( Reuters) – Significant sports occasions all over the world that have been hit by the coronavirus break out:
A man using a protective face mask, following a break out of the coronavirus disease (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 viewers.
The Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) suspended the rest of the Torch relay through the country to prevent bring in crowds.
NORTH AMERICA
The NBA has suspended its season.
The NHL has suspended its season.
The MLB will delay its 2020 season’s opening day of March 26 by at least two weeks.
ATHLETICS
The World Sports Indoor Championships (Nanjing; March 13-15) were delayed. They will be kept in the same city from March 19-21,2021
The Paris and Barcelona marathons were postponed.
The yearly London marathon which was because of happen on April 26 has actually been held off to Oct. 4.
The race walking team champion set up for May 2-3 in Minsk has been delayed.
SOCCER
All elite soccer matches in England, including the Premier League, Football League (EFL) and Women’s Super League (WSL), were suspended until April 4.
However, the National League – the fifth-tier of English football – stated all its weekend’s matches will go ahead, including the lower level Conference North and South divisions.
The German Football League (DFL) aborted matches scheduled for March 13-15 in the Bundesliga and second tier Bundesliga 2. They recommended that both leagues be suspended up until April 2.
UEFA held off all Champions League and Europa League matches due to happen next week.
The Confederation of African Football has actually held off two rounds of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers arranged for March 25-31
CONCACAF suspended all competitions arranged to happen over the next 30 days, including the Champions League and men’s Olympic qualifiers.
The Paraguayan FA has actually suspended all games until March 24 and suggested that clubs stop collective training sessions.
The Colombian league has suspended all competitions until further notice.
The leading 2 tiers of French football– Ligue 1 and Ligue 2– have actually been suspended till additional notification.
All soccer matches in Spain’s top two divisions were held off for two weeks.
England’s friendly internationals against Italy and Denmark at Wembley on March 27 and 31 will not take place while Denmark canceled their March 27 friendly against the Faroe Isla