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Covid-19: EFL removes matchday testing for players as 12 new year games are postponed

The English Football League has removed the need for clubs to test players for Covid-19 on matchdays in an effort to prevent late postponements.

Hull City's Championship game with Blackburn on Boxing Day was called off about two hours before kick-off when away fans were already travelling.

The EFL accept the situation was not ideal and believe that testing every day, apart from matchday, is enough.

The decision comes as 12 EFL games over new year have been postponed.

The match between Bournemouth and Peterborough United in the Championship on Monday 3 January is the latest to be called off, following the earlier postponements of the New Year's Day games between Sheffield United and Middlesbrough and Coventry against Luton.