The Premier League has been advised to ban spitting during matches in order to stop the threat of coronavirus and give players who ignore the rule a yellow card.
The English top-flight is aiming to return on June 8 and discussions will continue this week to determine how the league can be concluded safely and in accordance with Government guidelines should lockdown and social distancing measures remain in place. Arsenal, Tottenham, West Ham and Brighton have allowed players to return to the training ground this week as clubs begin initial preparations to resume the halted season. But Fifa’s Medical Committee chairman, Michel D’Hooghe, believes spitting, which is commonplace in football across the world, should be outlawed as it poses more of a health risk to players following the coronavirus outbreak. (Text courtesy Metro)