English football must not rush back until it understands the long-term risks of Covid-19 on players physiology, according to Dr Eva Carneiro, the sports specialist who includes elite footballers among her patients at her practice in Harley Street, London. We are talking about loss of life here, Carneiro warns.

Premier League shareholders hold another video-conference today to discuss Project Restart, including phase one, this weeks return to training sanctioned by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

My message to them is we cannot talk about returning to full-time competition when we havent even delivered phase one, Carneiro says. We need to learn and adapt from phase one first and Im most concerned that the guidance does not consider the culture of football and

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