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According to a report from Spanish news outlet Sport, FC Barcelona president Josep Mari Bartomeu will ask UEFA during the conference on Tuesday to priorities the domestic competitions and Champions League over international tournaments. The La Liga club believes that Euros and Copa America could be postponed to 2021.
The BCB’s decision to postpone the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League second-round matches was taken following the Ministry of Youth and Sports decision to postpone all of the sports-related activities in Bangladesh. A total of six matches in the round have been postponed and further step will be taken after a health and safety advisory of the Bangladesh government.
According to a report from Italian news outlet Tuttosport, Juventus want Cristiano Ronaldo to stay at the club for a foreseeable future. The former Real Madrid man has a contract with the Italian side which runs until 2022 and the club are looking to extend that up to 2024.
The 33-year-old took to Twitter to post a message for his fans and people around the globe about the recent COVID-19 epidemic. ‘It’s very important that we understand the need of social isolation to break the chain, don’t spread information from unreliable sources, don’t ignore the health advisories & for sure follow the hygiene measures.’
In the video posted by ATP on their official Facebook page, two tennis enthusiasts could be seen enjoying a game of Padel tennis in their respective windows. ‘Padel Tennis Played During Coronavirus Lockdown, Tennis lives on’ ATP Tour captioned the post.
‘If, and it is a huge if, the season cannot be completed then there is no way you can have a winner or loser,’ Alan Shearer wrote in The Sun. ‘As harsh and as horrible as that would be for some clubs, none more so than Liverpool, it is the only outcome.’ The former player admitted that the points accumulated by Jurgen Klopp’s men are not enough to hand them the title.
The match between Gremio and Sao Luiz in Campeonato Gaucho, the top-flight professional league in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, took place behind closed doors as no fans were allowed inside the stadium. But the players from Gremio were not happy with them playing amid the outbreak of COVID-19 virus and decided to protest against it.
Writing in his column in the Sunday Times, Wayne Rooney, who currently plays for Derby County, expressed his views about the coronavirus outbreak and also why it took so long for the English FA to come to an inevitable decision. ‘The rest of sport - tennis, Formula 1, rugby, golf, football in other countries - was closing down and we were being told to carry on.’
UEFA will hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday to discuss the current situation and take a call on various footballing competitions across Europe. The Italian FA president said ‘We will propose that Uefa postpone the European Championship’ while speaking to Italian television channel Sportmediaset.
The virus has spread worldwide and on Wednesday, World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the COVID-19 outbreak could be characterised as a pandemic. The Italian federation have already announced that all sporting events in the country have been suspended until April 3, 2020.
According to recent reports from England, a member of Everton FC, whose name is yet to be known, has reported coronavirus symptoms. Due to this, the entire squad has been kept in self-isolation until the test results are back. After the recent cases of COVI-19 in the English league, the officials have decided to have an emergency meeting on March 13, 2020 (Friday).
Gary Neville was not happy with the lack of preparedness shown by the league and took to social media to fault them. ‘Hey @premierleague/ @EFL you are making a right mess of this one!’ said the former Red Devil. The 45-year-old also criticized the league for not taking early measures and reacting only after a manager has been tested positive.
Manish Sisodia, Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, recently said that ‘No IPL or any other sports event will be played in Delhi amid coronavirus threat’. BCCI has invited all the franchises for a council meeting on March 14, 2020 (Saturday) to discuss the current situation. The main agenda of the meeting is understood to either postpone the IPL or play it behind closed doors.
Saurashtra have taken a valuable lead after the first innings on the last day of the Ranji Trophy 2019-20 final. The match is still going on but unless Bengal manage to bowl out Saurashtra and chase the target set by them before the end of the day, Jaydev Undakat-side lifting their maiden title is inevitable.
‘The Premier League will convene an emergency club meeting tomorrow morning regarding fixtures after Mikel Arteta tested positive for COVID-19’ read the statement posted by Premier League. Despite the Arsenal vs Brighton game being postponed the remaining matches in the league and the second division are expected to go as planned.
Australia Women’s cricket team’s three-match One-Day International and three-match Twenty20 International tour of South Africa has been suspended in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. The first ODI was scheduled to take place on March 22 in Durban with the next two games supposed to be played on March 25 in Pietermaritzburg and March 28 in East London.
As per the statement given by the Australian Cricket, along with this game, the ODIs scheduled on March 15 and March 20 will also be played inside an empty stadium. Cricket Australia also stated that media will be allowed inside the ground but ‘a precautionary perimeter will be established around players and staff during media engagements.’
‘My life in a picture, I wouldn’t hav it any other way’ Sania Mirza captioned the picture she shared on twitter with her son. ‘'This is right before we played the tie against Indonesia to make the world group play offs for the first time @fedcuptennis .. he inspires me the most to do what I do and be the best I can be' she added further.
The remainder of the Road Safety World Series 2020 will be played at the DY Patil Stadium in Nerul, Navi Mumbai and the matches will take place behind closed doors as no spectators will be allowed inside the stadium. This will be in effect from the match between South Africa Legends and Sri Lanka Legends which will be played on March 13, 2020.
The statement further read that the ‘Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has advised of Patron’s diagnosis and has classified it as a low-risk of spreading COVID-19 to surrounding members of the public and staff.’ They further added that ‘The patron sat on Level 2 of the Northern Stand at the MCG in section N42.’
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