Elite sport in UK will only return 'when medical experts give all-clear', government confirms

Elite sport in the UK will only return "when medical experts advise it can be done safety", the governing confirmed on Friday.

In the first of what is expected to be a regular - possibly weekly - series of meetings to discuss the future of sport, Medical officials from a range of sports governing bodies met with representatives from Public Health England.

Premier League medical adviser Mark Gillett and the Football Association's head of medicine Charlotte Cowie were understood to be part of the ongoing discussions.

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport released a statement at the end of the meeting which read: "We held an initial, constructive meeting with medical representatives from a number of professional and elite sports bodies, government and PHE to step up planning on what may need to be done so that athletes could return to training, when it is deemed safe to do so.

"This would be ahead of any return to competitive top-level sport which would only happen when medical experts advise that this can be done safely. Discussions with the sports bodies will continue on this."

All 20 Premier League clubs are also meeting on Friday to discuss the return to action, tentatively mooted for June 8 with clubs returning to training by the end of May.