Rangers’ Champions League match with Napoli has been put back 24 hours to Wednesday September 14 Uefa has announced.
Uefa said the rescheduling was “due to the severe limitations on police resources and organisational issues related to the ongoing events surrounding the national mourning for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II”.
It added “away fans will not be authorised” at Wednesday’s match or Napoli’s home meeting with Rangers on 26 October. This has left fans of both clubs in limbo. They had booked flights and accommodation and now the fans are desperate to get their money back. And some fans have taken to social media to vent their frustrations, with one writing: “That is so unfair on Napoli fans who will have booked travel and accommodation to Glasgow and the effect on policing numbers will be minimal – nonsense decision.
“And not forgetting Rangers fans that will have made travel arrangements bearing in mind plenty travel from far afield and outside Scotland. Plenty will have booked Monday to Wednesday travel and hotels and quite a few will probably not be able to rearrange plans”
Antigua wants total independence after Queen Elizabeth’s passing
Antigua and Barbuda will vote on whether to become a republic following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the country’s prime minister has said.
Gaston Browne said a referendum could take place within three years – but emphasised that the move was “not an act of hostility”.
He made the comments after confirming Charles III as King and head of state of the Caribbean nation.
Mr Browne said he intended to introduce the referendum if re-elected next year.
While he expects to win that election – his party holds 15 of the 17 seats in the House of Representatives – he accepted that there hadn’t been any major demand to hold a vote among citizens.
“I think most people haven’t even bothered to think about it,” Mr Browne told ITV News.
Earlier, Australia ruled out a similar vote within the next four years. The Queen’s death has reignited Australia’s monarchy debate, and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who was elected in May, is a republican.
But he ruled out a poll in his first term and told Sky News that “the bigger questions about our constitution are not ones for this current period”.
“This is a period in which we are sharing the grief that so many Australians are feeling at the moment, showing our deep respect and admiration for the contribution of the Queen to Australia,” Mr Albanese said.
In addition to the UK, King Charles serves as head of state in 14 countries – Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, and Tuvalu. And in Jamaica, the ruling Labour Party says its goal is to hold a referendum on becoming a republic. BBC