Piers Morgan feels sports chiefs should have pressed ahead with major events this weekend despite the Queen's passing.
Organisers were given the option as to whether to postpone scheduled events due to take place over the weekend or to carry on as planned. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport held a meeting at 9:30m on Friday and determined that organisers may wish to cancel their planned events as a mark of respect, but insisted there was no obligation for them to do so.
The EFL had already scrapped fixtures that were due to take place on Friday evening, while league chiefs will make a call on the weekend's matches. Premier League executives then held a meeting at 11am, where they opted to postpone this round of fixtures.
However, TV personality Morgan feels the right decision would have been for sporting events to still go ahead.
He tweeted prior to the Premier League's announcement: "Sporting events should go ahead. a) The Queen loved sport and b) It would be great to see/hear huge crowds singing the National Anthem in tribute to Her Majesty, as West Ham fans did so magnificently last night."
Ex-Manchester United and England star turned Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville agreed with Morgan, tweeting: "I agree Piers. Sport can demonstrate better than most the respect the Queen deserves."
West Ham were among the sides involved in Europa League action on Thursday night after the Queen's death had been announced by Buckingham Palace around 6:30pm. Arsenal were already midway through their fixture in Switzerland against FC Zurich and held a minutes' silence at half-time in tribute to Her Majesty, before playing out the second half.
UEFA made the decision not to postpone Manchester United's home clash with Real Sociedad at Old Trafford, which kicked off at 8pm, as many fans had already travelled to the ground. The fixture was played out in a somewhat subdued atmosphere in light of the news, though both sets of fans observed an impeccable minutes' silence as a tremendous mark of respect, whilst both sets of players donned black armbands.
Whilst the decision not to postpone those fixtures was in many ways determined by the timing of the Buckingham Palace announcement, a different call has been made on the weekend's fixtures, with the EFL joining the Premier League in postponing.
Morgan later reacted to the Premier League statement, commenting: "Ridiculous decision."
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A government statement issued on Friday read: "There is no obligation to cancel or postpone events and sporting fixtures, or close entertainment venues during the National Mourning period.
"This is at the discretion of individual organisations. As a mark of respect, organisations might wish to consider cancelling or postponing events or closing venues on the day of the State Funeral.
"They are under no obligation to do and this is entirely at the discretion of the individual organisations.
"If sporting fixtures or events are planned for the day of the State Funeral, organisations may want to adjust the event timings so they do not clash with the timings of the funeral services and associated processions.
"As a mark of respect, and in keeping with the tone of National Mourning, organisers may wish to hold a period of silence and/or play the National Anthem at the start of events or sporting fixtures, and players may wish to wear black armbands."
Horse racing has also been cancelled until Sunday. Decisions are still yet to be made on England's mens cricket team's Test Match vs South Africa, as well as the scheduled rugby union fixtures in the Gallagher Premiership and other divisions.
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