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AFP Sports Agenda for Wednesday, May 6 (all times GMT): Twitter: @AFP_Sport Instagram: @afpsport FOOTBALL -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel and state leaders are widely expected to give the final go-ahead to plans to restart Bundesliga matches in mid-May, which would make it the first major European football league to return to action since the coronavirus shutdown. Coverage by Ryland James. Picture (FBL-GER-BUNDESLIGA-HEALTH-VIRUS) -- In South Korea, preparations step up for the delayed start of the K-League football season on Friday, after the baseball season there got going on Tuesday, as the country leads the way in Asia in returning to live sport. File picture (FBL-KOR-HEALTH-VIRUS) RUGBY UNION -- French Top 14 presidents to meet and are expected to decide on a play off system for the final two places in next season's European Champions Cup (1500). (RUGBYU-FRA-TOP14-EUR-CUP) SPORTS/VIRUS -- Updates as international sport makes tentative plans to emerge from the shadow of the coronavirus (HEALTH-VIRUS-SPORTS) OVERNIGHT FOOTBALL -- The Premier League is adamant that it can overcome huge logistical challenges to get players back on the pitch during the coronavirus crisis but has long since accepted there will be no fans in the stadiums (0100). Report by Kieran Canning. (FBL-ENG-PR-HEALTH-VIRUS) RUGBY UNION -- Top 14 presidents will meet to decide which French clubs will play in next season's European Champions Cup after the domestic season was stopped due to the coronavirus (0030). By Illtud Dafydd. (RUGBYU-FRA-TOP14) afp
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