England's Premier League became the latest high-profile competition to announce a suspension as the coronavirus pandemic continued its unprecedented shutdown of world sport on Friday.
Despite the disruption, Tokyo Olympics organisers continued to sound an upbeat note on Friday, saying this year's Games will go ahead as planned, although the iconic torch relay through Greece was cancelled after fears that unexpectedly large crowds could spread the coronavirus. "Following a meeting of shareholders today, it was unanimously decided to suspend the Premier League with the intention of returning on April 4," the Premier League, FA, EFL and WSL said in a joint statement.
Spain's La Liga, Italy's Serie A and the French Ligue 1 are all on hold although the Bundesliga was still planning to complete this weekend's fixtures. In Serbia matches will go ahead behind closed doors. The first four races of the Formula One Grand Prix season are all off after the Vietnam and Bahrain events followed China and Australia in postponing.
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