French giants Paris St Germain were on Thursday crowned Ligue 1 champions after the French league recommended to freeze the 2019-20 standings amid the COVID-19 crisis.
PSG topped the Ligue 1 table by 12 points from Marseille when the season was suspended in mid-March because of the coronavirus outbreak, which has gone on to kill more than 24,000 people in France.
The league’s announcement comes after French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Tuesday that “professional sports leagues, notably football, cannot restart” because of the risks linked to the pandemic.
Europe’s football governing body UEFA has asked all leagues to submit their decision on the season finale by May 25.
So far, only the French, Dutch and Belgian leagues have been dissolved since the virus wiped out the sports calendar.
