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Covid-19 outbreaks in sport: Several football and rugby games have been postponed

Three Premier League matches in a week have now been called off because of outbreaks of Covid-19.

Burnley's game with Watford became the latest to be postponed on Wednesday, the same day the UK reported its highest number of daily cases since the beginning of the pandemic - 78,610.

Three of the weekend's Championship games have already been called off.

And in rugby, Saracens' European Challenge Cup game with Pau on Saturday has also been postponed.

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