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Factbox: Sports occasions struck by the coronavirus pandemic

Factbox: Sports occasions struck by the coronavirus pandemic

( Reuters) – Here is a list of global sports events hit by the coronavirus break out:

FILE IMAGE: Mar 11, 2020; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.A.; A message on the video score board informs fans the video game against the Utah Jazz has been delayed. Groups were told to go to the locker spaces prior to suggestion off at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Compulsory Credit: Alonzo Adams-USA TODAY Sports

ITALY

– All sports occasions have been canceled until April 3.

ARGENTINA

– Argentina has actually canceled international sports occasions in March.

OLYMPICS

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

NORTH AMERICA

– Major League Baseball, Big League Soccer and National Hockey Leagues have briefly limited locker-room access to gamers and essential staff.

– The NBA suspended its season until further notification after a Utah Jazz player tested positive for the infection.

– San Jose Sharks’ next three NHL home video games– v Montreal Canadiens (March 19), v Boston Bruins (March 21) and v Arizona Coyotes (March 29)– will be closed to the public.

– Seattle Mariners will not play their MLB home video games in March.

ATHLETICS

– The World Athletics Indoor Championships, set up for Nanjing from March 13-15, have been delayed till next year.

– European Athletics delayed the European Throwing Cup scheduled for March 21-22 in Leiria, Portugal.

– The Paris and Barcelona marathons have been delayed.

SOCCER

– FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation have accepted hold off the Asian World Cup qualifying matches in March and June.

– Champions League: Valencia v Atalanta (March 10) and Paris St Germain v Borussia Dortmund (March 11) took place in empty stadiums. Barcelona v Napoli and Bayern Munich v Chelsea (both March 18) will be played without fans.

– Europa League: Manchester United v LASK and Wolverhampton Wanderers v Olympiakos Piraeus, both on March 12, will be played without fans.

UEFA has delayed two ties after one side, Spain’s Getafe, refused to travel to Italy and another, AS Roma, said they had actually been rejected approval to take a trip to Spain.

– Premier League: Manchester City’s match against Toolbox on March 11 was postponed because gamers from the London club have actually had contact with the owner of Greek side Olympiakos, who has actually contracted the virus.

Gamers in the Premier League will forgo conventional pre-match handshakes.

– La Liga: Matches will be played without fans for a minimum of the next two rounds, the league stated on March10

– Bundesliga: Borussia Moenchengladbach v Perfume (March 11) was played without fans. RB Leipzig v SC Freiburg and Borussia Dortmund v Schalke 04 (both M

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