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BREAKING NEWS</strong></p>
Celtic have won the Scottish Premiership.</p>
A “unanimous” verdict between clubs has been reached to curtail the 2019/20 campaign.</p>
A statement read: “The SPFL has today announced that, following consultation with all 12 top-flight clubs, the Board of the SPFL has determined that the 2019/20 Ladbrokes Premiership has been concluded with immediate effect.</p>
“As with the Ladbrokes Championship, Ladbrokes League One and Ladbrokes League Two competitions, final season placings have been determined by points per game in league matches played to 13 March 2020 by each club.</p>
“The decision means that Celtic are crowned 2019/20 champions and Hearts have been relegated to the Ladbrokes Championship.”</p>
https://twitter.com/spfl/status/1262341086275657728</p>”},”date”:{“timestamp”:1589801076,”date_formatted”:”18th May 2020″,”time_formatted”:”12:24 pm”},”author”:”Marc Mayo”,”avatar”:{“src”:”https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3060bfa176c31e4eac7043598fde39f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g”,”width”:30,”height”:30}},{“id”:”273574″,”type”:”new”,”post_id”:”11524786″,”css_classes”:”liveblog byuser comment-author-marc-mayo odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1 liveblog-entry liveblog-entry-class-273574″,”content”:{“rendered”:”
LONG-TERM DAMAGE</strong></p>n
Arsene Wenger believes football remaining behind closed doors for any longer than it has to will damage the game in the long run.</p>n
Bundesliga kicked off on the weekend after two months away due to the coronavirus pandemic, with fans banned from stadiums.</p>n
Wenger, currently working with Fifa as head of global development, is worried by reports of next season also starting without supporters.</p>n
He told beIN Sport: “Will it survive long-term? Will it damage the show long-term without supporters? I am convinced of that.</p>n
“You cannot imagine a whole season without any spectators. That’s why I believe it is a short-term solution.</p>n
“It is still the best possible way to get a verdict for the end of the season. It’s better than any other decision.”</p>n”,”raw”:”
LONG-TERM DAMAGE</strong></p>
Arsene Wenger believes football remaining behind closed doors for any longer than it has to will damage the game in the long run.</p>
Bundesliga kicked off on the weekend after two months away due to the coronavirus pandemic, with fans banned from stadiums.</p>
Wenger, currently working with Fifa as head of global development, is worried by reports of next season also starting without supporters.</p>
He told beIN Sport: “Will it survive long-term? Will it damage the show long-term without supporters? I am convinced of that.</p>
“You cannot imagine a whole season without any spectators. That’s why I believe it is a short-term solution.</p>
“It is still the best possible way to get a verdict for the end of the season. It’s better than any other decision.”</p>”},”date”:{“timestamp”:1589800211,”date_formatted”:”18th May 2020″,”time_formatted”:”12:10 pm”},”author”:”Marc Mayo”,”avatar”:{“src”:”https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3060bfa176c31e4eac7043598fde39f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g”,”width”:30,”height”:30}},{“id”:”273564″,”type”:”new”,”post_id”:”11524786″,”css_classes”:”liveblog byuser comment-author-marc-mayo even thread-even depth-1 liveblog-entry liveblog-entry-class-273564″,”content”:{“rendered”:”
</strong>ACCESS ALL AREAS</strong> </p>n
Sky Sports and BT Sport are set to introduce radical changes to their match-day coverage for the eagerly-anticipated return of the Premier League.</p>n
Top-flight chiefs are set to open talks with broadcasters over giving them unprecedented access to all areas on match-days.</p>n
Broadcasters hope to share footage from inside the dressing room, while broadcasting audio from the technical areas.</p>n
They also want fans to hear what’s being screamed by bosses – and even the bench-warmers – by adding mics to the technical areas.</p>n
And Sky and BT are hoping to get more access to both managers and players at half-time to catch their thoughts on how the game is going.</p>n
</p>n”,”raw”:”
