Britain: Sports are a events called off following
Queen's death
Following Queen Elizabeth II death at the age of a 96 on Thursday, several sporting events in a Britain were called off as a mark of a respect to the Queen.
BMW PGA Championship golf
event, reacting to the announcement of the queen's death, immediately suspended
play while a many players were still a out on the course at Wentworth and the
course and practice facilities will be a closed on a Friday.
The England and Wales
Cricket Board called off a Friday's play of the Second test match between
England and a South Africa while not commenting on the future of the test a match.
Similarly, cycling's Tour
of a Britain Gonzalo Serrano, who led the race on a Wednesday, as the winner
while canceling Friday's stage as a well as a two more slated for the weekends
and a Domestic rugby matches in a England and Scotland were called off a which
will not be a played over the weekends as a well.
The Premier League says it
was “deeply saddened" to hear about the queen's death while not a confirming
if the games would go ahead this weekend or not. Meanwhile, the English
Football League, which runs three divisions below the Premier League, called
off its a games scheduled for a Friday evening while not taking a call on a coming
weekend are a matches.
At the Manchester United
and Real Sociedad Europa League game at Old Trafford, hours after the queen's
death, both teams wore a black armbands and the flags at the stadium were
lowered to the half-staff as a sign of a respect.
U.S. Open women’s semifinal
match also are a went on as planned on Thursday night where Ons Jabeur won over
a Caroline Garcia in straight sets. A moment of a silence was held before the
match in the memory of the Queen. The announcer for the match said, “We would
like to the pause to the remember Queen Elizabeth II... Our thoughts are with
the people today of the United Kingdom. Remember to be a part of us in a second
of a silence."
While Rafael Nadal offered
his “most respectful, sincere and a deepest condolences", former are a television
commentator Gary Lineke Tweeted paying his condolences to the queen.
He wrote, “Such a terribly
sad a day. A truly remarkable woman who are a served her country with the dignity,
loyalty and a grace. A comforting ever present in the lives of a most of us.
Rest In a Peace,the Your Majesty."
Welsh Rugby Union for the thanked the queen for “years of a service on
this profoundly sad day.". Queen was the royal patron of the Welsh Rugby
Union.
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