Coronavirus: Key sporting developments….

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Below are some effects Coronavirus has caused on the sporting world:

  • Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis has announced he has coronavirus and is now self-isolating.
  • Wolves’ Europa League tie at Olympiakos in Greece on Thursday – as well as Sevilla vs Roma – will be played behind closed doors.
  • Barcelona have confirmed their Champions League last-16 second leg game with Napoli – scheduled for Wednesday, March 18 at the Nou Camp – will take place behind closed doors. PSG’s match with Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday is also being played behind closed doors.

  • All La Liga games for at least the next two weeks will be played behind closed doors following updated advice from the Spanish authorities.
  • All Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 matches until April 15 will be played behind closed doors amid the outbreak, the French League (LFP) said on Tuesday.
  • The Republic of Ireland’s Euro 2020 play-off against Slovakia in Bratislava on March 26 will be played behind closed doors. Germany’s international football friendly against Italy on March 31 will also be played behind closed doors.
  • The Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Federation has confirmed ticket sales for this month’s Euro 2020 play-off match with Northern Ireland have been suspended.
  • The France v Ireland Six Nations match was postponed on Monday. As it stands, the Wales vs Scotland match is the only game in the final round of the Six Nations due to go ahead as originally scheduled, after the Italy vs England game in Rome was postponed last week.
  • All domestic sporting action has been suspended in Italy after prime minister Giuseppe Conte announced at a press conference that the whole country would be on lockdown from Tuesday morning.
  • Catalans’ Super League game at home to Leeds Rhinos in Perpignan on Saturday will go ahead behind closed doors.
  • Tennis tournament the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells was due to start in California on Monday but will now not take place.

 

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