ACCESS ALL AREAS</strong></strong> </p>
Sky Sports and BT Sport are set to introduce radical changes to their match-day coverage for the eagerly-anticipated return of the Premier League.</p>
Top-flight chiefs are set to open talks with broadcasters over giving them unprecedented access to all areas on match-days.</p>
Broadcasters hope to share footage from inside the dressing room, while broadcasting audio from the technical areas.</p>
They also want fans to hear what’s being screamed by bosses – and even the bench-warmers – by adding mics to the technical areas.</p>
And Sky and BT are hoping to get more access to both managers and players at half-time to catch their thoughts on how the game is going.</p>“},”date”:{“timestamp”:1589798495,”date_formatted”:”18th May 2020″,”time_formatted”:”11:41 am”},”author”:”Marc Mayo”,”avatar”:{“src”:”https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3060bfa176c31e4eac7043598fde39f2?s=96&d=mm&r=g”,”width”:30,”height”:30}}]},”pageMeta”:{“activeCarouselIndex”:0,”articleId”:11524786,”articleMountId”:”main-content”,”section”:{“slug”:”football”,”id”:339,”sectionName”:”sport/football”,”type”:”customiserV1″,”theme”:”theme-football”},”spotId”:”sp_5v3VPY0c”,”pushlyKey”:”KtL4100XTLLEgUtYDKtO1stRdc1XNxnLUb5i”,”commentsAllowed”:true,”pageType”:”article”,”isSection”:false,”pageTags”:[“Sport Live Blogs”],”renderedArticleId”:11524786,”sharingEnabled”:true,”socialHeadline”:””,”socialSharingServices”:[“twitter”,”facebook”],”urlAbsolute”:”https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/11524786/coronavirus-sport-live-premier-league-training-celtic-spfl-champions-ipl/”,”cssManifest”:{“adsDesktop.css”:”/assets/client/adsDesktop.84ba6a6fe7c1e2ccf83f.1.css”,”adsMobile.css”:”/assets/client/adsMobile.84ba6a6fe7c1e2ccf83f.1.css”,”article.css”:”/assets/client/article.84ba6a6fe7c1e2ccf83f.1.css”,”articleSocial.css”:”/assets/client/articleSocial.84ba6a6fe7c1e2ccf83f.1.css”,”boxout.css”:”/assets/client/boxout.84ba6a6fe7c1e2ccf83f.1.css”,”brightcoveDesktop.css”:”/assets/client/brightcoveDesktop.84ba6a6fe7c1e2ccf83f.1.css”,”brightcoveMobile.css”:”/assets/client/brightcoveMobile.84ba6a6fe7c1e2ccf83f.1.css”,”comments.css”:”/assets/client/comments.84ba6a6fe7c1e2ccf83f.1.css”,”core.css”:”/assets/client/core.84ba6a6fe7c1e2ccf83f.1.css”,”coreMobile.css”:”/assets/client/coreMobile.84ba6a6fe7c1e2ccf83f.1.css”,”customiser.css”:”/assets/client/customiser.84ba6a6fe7c1e2ccf83f.1.css”,”liveblog.css”:”/assets/client/liveblog.84ba6a6fe7c1e2ccf83f.1.css”,”oembed.css”:”/assets/client/oembed.84ba6a6fe7c1e2ccf83f.1.css”,”opta.css”:”/assets/client/opta.84ba6a6fe7c1e2ccf83f.1.css”,”page-404.css”:”/assets/client/page-404.84ba6a6fe7c1e2ccf83f.1.css”,”pagination.css”:”/assets/client/pagination.84ba6a6fe7c1e2ccf83f.1.css”,”rails.css”:”/assets/client/rails.84ba6a6fe7c1e2ccf83f.1.css”,”section.css”:”/assets/client/section.84ba6a6fe7c1e2ccf83f.1.css”},”cssBundles”:[{“src”:”article.css”,”lazy”:false},{“src”:”articleSocial.css”,”lazy”:false},{“src”:”liveblog.css”,”lazy”:false},{“src”:”adsDesktop.css”,”lazy”:false},{“src”:”comments.css”,”lazy”:true},{“src”:”opta.css”,”lazy”:false}],”siteContext”:{“site”:”sun”,”lang”:”en-gb”,”articleDateFormat”:”D MMM YYYY,H:mm”,”timezone”:”Europe/London”,”sourcepoint”:{“enabled”:true,”accountId”:”259″,”siteId”:”5048″,”mmsDomain”:”https://cmp.thesun.co.uk”,”privacyManagerId”:”5d9f9b096ea62d2769efe589″},”isProd”:true},”site”:”sun”,”isProd”:true},”siteLinks”:{“help”:”https://help.thesun.co.uk”,”login”:”https://login.thesun.co.uk”,”profile”:”https://home.thesun.co.uk”},”articleTeaser”:[{“content”:{“kicker”:”YOUNG AT HEART”,”headline”:”Ex-football stars who scored with sexy younger Wags after hanging up boots”,”lead”:”IAN RUSH, David Seaman and Neil Rudduck among a host of retired footballers who hooked up with younger women.”,”url”:”https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/8565085/footballers-young-wags-after-retiring/”},”theme”:”theme-sport”},{“content”:{“kicker”:”ACE NICKED”,”headline”:”Chelsea’s Hudson-Odoi arrested after 4am row with model while breaking lockdown”,”lead”:”THE England football star spent Sunday in custody in London after the alleged incident at his home. 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