Sporting bodies to decide on weekend schedule after Queen Elizabeth's death
Decisions over whether to postpone this weekend’s sporting events in the wake of the death of Her Majesty the Queen will be left to individual organisers.
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Organisers of weekend sporting events to decide on schedules after queen’s death
Organisers of the weekend’s sporting events in the UK are to be left to decide whether to postpone their schedules in the wake of the death of Britain's Queen Elizabeth.