HOW CORONAVIRUS HAS HIT THE WORLD OF SPORT SO FAR

World Athletics Indoor Championships (March 13-15 in Nanjing) is off until 2021.

North Korea canceled the Pyongyang Marathon scheduled for April after imposing a border lockdown due to the level of an outbreak in South Korea.

The Seoul Marathon is canceled in a bid to protect runners following the mass outbreak in South Korea.

The Paris half-marathon is canceled and the French government also decided to ban all indoor public gatherings of more than 5,000 people. The race involving some 44,000 competitors was scheduled for Sunday (March 1) in the French capital city. Organizers said the race will be postponed to a date yet to be determined.

In doubt

A mixed relay Olympic triathlon qualification event scheduled for Chengdu, China in May is moved to Valencia, pending an outbreak in Spain.

German Open (March 3-8), Vietnam Open (March 24-29) and Polish Open (March 26-29), all Olympic qualifying events, are canceled due to 'strict health protection'.

Olympic boxing qualifiers to be staged in Wuhan were canceled by the International Olympic Committee, and now are relocated to occur in Amman from March 3-11

The IBF title fight between Daniele Scardina and Andrew Francillette in Milan on February 28 was postponed by Matchroom due to restrictions in Italy following the outbreak.

The Japanese boxing commission canceled all fight cards scheduled for March on government advice to suspend all pending sporting fixtures. They will not be rescheduled.

Impacted

England players will not be shaking hands on their tour of Sri Lanka and will use fist bumps instead.

In doubt

Danish cyclist Michael Morkov has been cleared to race at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships after being kept in isolation over fears of an outbreak of coronavirus.

Morkov, 34, had traveled to Berlin on Thursday after contesting the first four stages of the UAE Tour, the final two stages of which were then canceled after two members of staff on the race were suspected of having the disease.

All domestic fixtures at all levels are postponed by the Chinese Football Association as the season is pushed back due to the scale of the outbreak in China.

Asian Champions League matches involving Guangzhou Evergrande, Shanghai Shenhua and Shanghai SIPG are postponed until April.

The start of the Korean K-League season is postponed. The four teams in the AFC Champions League playing their matches behind closed doors.

Japan's J-League postponed all domestic games until the middle of March.

Inter Milan's game against Sampdoria was one of four Serie A games canceled last weekend due to affected regions in Italy leading to advice from the prime minister to call off sporting events.

Serie A then announced on Saturday that five of this weekend's fixtures, including the title showdown between Juventus and Inter Milan, have been canceled. There will now be no games played until March 8 in the regions affected in Italy's top flight.

Impacted

The home leg of the Chinese women's national team's Olympic qualification play-off against South Korea set for March is switched to Sydney. The squad is held in quarantine upon their arrival in Australia for January's qualifying group stage due to fears of virus carriers.

Inter Milan's Europa League match against Ludogorets on February 27 will be played behind closed doors. Only TV rights-holders are allowed to attend as media as the club look to secure the San Siro. Ludogorets players arrived in Italy wearing face masks.

Serie A announced five matches on February 28-March 1 will be played behind closed doors, including Juventus v Inter Milan in Turin, a huge match between title rivals.

Newcastle United have banned their players from shaking hands with each other amid coronavirus fears.

Three players from third-division Italian football club US Pianese have tested positive for coronavirus, the Tuscany side confirmed on Friday.

In doubt

England's friendly against Italy at Wembley in March is now in doubt as the FA holds crisis talks following the outbreak in northern Italy.

Israel has warned citizens to avoid all international travel, which raises questions whether supporters or players will travel to Scotland for their Euro 2020 play-off match on March 26.

Growing concerns that some matches at Euro 2020 could be called off if the coronavirus outbreak gets worse between now and the summer. The tournament is set to be multi-city. UEFA admits they are in a 'waiting stage' and must follow the orders of the individual countries involved. However, FA Chairman Greg Clarke has stated that he expects the tournament to go ahead.

The Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai on April 19 is postponed with no decision over whether it will be reinserted into the 2020 calendar for later in the season.

In doubt

The Australian Grand Prix will go ahead despite an emergency response plan being enacted across the country to deal with the virus. The chief executive of the tourism council says that Victoria cannot afford for the event to be canceled.

The Bahrain Grand Prix is still planned to go ahead despite a number of flights from Dubai and the UAE into the country being canceled this week due to coronavirus fears.

There are growing concerns over whether the inaugural Vietnam Grand Prix (scheduled to take place in Hanoi on April 5) will go ahead.

The Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific golf championship, slated to take place from February 12-15 in Thailand, was postponed and has been rescheduled for October.

The Honda LPGA Thailand event in Pattaya, Thailand scheduled for February 20-23 along with the HSBC Women's World Championship in Singapore, scheduled to start on February 27, were both postponed

The PGA Tour Series-China postponed two qualifying tournaments and delayed the start of its 2020 campaign by two months, cutting the number of regular-season events down from 14 to 10.

The European Tour postponed the Maybank Championship (April 16-19 in Kuala Lumpur) and Volvo China Open (April 23-26 in Shenzhen).

Impacted

Lorenzo Gigli and Edoardo Molinari were withdrawn from the Oman Open on medical grounds after Gagli showed symptoms of the virus. He shared a hotel room with Molinari and he was told to self-isolate. They were later reinstated to the tournament after testing negative for the virus.

Impacted

The Japan Racing Association revealed that 'government-sanctioned races' will go behind closed doors.

Two race meetings in France next week are to take place behind closed doors in a response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Monday's jumps card and the Wednesday fixture on the Flat at Compiegne will have no paying customers, with the order coming from the mayor of the town and the president of the Compiegne Racing Society.

In doubt

Cheltenham Festival is in doubt as organizers set up a steering group to consider the danger posed by the virus, just 13 days prior to the prestigious Gold Cup event.

The final of an ATP Challenger event in Bergamo, Italy, between Enzo Couacaud and Illya Marchenko of Ukraine is canceled. Both players received ranking points and prize money for getting to the final. They were denied the opportunity to play behind closed doors.

China forfeited a Davis Cup tie because the men's team were unable to travel to Romania for the March 6-7 playoff.

WTA event Xi'an Open (set for April 13-19) is canceled due to fears over player safety. WTA announced they are assessing their schedule with a number of events set for China in the second half of the season.

Impacted

Japan's home Davis Cup tie against Ecuador next week is now set to be played behind closed doors.

In doubt

WTA event Kunming Open is considered for cancellation after Xi'an Open was called off. It is due to start on April 27. Agencies

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