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Factbox: Sports events hit by the coronavirus epidemic

Factbox: Sports events hit by the coronavirus epidemic

(Reuters) – Here is a list of international sports events hit by the coronavirus outbreak:

ITALY

– All sports events have been canceled until April 3.

OLYMPICS

– The Tokyo 2020 Olympics torch lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia will be held without spectators.

NORTH AMERICA

– Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer, the National Basketball Association and the National Hockey League have temporarily restricted locker room access to players and “essential staff”.

ATHLETICS

-The World Athletics Indoor Championships, scheduled for Nanjing from March 13-15, have been postponed until next year.

– The Paris and Barcelona marathons have been postponed.

SOCCER

– FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation have agreed to postpone the Asian World Cup qualifying matches in March and June.

– Three Champions League games — Valencia v Atalanta (March 10), Paris Saint Germain v Borussia Dortmund (March 11) and Barcelona v Napoli (March 18) will take place without fans.

– La Liga matches will be played without fans for at least the next two rounds of fixtures, the Spanish league said on March 10.

– Borussia Moenchengladbach will play Cologne in an empty stadium on March 11 in the Bundesliga, while the Ruhr valley derby between Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04 on March 15 will also be played without fans.

– The French Ligue 1 game between RC Strasbourg and Paris St Germain scheduled for March 7 was postponed.

– The Europa League last 16, first leg between Olympiakos against Wolverhampton Wanderers on March 12 will go ahead in Piraeus without spectators.

– All French top flight matches will be played in empty stadiums or with a maximum of 1,

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