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The Ethiopian Football Federation has announced that all league competitions in the country have been cancelled due to Coronavirus.

The decision was arrived at during a discussion in person via video conferencing with stakeholders, including the Ethiopian Premier League.

The football campaign has been voided with no promotions or relegations of teams.

Ethiopia has so far confirmed 140 coronavirus cases.

An executive member of the federation issued a statement: ‘’Considering the country is under a state of emergency, and the unpredictability of the coronavirus outbreak, we have decided to cancel this year’s all league games.’’

The federation also urged the clubs to keep players whose contracts were to end by June 30, 2020.

Recently, Football Kenya Federation ended the Kenya Premier League season and declared league leaders Gor Mahia as champions.

Source: BBC Sport Africa.

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