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La Liga 2019-2020 season suspended indefinitely due to coronavirus

La Liga and the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) have agreed to extend the suspension of the 2019-20 season indefinitely.

Spain's top flight, along with the vast majority of sporting competitions and events across the world, has been put on hold amid the coronavirus pandemic.

La Liga made the decision to suspend the season until at least the start of April on March 12, after Real Madrid's squad were forced into quarantine when one of the club's basketball players tested positive for the respiratory illness.

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League president Javier Tebas previously said he was convinced the season would be completed, while he was also hopeful all European leagues would finish by June 30, with both Euro 2020 and the 2020 Copa America pushed back to next year.