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Premier League officials were locked in talks with the government on Thursday night to discuss whether this weekend's football can go ahead with the nation in mourning following the death of Her Majesty The Queen.

Sportsmail understands top flight clubs are expecting this weekend's fixtures to be postponed with an announcement expected early on Friday morning.

All of Friday's sporting programme was called off on Thursday night as a mark of respect, including day two of England's Test match against South Africa, the BMW PGA golf Championship at Wentworth and all racing, the Queen's favourite sport.