No plans to postpone Kiev tie over H1N1-UEFA

By Brian Homewood

BERNE, (Reuters) - UEFA have no immediate plans to postpone next week's Champions League match between Dynamo Kiev and Inter Milan due to swine flu restrictions in Ukraine.

"As long as the teams participating in UEFA competition have enough eligible players and the public authorities in each country have not imposed any contrary restrictions, all the matches must be played on the dates laid down by the competition regulations," said European soccer's governing body in a statement on Friday.

Ukraine on Friday closed schools, banned all public events and imposed restrictions on people's movements around the country for a three-week period after confirming its first death from H1N1 flu.

World soccer's governing body FIFA said it was monitoring the situation ahead of next month's World Cup playoff between Ukraine and Greece.

Inter Milan are due to visit Kiev for their Group F match on Wednesday. There are no Europa League matches scheduled for Ukraine next week.

A UEFA spokesman said, however, that either club involved could ask for a postponement and that requests would be judged on a case-by-case basis.

The spokesman added that UEFA had been in touch with Ukrainian authorities.

Ukraine's national side are due to host Greece on Nov. 18 in the second leg of their World Cup qualifying European playoff.