( Reuters) – Significant sports events around the globe that have been hit by the coronavirus break out:
A guy using a protective face mask, following a break out of the coronavirus illness (COVID-19), walks previous walk past the Olympic rings in front of the Japan Olympics Museum in Tokyo, Japan March 13,2020 REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
OLYMPICS
— The Tokyo 2020 Olympics torch lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia was held without spectators.
— The Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) suspended the rest of the Torch relay through the country to prevent attracting crowds.
NORTH AMERICA
— The NBA has suspended its season.
— The NHL has actually suspended its season.
— The MLB will postpone its 2020 season’s opening day of March 26 by at least two weeks.
ATHLETICS
— The World Athletics Indoor Championships (Nanjing; March 13-15) were held off. They will be kept in the exact same city from March 19-21,2021
— The Paris and Barcelona marathons were held off.
SOCCER
— All elite soccer matches in England, consisting of the Premier League, Football League (EFL) and Women’s Super League (WSL), were suspended up until April 4.
— England’s friendly internationals versus Italy and Denmark at Wembley on March 27 and 31 will not occur while Denmark canceled their March 27 friendly versus the Faroe Islands.
— UEFA postponed all Champions League and Europa League matches due to take place next week.
— The leading two tiers of French football– Ligue 1 and Ligue 2– have been suspended until more notification.
— All soccer matches in Spain’s leading 2 divisions were postponed for two weeks.
— The Norwegian Football Federation stated it did not strategy to hold Norway’s Euro 2020 playoff match against Serbia that was scheduled for March26
— Poland’s soccer league has delayed all games at least till completion of March. The resumption date is anticipated to be announced next week.
— U.S. Major League Soccer has actually suspended its season.
— All soccer in the Netherlands was suspended till the end of March. The national team canceled their Euros warm-up matches versus U.S. (March 26) and Spain (March 29).
— FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation have agreed to postpone Asi