Soccer-Dutch football reluctantly accepts ban on spectators – Thomson Reuters Foundation

AMSTERDAM, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Dutch football reluctantly accepted Monday’s decision by the government to ban spectators from all sporting events to slow a second wave of novel coronavirus infections.
But a testy statement from the Dutch FA (KNVB) said there was no scientific evidence that linked crowds in stadiums with the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country.
Limited numbers of fans had been allowed into stadiums for the opening rounds of the new league season but will now…

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