(Reuters) -Italy’s top-flight soccer league Serie A has postponed all of Monday’s fixtures following the death of Pope Francis, and the four games will now be played on Wednesday.
Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church and a lifelong soccer fan has died, the Vatican said in a video statement on Monday. He was 88, and had survived a serious bout of double pneumonia.
“Following the passing of His Holiness, Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A can confirm that today’s league games in Serie A and Primavera 1 have been postponed,” the league said in a statement.
The fixtures have all been rescheduled for 6.30 p.m. (1630 GMT) on Wednesday, with the Coppa Italia semi-final second leg between Inter Milan and AC Milan kicking off at 9 p.m. as originally scheduled.
(Reporting by Shifa Jahan in Bengaluru, additional reporting by Trevor Stynes; Editing by Toby Chopra, Kirsten Donovan)
