Soccer Football - League One - Sunderland v Bristol Rovers - Stadium of Light, Sunderland, Britain - September 12, 2020 A member of staff wearing a face mask disinfects a ball in the stands
(Reuters) - Sunderland will be without eight first team players against Wimbledon later on Tuesday after the League One club said one player tested positive for COVID-19, forcing seven more who were in close contact with him to go into self-isolation.
The third-tier club said they discussed postponing the match but could not reach agreement with the English Football League (EFL) "due to the "lack of clarity" regarding any potential sanctions they would face if they could not fulfil the fixture.
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