, the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) handed out personal care packages to 2,000 needy families with the help of a local NGO. Since 2006, Israel has imposed a blockade on the Gaza Strip, where nearly 2 million Palestinians live, taking a grim toll on the economy, health, and education. There are 329 COVID-19 cases in Palestine and the official death toll is two. TIKA also provided medical assistance, including glasses, masks, medical gloves, and disinfectants, to healthcare institutions in Libya’s capital Beirut and the southern city of Saida as part of efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus in the country. Orhan Aydin, the agency’s Lebanon coordinator, told Anadolu Agency that this move shows TIKA’s desire to help Lebanon’s efforts to stem the virus’ spread across the country.

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