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Suwon Samsung Bluewings' Yeom Ki-hun (R) fights for the ball with Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors' Lee Yong (L) during the opening game of South Korea's K-League football match at Jeonju World Cup Stadium in Jeonju on May 8, 2020. - The towering stands of the 42,477-capacity Jeonju World Cup Stadium stood empty on May 8 as South Korea opened football's post-coronavirus era without fans, but with an unprecedented international TV audience. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP) (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)

Chinese company LD Sports is to walk away from its £7.5m ($9.8m/€8.3m

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