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Paris St-Germain awarded title as French football season ends early

PSG were 12 points clear at the top of the table, with a game in hand, when French football was suspended indefinitely on 13 March.

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Paris St-Germain have been awarded the Ligue 1 title after it was announced the season would not resume because of the coronavirus pandemic, reports the BBC.

PSG were 12 points clear at the top of the table, with a game in hand, when French football was suspended indefinitely on 13 March.

Earlier this week the French government cancelled the 2019-20 sporting season.

The club said they wished to dedicate the title "to healthcare staff and all the everyday heroes on the front line".

PSG chairman and CEO Nasser Al-Khelaifi added that French essential workers' "commitment and self-sacrifice over many weeks have earned our deepest admiration".

He continued: "We understand, respect and support the decisions taken by the French Government to end the championship. Health, as the government has always said, must be everyone's priority.

"In these difficult times, I hope that this trophy will bring a little happiness and hope to all our supporters, and I am grateful to them for their unwavering support which helps drive Paris St-Germain forward."

Before the government's intervention, French football's governing body had been hoping to resume the season on 17 June.

Read more of this report from the BBC.