Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, and Xi Jinping, President of China.
Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, and Xi Jinping, President of China.
The club captains are expected to wear a ribbon bearing the Ukrainian flag at the weekend.
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Premier League matches will not be broadcast in China this weekend due to plans by English teams to show messages of support for Ukraine, following the invasion of the Russian army, British network ‘BBC’ revealed on Friday.
English football will not be seen in China this weekend
Zinchenko, Ukrainian footballer for Manchester City.
The ‘iQiyi Sports’ platform, which owns the broadcasting rights of the English league in the Asian country, has informed the Premier that it will not broadcast the next matches, in which the team captains will wear ties with the Ukrainian flag, according to various British media reported.
The Chinese company signed a three-year contract for the rights to English soccer last year, the amount of which was not disclosed. Premier League officials this week announced plans for stadium screens to display messages of support for Kyiv and fans to be invited to hold “a moment of reflection and solidarity” before the kick-off of all matches.
The English league has refused to comment on the blackout on Chinese English soccer television, limiting itself to stressing this week that it “completely rejects Russia’s actions” in Ukraine.
The decision of the Chinese platform comes at a time when the Premier is considering suspending television rights contracts in Russia, according to the newspaper ‘The Times’.
This is not the first time that the Asian country vetoes the broadcast of English football. In 2019, the Chinese channel ‘CCTV’ suspended the broadcast of a match between Arsenal and Manchester City, after German midfielder Mesut Özil, then an Arsenal player, criticized the treatment of China’s Uyghur minority on social media. .
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