Football: JDT forced out of Asian Champions League after KL refuses to remove travel curbs

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HONG KONG (REUTERS) – Malaysian champions Johor Darul Takzim (JDT) will not travel to Qatar for the resumption of the Asian Champions League, after the team were refused permission to leave the country by government officials. Border closures implemented by Malaysia in March to limit the spread of the coronavirus will not be lifted to permit the club to complete their commitments in the continental championship, which restarts next week in Doha. “Our policy remains the same. The borders are still closed,” Malaysia’s defence minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob was Quote: d as saying by the local media, when asked about…

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