“Neither the word cancellation nor postponement was mentioned today during the executive board meeting.”
— In Italy, the hardest-hit European country with nearly 200 deaths from Covid-19, it was announced that all football matches — as well as all major sports events — will be played behind closed doors until April 3.
— The Swiss league has already suspended all Super League and second division Challenge League matches until March 23. — Fifa and Asia’s football governing bodies are considering postponing upcoming 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup qualifiers on March 26 and 31. — Nepal’s cricket Everest Premier League, scheduled to begin on March 14, has also been called off. The fourth edition of the Twenty20 league had signed West Indies batting star Chris Gayle, with Afghanistan’s Mohammad Shahzad and Sri Lankan batsman Upul Tharanga also due to take part.
— European Tour chiefs postponed the Maybank Championship in Malaysia and the China Open in Shenzhen — both set for April. — The Strade Bianchi, the first big race of the Italian cycling season set for Saturday, was cancelled on Thursday while teams such as Mitchelton, Ineos and Astana have pulled out of Sunday’s Paris-Nice.
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