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PSG Awarded Title After Ligue 1 Declared Over 11 FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2020 sports Mitchell Marsh gets Australia contract, Khawaja among six axed PSG awarded title after Ligue 1 declared over PSG have been named French champions for the seventh time in eight years after the season was declared over due to coronavirus crisis AFP | Paris aris (AFP) - France’s football league declared Pthe season over yester- day, with Paris Saint-Germain named as Ligue 1 champions. PSG led the table by 12 points from Marseille when the season was suspended in mid-March because of the coronavirus out- break, which has gone on to kill more than 24,000 people in France. The announcement by the Mitchell Marsh and Shaun Marsh of Australia walk off to tea during (file LFP comes after Prime Minister photo) Edouard Philippe said on Tues- AFP | Sydney Marcus Stoinis, Nathan Coul- day that “professional sports ter-Nile and Marcus Harris. leagues, notably football, can- “As is always the case there not restart” because of the risks ll-rounder Mitchell Marsh are unlucky omissions but, linked to the pandemic. Areturned to Cricket Aus- however, because you are not “There is no ambiguity about tralia’s list of 20 nationally on the list does not mean you this declaration. We needed to contracted players yesterday, cannot be selected to repre- make a final decision about this Paris Saint-Germain’s players celebrate with their champion’s trophy at the end of the French L1 football match between sent Australia,” season. We acknowledge that but there was Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Dijon (file photo) no room for his Hohns said. the 2019-20 season is over,” said brother Shaun Mitchell LFP president Nathalie Boy de la mained when the campaign was The identity of the other Eu- PSG were due to play Lyon in or struggling Marsh endured Tour, in a conference call with halted, although PSG and Stras- ropean representatives depends the League Cup final and Saint- batsman Us- With many of the his own period reporters. bourg both had a game in hand. on whether the finals of the two Etienne in the French Cup final. man Khawaja. squad crossing into in the wilder- Ruling out any possibility of As a result, Marseille and domestic cups are ever played. If the games are played, Lyon The older all three formats it ness when he following the lead of the Nether- Rennes will go into the Cham- Large gatherings of people and Saint-Etienne would qual- Marsh sibling gives us the benefit was not offered lands, who decided to void their pions League next season, while remain banned in France until ify for the Europa League by and Khawaja of being able to a contract last season without a champion, rel- fourth-placed Lille will play in September. winning. were among add in specialists year but Hohns egation or promotion, the LFP the Europa League. However, if the French gov- Lyon -- seventh in the table six players axed said his form said a final table was arranged Toulouse and Amiens, the ernment and UEFA accept, both when the season was stopped from a group depending on the showed “he has on the basis of average points bottom two, are condemned to cup finals could yet be staged in -- would otherwise miss out on that selectors opposition and the a lot of interna- per game. relegation, with Lorient and August with European places European qualification for the loaded with conditions tional cricket Ten rounds of matches re - Lens coming up from Ligue 2. still up for grabs. first time in over two decades. limited-overs TREVOR HOHNS ahead of him talent to reflect as a batting Australia’s up- all-rounder”. coming sched- Prolific mid- ule, particular- dle-order bats- Bundesliga to wait until ly the Twenty20 World Cup man Marnus Labuschagne was, scheduled for October-Novem- as expected, among the new May 6 for restart update ber. faces, along with Joe Burns, “With many of the squad Ashton Agar, Kane Richardson Reuters | London sports activities could resume crossing into all three formats and Matthew Wade. would be taken on May 6. it gives us the benefit of be - “Marnus’s rise has been me- ermany’s Bundesliga will “It is absolutely necessary ing able to add in specialists teoric and well documented,” Gneed to wait another week that we remain disciplined depending on the opposition Hohns said. to find out about a possible and stick to health guidelines,” and the conditions,” chief se- “Joe has been a good Test restart after the government Merkel said, adding that sport- lector Trevor Hohns said in a match player, Ashton Agar’s yesterday delayed any decision ing issues would be dealt with statement. form in T20 internationals has over a league resumption amid at a government meeting next “The depth of this squad been exceptional, while Kane the coronavirus pandemic. week. and the success of the past Richardson has been outstand- The cash-strapped clubs and Merkel had discussed via 12 months gives us that solid ing in the T20 and one-day league had been hoping for the video conference with state base.” games.” government to give the green governors the easing of lock- Others dropped from the list Uncertainty hangs over the light and end a two-month sus- down measures and agreed to -- which forms the core of Aus- cricket calendar and the Twen- pension but Chancellor Angela the opening of playgrounds, tralia’s international squads ty20 World Cup because of the Merkel told a news conference museums and churches subject -- were Peter Handscomb, coronavirus pandemic. any decision on if and when to conditions. 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