UK weather: Football, rugby union and rugby league postponements as snow storms take their toll - latest

The latest postponements from the Premier League to the Aviva Premiership, Super League to the Championship and everything in between

Thursday 01 March 2018 15:00 GMT

What football matches could be affected by the snow? Ed Malyon reports

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The ‘Beast from the East’ and Storm Emma have reaped havoc on Britain’s sport fixtures this week, with the disruption set to continue well into the weekend as football, rugby union and rugby league alter their plans to cope with the widespread snowstorm across the United Kingdom.

Tonight’s lone Premier League fixture – a repeat of the EFL Cup final between Arsenal and Manchester City – due to take place at the Emirates Stadium in north London looks set to go ahead as planned despite the capital being hit by constant snowfall for the last 24 hours.

However, with conditions improving in London and the absence of any more heavy snow on Thursday, Arsenal are confident the game will go ahead as planned – but have urged supporters of both teams planning to travel to the game keep up-to-date with the latest travel information.

However, outside of the Premier League, football has not been so lucky. Wednesday’s entire Scottish football programme was postponed, meaning the Premiership games between Celtic and Dundee, Hibernian and Hamilton Academical, and Motherwell and Aberdeen, were all abandoned and will be rescheduled at a later date.

This week’s Super League schedule has also been heavily impacted, while rugby union is also poised for a number of postponements - although the Aviva Premiership looks set to go ahead as planned for the bulk of matches.

Here’s a full run-down of sport affected in Britain this week.

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