By Guardian Nigeria 11 December 2021 | 10:36 am UEFA on Saturday announced the cancellation of Tottenham’s Covid-postponed Europa Conference League game against Rennes. Tottenham’s Danish midfielder Pierre Hojbjerg (L) fights for the ball with Rennes’ Ghanaian forward Kamaldeen Sulemana (R) during the UEFA Europa Conference League Group G football match between Stade Rennais Football Club (Rennes) and Tottenham at The Roazhon Park Stadium in Rennes, north-western France on September 16, 2021. (Photo by JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER / AFP) UEFA on Saturday announced the cancellation of Tottenham’s Covid-postponed Europa Conference League game against Rennes. The two clubs were unable to find a suitable date to reschedule Thursday’s game and “as a consequence, the match can no longer be played”, European football’s governing body explained. UEFA’s disciplinary wing will determine a result for the scrapped game. The ruling will please Group G winners Rennes. The French side had flown to London and they accused Spurs of making a “unilateral decision” in calling off the match on Wednesday. Tottenham are level on points with third-placed Vitesse Arnhem, and required a win to seal second and go through to the play-offs. But according to UEFA rules Antonio Conte’s side face being declared the 3-0 losers. Conte revealed on the eve of the game in north London that eight of his players and five members of staff had tested positive for Covid-19. Tottenham’s Premier League match at Brighton on Sunday has also been postponed. Latest 30 mins ago Kim Kardashian wants to live her life legally free as a single woman. In pursuit of this, she filed documents to do so in her divorce from Kanye. Despite Kanye’s attempt at begging Kim at his concert to “Run Right Back” to him a night before, she went ahead to file the documents. The document… 37 mins ago Adejuwon Ogunfuwa’s husband Oladuni was an engineer working on the site of a high-rise that collapsed on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, in October. She had called her husband who often resumed work there on Monday to return home on Fridays. He did not pick. That, she said, “was the beginning of the ugly story that refused… 45 mins ago Ten states and the FCT recorded 533 COVID-19 infections on Friday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) stated on Saturday. 56 mins ago Indian police have recovered a stolen watch customised for star footballer Diego Maradona and arrested a suspect behind the alleged theft in Dubai, officials claimed Saturday. 1 hour ago At least 50 people are dead after a tornado ripped through the southeastern US state of Kentucky, its governor told reporters, as storms ravaged large swathes of the country.
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