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The EFL postpone MORE THAN HALF of their matches, with a total of 24 games called off in the top four divisions of English football this weekend - and more in danger - amid the Omicron surge

Nineteen games have now been called off this weekend because of outbreaks of Covid within Football League clubs

The postponements follow the EFL moving to a ‘red protocol’ yesterday, in which all 72 clubs are now required to test players for Covid every day.

It means more than half of the games in the Championship, Leagues One and Two will not take place this weekend.

The virus is causing havoc in sport, and football in particular, with nine Premier League matches also cancelled this week, five of them at the weekend.

QPR had to call off Monday's Championship clash with Sheffield United due to an outbreak

QPR had to call off Monday's Championship clash with Sheffield United due to an outbreak