Horse racing meetings cancelled for Friday
Racing at Southwell and Chelmsford on Thursday evening was abandoned with the British Horseracing Authority also announcing that the meetings scheduled for Friday – including the third day of the St Leger meeting at Doncaster – have also been cancelled.
The is no word yet as to whether horse racing will resume at the weekend.
Monza Grand Prix to go ahead
As it is a sporting event in a foreign country Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix at Monza will go ahead as scheduled with a minute’s silence planned before practice on Friday and another expected before the race.
Formula 1 also sent condolences to the Royal Family.
What’s happening with Rugby Union?
Yesterday, Northampton announced the postponement of their Premiership Rugby Cup clash against Saracens scheduled for Thursday evening.
The opening weekend of the Premiership season is scheduled to take place across Friday, Saturday and Sunday with no word yet as to whether the fixutres have been postponed. As of now they are all due to take place.
Meanwhile, the Scottish Rugby Union has postponed all domestic competitive games this weekend as a mark of respect and the women’s summer Test international between Scotland and Spain on Sunday is also off.
Premier League to discuss postponements this morning
Discussions are taking place this morning regarding the postponement of this weekend’s Premier League and EFL fixtures after the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport are having an all-sports call at 9.30am where it is believed they will give guidance rather than an order of what to do.
Individual sporting bodies will then decide on a course of action with the Premier League scheduled to have a meeting at 11.00am on their decision.
BMW PGA Championship suspended
The PGA Championship got underway at Wentworth on Thursday but the decision was made to suspend play after news broke for the remainder of Round 1, with all facilities in the Championship Village closing with immediate effect.
Furthermore, the DP World Tour confirmed play would not resume on Friday either with the course and practice facilities to remain closed.
The European Tour said in a statement: “She truly was an inspiration to people the world over. Out of respect for Her Majesty and the Royal Family, play has been suspended at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Club for the remainder of Thursday and flags at Wentworth Club will be lowered to half-mast.”
However, there are hopes that the tournament will resume at some point over the weekend which could be as early as Saturday morning.
Claressa Shields vs Savannah Marshall in doubt after the Queen’s death
Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall’s middleweight world title fight is in doubt following the death of Her Majesty the Queen.
Organisers of the weekend’s sporting events in Britain are to be left to decide whether to postpone their schedules in the wake of the death of Queen Elizabeth II, and Shields vs Marshall is among those scheduled events.
Shields and Marshall have been set to headline a fight card at London’s O2 Arena on Saturday night (10 September), in one of the biggest women’s boxing matches of all time, but the event’s promoter, Boxxer, has now suggested that the card could be cancelled.
“Out of the deepest respect, Friday’s scheduled official weigh-ins for BOXXER – LEGACY: Shields vs Marshall will now take place behind closed doors and will not be open to the media or to members of the public,” read an official statement.
Shields vs Marshall in doubt after the Queen’s death
Shields and Marshall have been set to headline a fight card at London’s O2 Arena on Saturday night
DCMS communicating with sporting bodies
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is currently in conversation with sporting bodies around the country about the possibility of cancelling this weekend’s fixtures.
There are concerns over security, policing and, of course, what an ppropriate show of respect would be.
England vs South Africa cancelled
England’s final Test match of the summer began on Thursday against South Africa at the Oval although the match never got underway due to rain delays.
Friday’s play – which would have been day two of the test – along with all scheduled matches in the Rachel Heyhoe Flint Trophy, will not take place annouced the England and Wales Cricket Board.
There is a possibility of a four-day Test beginning on Saturday, but as England are due to fly to Pakistan on Wednesday for the Twenty20 series that starts in Karachi on September 20th that leaves little room to play with.
It is more likely that Saturday will be seen as day three with the test ending on Monday.
What’s happening with football?
Yesterday’s European matches took place following the news of the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Manchester United’s Europa League fixture vs Real Sociedad went ahead on Thursday evening at Old Trafford and there was a minute’s silence before kick-off with the players wearing black armbands.
West Ham also played FCSB in their scheduled Europa Conference League match, with players wearing armbands and a minute’s silence was held before kick-off.
Arsenal and FC Zurich – who kicked off the first half before the news broke – held a minute’s silence at half-time to respect the Queen’s passing, with players wearing armbands in the second half.
It was decided yesterday that EFL matches scheduled for Friday, Burnley vs Norwich City and Tranmere Rovers vs Stockport County, have been called off with a decision over the rest of the weekend’s games set to be announced at some point today.
There are nine Premier League fixtures scheduled across the weekend, starting with the west London derby between Fulham and Chelsea on Saturday lunchtime but reports suggest the clubs expect those games to be called off.
Given the scheduling of the Qatar World Cup in November, there are few if any free windows in the season in which to rearrange fixtures if the Premier League is cancelled this weekend.
The opening weekend of the Women’s Super League was also set to take place this weekend as well as Football League fixtures across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
‘A truly remarkable woman’: Gary Lineker and Harry Kane lead sporting tributes after Queen’s death
Gary Lineker and Harry Kane led the tributes to the Queen following her death at the age of 96.
Buckingham Palace announced the news on Thursday evening.
“The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon,” they said a statement. “The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.”
Sport, as the rest of the nation, joined the mourning at an unprecedented time.
Play at the ongoing BMW PGA Championship was immediately suspended for the rest of the day after the news broke, with racing at Southwell and Chelmsford going the same way.
In Arsenal’s Europa League game at FC Zurich, both sets of players emerged for the second half and gathered around the centre circle for a minute’s silence.
Lineker tweeted: “Such a terribly sad day. Her Majesty The Queen has died. A truly remarkable woman who served her country with dignity, loyalty and grace. A comforting ever present in the lives of most of us. Rest In Peace, Your Majesty.”
“The Queen was an amazing inspiration and will be remembered for her incredible years of service to this country.”
‘A truly remarkable woman’: Sport pays tribute after Queen’s death
Sport joined the nation in mourning after the death of the Queen was announced by Buckingham Palace on Thursday
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