kres harrington is here for dw sports. euro 2020 into 2021? res: yes, you touched on the reasoning. after hours of video conferences with stakeholders, uefa president and we have a statement from him following the decision and he explains what you touched on in the world is looking at right now. let's take a listen. >> we all know that this terrible virus that is all across europe makes football at all like in europe quite impossible. we knew we had to stop competitions. we think that postponing the euro is the only chance to get a chance to the national leagues and all the club competition to finish their competition. kres: brent, exactly, that is a pressing matter for the top leagues in europe. brent: what does this mean for football clubs and leaks around the continent? kres: when you look at all there is to lose monetarily, look at germany specifically -- germany employees well over 50,000 people for t german football, and then you look at the tv deal, tv money, sponsorship, ticket sales as well. there was one estimate -- they estimate betw

brent: i'm joined at the big table limelight colleague kres harrington from the sports desk. the decision everyone expected. it was a matter of time. kres: yes, it was a matter of time. on sunday the ioc said it would take four weeks to decide. that turned into 48 hours. teams already notified the public that they would withdraw -- canada, australia and even usa track and field on sunday showed that sentiment. britain expected to follow as well. when you factor in the idea that the athletes did not have proper places to train and so forth -- i give credit even though it is like to give credit, the president, he came out as that this is about saving lives. sport is not the most important thing right now. preserving human life is. that is a common denominator across the globe. brent: i hear they will still call the games the 2020 olympic games, even if they take place in 2021. kres: yeah, i think that is a branding issue. in terms of the athletes, they are heartbroken but relief and understand. canada one of the first teams to withdraw. the wrestling champion came out and said "