That could happen to professional football. 'The leaders agreed that the Olympic Games in Tokyo could stand as a beacon of hope to the world during these troubled times and that the Olympic flame could become the light at the end of the tunnel in which the world finds itself at present. With British and French governments anticipating that the pandemic will last until the summer, race organizers are studying alternative scheduling.The Paris-Roubaix cycling race, another major event on the French sports calendar, was postponed due to the pandemic, while the April 5 Tour of Flanders, only previously cancelled during World War I, was also postponed in a further sign that Le Tour is under grave threat.This summer's Euro 2020 tournament has been moved to next summer (2021) following a UEFA conference held on March 17. "In Spain, football is an important economic driver that we need to reactivate like many others. The race involving some 44,000 competitors was scheduled for Sunday March 1.


On March 17 Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant confirmed he had tested positive for the virus alongside three unnamed team-mates.In an aid to decrease risks of exposure to the virus, the NBA had told players to avoid taking items such as pens, markers, balls and jerseys from autograph seekers.The NHL has announced it has paused the 2019-20 season with no date confirmed for when it will resume.The UFC has cancelled its next three events, although president Dana White is still pushing ahead for the highly-anticipated lightweight title fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson.MotoGP have cancelled their first two races of the season in Qatar and Thailand.South Korea's baseball league cancelled all 50 pre-season game which were slated to take place from March 14-24. ".on Friday with no promotion or relegation and no champions, while on Monday Belgian clubs postponed a vote on confirming the cancellation of their top flight until next week.The head of the Dutch FA told BBC Sport he thinks it is "very doubtful" the Premier League will be able to complete the 2019-20 campaign.Uefa has said it will use on-field performance to determine which clubs make up next season's European club competitions.If league seasons cannot be finished, it said national associations would need to select clubs to qualify for Europe.What the prime minster announced came as a bit of a shock.Our league had a plan in pace with resuming training in May and playing behind closed doors in June. The Olympic torch relay in Greece was cancelled on Friday March 13 - just a day after the flame was lit in Olympia.Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have been postponed by one year due to the coronavirus.Large crowds mobbed Hollywood actor Gerard Butler as he lit the cauldron in the Greek city of Sparta despite repeated warnings for spectators not to attend because of coronavirus.That forced the decision by the Greek Olympic Committee to halt the torch relay on Greek soil on just the second day of its scheduled eight-day journey. We don't know yet whether there will be relegation or promotion because not playing any games was not in anybody's mind.Financially, it is going to be a disaster, so now all the top-two tier clubs will vote in May. That fight, which had been penciled in for April 11, has been rescheduled for July 11 at the O2 Arena.Anthony Yarde, who was due to fight Lyndon Arthur on the undercard of the all-British clash, announced on March 29 that his father had died as a result of contracting the coronavirus.He revealed in an Instagram post that he had no underlying health issues and urged everyone to stay at home.Matchroom Boxing has also postponed all events scheduled for March and April, including Josh Kelly's European title fight against Russia's David Avanesyan (scheduled for March 28).The European Olympic boxing qualification tournament in London has been suspended. The postponement provides a chance for European club competitions to be completed.All football in England is suspended until at least April 30 - but the 2019-20 season should eventually be completed after the FA bend their own rules to extend the campaign INDEFINITELY after holding crisis talks on March 19.The decisions to suspend follows players and staff becoming affected by the virus, or individuals self-isolating as a precaution after reporting symptoms consistent with Covid-19.The Premier League has moved to cancel games following the global outbreak of coronavius.The Premier League clash between Manchester City and Arsenal, scheduled for March 11, had already been postponed as a 'precautionary measure' after Olympiacos and Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis tested positive for coronavirus weeks after watching his Greek team play at the Emirates Stadium.On March 13, UEFA announced all Champions League and Europa League fixtures scheduled are postponed, as well as the quarter-final draws for both competitions.
Organisers said the race will be postponed to a date yet to be determined.The London Marathon, which had been scheduled to take place on April 26, has been postponed until October 4.