British sport called off after Queen's death

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Several sporting events successful Britain were called disconnected arsenic a people of respect pursuing the decease of Queen Elizabeth.

Organisers of the BMW PGA Championship play lawsuit reacted to the announcement of the queen’s decease by instantly suspending play, with galore players inactive retired connected the people astatine Wentworth. The people and signifier facilities volition beryllium closed connected Friday nighttime AEST.

After already losing time 1 owed to rain, the England and Wales Cricket Board said time 2 of the 2nd Test betwixt England and South Africa astatine the Oval would not instrumentality place.

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Horse racing meetings successful Britain were suspended for each of Friday (AEST) with the governing assemblage wanting to "remember her bonzer beingness and publication to our athletics and our nation.”

Domestic rugby matches successful England and Scotland were called disconnected for the weekend.

Organisers of cycling's Tour of Britain declared the contention implicit aft cancelling Friday night's (AEST) signifier arsenic good arsenic 2 much implicit the weekend. Gonzalo Serrano, who led was named the winner.

The Premier League paid its respects to the royal family, saying it was “deeply saddened” to perceive of the queen's death. It didn't instantly accidental whether games would spell up this weekend.

The English Football League, which runs the 3 divisions beneath the Premier League, called disconnected its games that had been scheduled to beryllium played Saturday greeting (AEST) and said a determination would beryllium made aboriginal astir play games aft discussions with the British authorities and wider sport.

Manchester United's Europa League crippled against Real Sociedad did instrumentality spot hours aft the queen's decease was announced. There was a minute’s soundlessness earlier kick-off astatine Old Trafford, with some teams wearing achromatic armbands and the flags astatine stadium lowered to half-staff arsenic a motion of respect.

There was nary pre-match euphony and the integer advertizing hoardings astir the tract were switched off.

There was a minute's soundlessness successful different European games involving British teams, specified arsenic Arsenal, West Ham and Hearts.

The US Tennis Association announced determination would beryllium a infinitesimal of soundlessness earlier the archetypal US Open women’s semi-final lucifer betwixt Ons Jabeur and Caroline Garcia, “to commemorate the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.”

Tributes besides poured in.

Brazilian shot large Pele tweeted astir his admiration for the queen ever since gathering her successful idiosyncratic successful 1968 erstwhile she visited the Maracana successful Rio de Janeiro.

“Her deeds person marked generations," Pele wrote. "This bequest volition past forever.”

The All England Club, location of the Wimbledon tennis tournament, said the queen undertook her duties “with large wisdom, dignity and charm for 70 years.”

The queen was the royal patron of the Welsh Rugby Union, which thanked her for “years of work connected this profoundly bittersweet day.”

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