{"id":33174,"date":"2017-02-08T11:18:29","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T11:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33174"},"modified":"2017-02-08T11:18:29","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T11:18:29","slug":"epl-confirms-start-finish-dates-for-2017-18-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33174","title":{"rendered":"EPL confirms start, finish dates for 2017-18 season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-25917\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/football-icon-league.jpg\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" alt=\"football icon league\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/football-icon-league.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/football-icon-league-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>London: The 2017-18 English Premier League (EPL) football season will kick off on August 12, 2017 and will end on May 13, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The EPL on Tuesday announced the timeframe of the upcoming season in a brief statement on its official Twitter account, reports Efe.<\/p>\n<p>The EPL tweet said: &#8220;The #PL 2017-18 season will start on 12th August 2017 &amp; end on 13th May 2018. The 2017-18 champions will be__?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, EPL football players will have less than five weeks to prepare for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, which is scheduled to begin on June 14, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>This current EPL season started on August 13, 2016 and will end on May 21 this year.<\/p>\n<p>With 14 games to go, Chelsea currently have 59 points on top of the standings and ahead of second-placed Tottenham Hotspur with nine points, while Manchester City come in third place with 49 points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-25917\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/football-icon-league.jpg\" width=\"260\" height=\"160\" alt=\"football icon league\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/football-icon-league.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/football-icon-league-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>London: The 2017-18 English Premier League (EPL) football season will kick off on August 12, 2017 and will end on May 13, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The EPL on Tuesday announced the timeframe of the upcoming season in a brief statement on its official Twitter account, reports Efe.<\/p>\n<p>The EPL tweet said: &#8220;The #PL 2017-18 season will start on 12th August 2017 &amp; end on 13th May 2018. 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