Former Sky Sports presenter Richard Keys has said that football was right to be cancelled after the Queen's death.
Richard Keys has defended the decision to postpone all football in the United Kingdom this weekend and says other sports ‘should be ashamed’ of resuming in the aftermath of the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
The decision was made by the Football Association on Friday, less than 24 hours after Queen Elizabeth II – the UK’s longest-serving monarch – died aged 96. England cricket captain Ben Stokes said the team were keen to play in the Queen’s memory and a minute’s silence was observed, with God Save The King followed by applause from the crowd at The Oval.
But boxing’s world title fight between Savannah Marshall and Claressa Shields was postponed, along with all British Boxing Board of Control tournaments.Sports broadcaster Keys agreed with the decision to postpone all football in the UK and says sports that decided to go ahead over the weekend ‘should be ashamed’.
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