Townsville Bulletin

Fowler unclear on future

- MARCO MONTEVERDE

LOS Angeles Lakers superstar Lebron James has declared he is ready for the NBA to return, refuting a report some agents and team executives want the The league to scrap the 2019-20 season. NBA halted the season on March 12. on March 24 due to the coronaviru­s crisis.

At the time, Football Federation Australia had been hoping to condense the remaining weeks of the A-league season and finals series into a fourweek period. However, travel restrictio­ns and social distancing requiremen­ts forced the competitio­n to be postponed.

Fowler and his right-hand man, Roar technical director

PARIS Saint-germain has been named Ligue 1 champions after France’s football league yesterday declared the season from over. PSG led the table by 12 points Marseille when the season was suspended in mid-march.

Tony Grant, were quick to return to be with family in the UK, and are now just waiting for news about if, and when, the A-league will resume.

“The silence at the moment … I don’t know what to think,” Fowler said yesterday. “I’m not getting any feedback at all. We all want to finish the season, but it can only be finished when the time is right.”

Fowler said it was “an absolute shame” when the season was postponed, with the Roar having been on a hot run that had lifted them from second bottom at Christmas to fourth spot on the ladder.

“We were probably, if not the form team, definitely one of the form teams towards the latter end of the season,” he said. “As a team we were fairly confident of doing well … but it’s no-one’s fault. What hap

THE PGA Tour has confirmed no player will lose their card this year. a because of the interrupte­d season. As result of the decision, players on the qualifying tours will have to wait a year before fully joining the big leagues. pened was incredibly unfortunat­e.”

Fowler has remained in contact with his players, all of whom have been training in isolation with programs set by the club’s sports science department.

Fowler also remains in contact with Roar CEO David Pourre, but until there is news about the completion of the season, the conversati­ons are short and repetitive.

“It’s just the same old, same old. We’ll speak and there’s not much to say, and we’ll speak again and there’s still not really much to say,” he said.

“From a club point of view, the game needs to get going. Once we know what’s happening with the league and what’s happening with the club, then we can start addressing the players and go from there.”

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