Coronavirus: the shaken sports calendar in the world - France 24

Paris (AFP)

German football in turn disrupted by the new coronavirus, the final phase of Fed Cup postponed, the Australian GP of F1 threatened: the litany of postponements, suspensions and other closed doors of sports meetings because of the epidemic is continued on Wednesday, increasing the uncertainty hanging over the world of sport.

List of main sporting events canceled, postponed, displaced or threatened:

. SOCCER

- In Germany, all matches on the 26th day of the Bundesliga will be played behind closed doors this weekend, when a professional player was tested positive for the first time in Hanover (D2).

- In Spain, the 28th and 29th days of the championship, scheduled from March 13 to 22, will be held behind closed doors. The final of the King's Cup, which was to take place on April 18 in Seville between Real Sociedad and Athletic Bilbao, has been postponed.

- In France, all Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 matches scheduled by April 15 will be "behind closed doors".

- The final of the Paris SG - Lyon League Cup, scheduled for April 4 at the Stade de France, has been postponed until the end of May.

- In England, a first Premier League match Manchester City - Arsenal, scheduled for Wednesday evening, had to be postponed. In question: the entry into contact of several members of Arsenal staff with the shareholder of Olympiakos, Evangelos Marinakis, declared positive at Covid-19. Several Gunners players have been placed in quarantine for 14 days as a precaution.

- In Italy, the country most affected by the disease, the Italian championship is suspended until April 3.

- In the Europa League, the Inter-Getafe and Seville-Roma matches in the round of 16 on Thursday will ultimately not take place. AS Rome has announced that it will not travel to Spain, where the plane carrying the players has been refused permission to land.

The president of Getafe had announced that his team would not go to Milan, refusing to "enter a home of the coronavirus" and even said he was ready to "lose the match".

- In the Champions League, after Valence-Bergame Tuesday evening, the 8th final return Paris SG - Dortmund should be played behind closed doors on Wednesday. Like Juventus - Lyon on March 17.

RUGBY

- Six Nations tournament: three matches have been postponed: Ireland - Italy (March 7), Italy - England and France - Ireland (March 14). They should be disputed at the end of October.

- In France, the presidents of the Top 14 and Pro D2 must meet on Monday to decide on the reorganization of the competitions, and choose between in camera and postponement.

CYCLING

- In France, a closed session was imposed during the departures and arrivals of all stages of Paris-Nice.

- In Italy, after the Strade Bianche (March 7), the first "monument" of the cycling season, Milan-Sanremo, which was to take place on March 21, has been canceled. Like Tirreno-Adriatico, scheduled between March 11 and 17.

MOTOR SPORTS

. Automobile

- The Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix, scheduled for Sunday in Melbourne, is threatened because members of the stables have been placed in solitary confinement after presenting flu symptoms.

- Formula 1: the Chinese Grand Prix scheduled for April 19 in Shanghai has been postponed. That of Bahrain on March 22 will be run behind closed doors.

. Motorbike

- The first four Grands Prix of the season (Qatar, Thailand, the Americas and Argentina) have been canceled or postponed. Originally scheduled for early March, the start of the season has been delayed by two months (May 3).

- The 24 Hours of Le Mans motorcycles, scheduled for April 18 and 19, are postponed to September 5 and 6.

TENNIS

- In Spain, the federation announced Wednesday that all tournaments will be held behind closed doors "until further notice". This could affect the ATP 500 tournament in Barcelona scheduled for April 18-26.

- The final phase of the Fed Cup scheduled for April 14 to 19 in Budapest, which was to bring together twelve nations, has been postponed.

- On Monday, the tournament in Indian Wells (California), one of the most important of the ATP and WTA circuits, was canceled.

ATHLETICS

- The Barcelona (March 15) and Paris (April 5) marathons have been postponed to October 25 and October 18 respectively.

- Indoor worlds: scheduled for Nanjing in China from March 13 to 15, they have been postponed to 2021.

SKI

- The last two races of the Men's World Cup, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday in Kranjska Gora (Slovenia) and decisive in the awarding of the big crystal globe, will be held behind closed doors. The finals men and women of Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy), scheduled from March 16 to 22, have been canceled.

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