Italian FA to ask for Euro 2020 postponement


FILE PHOTO - Football Soccer - UEFA Euro 2020 Munich Logo Launch - Olympia Park, Munich, Germany - 27/10/16. The trophy is seen during logo launch. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's football federation will ask for the Euro 2020 tournament to be postponed over the coronavirus outbreak in the hope of being able to complete the Serie A season, its president said on Sunday.

"We will propose to UEFA the delay of the European championship," Gabriele Gravina told the SportMediaset television channel, adding that, like Serie A, other leagues around Europe were also on hold.

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