FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Championship - Wigan Athletic v Leeds United - DW Stadium, Wigan, Britain - August 17, 2019 General view inside the stadium before the match Action Images/Paul Burrows
(Reuters) - English Championship (second-tier) club Wigan Athletic have gone into administration less than a month after being taken over by a partnership headed by Hong Kong businessman Au Yeung Wai Kay.
Wigan are the first professional English club to fall into administration since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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