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Grasshoppers trailed 4-0 at Lucerne in a game it had to win to avoid relegation when the referee stopped play with fans crossing security fences and threatening to invade the pitch.
The Swiss Football League says the referee could not guarantee players’ safety.
Grasshoppers described the incident as shameful and unacceptable.
The Zurich club’s lengthy run in the top tier is likely to end with the game forfeited as a Lucerne win. The league says it will decide within days what action to take.
Two months ago Grasshoppers forfeited a league game at Sion after the game was abandoned due to fans throwing fireworks on the field.
Running back Mark Walton, arrested three times this offseason by police in Miami, has signed with his hometown Dolphins.
Walton tried out this week, when coach Brian Flores said he was aware of the legal issues.
“I think people deserve a second chance,” Flores said Saturday. “I don’t want to judge people based on one incident, two incidents.”
Walton was drafted in the fourth round a year ago by the Cincinnati Bengals and played mostly on special teams in 2018. They released him in April shortly after he was arrested on charges of reckless driving, marijuana possession and carrying a concealed weapon.
Walton also was arrested in February on a battery charge after police say he got into an argument about a parking situation. He was charged with marijuana possession in January.
The final round of the Regions Tradition barely got underway before play was suspended because of thunderstorms.
Four and a half hours of steady rain later, PGA Tour Champions officials postponed the round until Monday. Play resumes with an early two-tee start.
A handful of players got in one hole Sunday before having to leave the course. The leaders haven’t started the final round of the first of five senior major championships.
Steve Stricker holds a twostroke lead at 14-under 202. Twotime Tradition winner Bernhard Langer, David Toms and Billy Andrade are all two strokes back.
The first round was completed on Friday after bad weather stopped play. Stricker still had five holes to go on his way to a 68 and then shot a 64 in the second round, followed by Saturday’s 70.