The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris is in favor playing without fans for a long time if it helps “save" soccer clubs amid financial uncertainty.
The English Premier League hopes to re-start games by mid-June in empty stadiums amid the coronavirus pandemic. A World Cup winner with France, Lloris says “it’s important that soccer restarts, for today and tomorrow.” He adds that “if we have to play behind closed doors for a long period of time in order to save soccer, then we have to.” Lloris currently trains at his club every other day with “specific time slots” for each player, adding that “sometimes we pass each other, but from very far away.” In a newspaper