Ligue 1 opener postponed after Marseille report four COVID-19 cases


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Friendly Match - Bayern Munich vs Olympique Marseille - FC Bayern Campus Platz 1, Munich, Germany - July 31, 2020 Marseille's Dimitri Payet, Valere Germain and Florian Chabrolle during the warm up, following the resumption of play behind closed doors after the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Christof Stache/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - Ligue 1's opening match of the new season has been postponed from Friday night after Olympique de Marseille said they had confirmed four cases of COVID-19, French professional soccer's governing body the LFP said on Tuesday.

"In view of medical results passed on by Olympique Marseille (...) the LFP has decided to postpone the Olympique de Marseille/AS Saint-Etienne game to Sept 16 or Sept 17", the LFP said in statement.

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