Germany's Bundesliga, the other major European league, is also suspended until April 3 at least. On Tuesday March 17, Kozo Tashima, one of the Japanese Olympic Committee's vice presidents and president of the Japanese Football Association, tested positive for coronavirus. This year's Six Nations will have to wait for its conclusion with all remaining games postponed. According to Scottish Rugby, they have made the decision together with the French Rugby Federation and the Six Nations. Newcastle United banned their players from shaking hands with each other amid coronavirus fears. All football in England is suspended until at least April 30 - but the 2019-20 season should eventually be completed after the FA bend their own rules to extend the campaign INDEFINITELY after holding crisis talks on March 19. The Japanese boxing commission cancelled all fight cards scheduled for March on government advice to suspend all pending sporting fixtures. They could still be postponed. Only one Grand Slam has missed a year since the war, the 1986 Australian Open, and that was for the technical reason of the date shifting forward from December into January. 'The leaders agreed that the Olympic Games in Tokyo could stand as a beacon of hope to the world during these troubled times and that the Olympic flame could become the light at the end of the tunnel in which the world finds itself at present. The season-opening Australian Grand Prix was called off after a McLaren team member came down with Covid-19, leading to the British team pulling out prior to a decision being made on whether the race would still go ahead. The BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells in California, set to start on March 9, was postponed at the eleventh hour. The four teams in the AFC Champions League are playing their matches behind closed doors. The World Triathlon Series event in Abu Dhabi was postponed as a precautionary measure. The Gunners' game against Brighton, scheduled for Saturday March 14, has been postponed. Euro 2020 play-off matches due to be held on March 26, including Scotland v Israel have been put off until June. All Matchroom promoted fights in March and April have been postponed. The Dubai World Cup meeting will go ahead on March 28 'without paid hospitality spectators'. It came after a confirmed case of the coronavirus in the nearby Coachella Valley. In Spain, 35% of Valencia's squad staff tested positive for coronavirus, with all cases being asymptomatic. The Japanese professional baseball league made the decision to play their 72 pre-season games behind closed doors until March 15. Wimbledon has been cancelled for the first time since World War II as All England Club chiefs called the tournament off at an emergency meeting. It is the first time since the leagues inception in 1982 that an entire set of exhibition matches are off. The NBA has been suspended indefinitely after two Utah Jazz players contracted the virus. Wimbledon has been cancelled for the first time since World War II. The club's first team went into self-isolation, while two buildings at their training ground in Cobham were closed. They were later reinstated to the tournament after testing negative for the virus. ... he is the captain of the Bolivian national rugby team. With British and French governments anticipating that the pandemic will last until the summer, race organizers are studying alternative scheduling. The decision also means the Tokyo Paralympic Games will be subject to a one-year delay. The governing body in Scotland for women's rugby is Scottish Rugby. The Premier League has moved to cancel games following the global outbreak of coronavius. Scotland have appeared in five World Cups since their debut in 1994. 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. This summer's Euro 2020 tournament has been moved to next summer (2021) following a UEFA conference held on March 17. Rugby 7s is a core sport in the Commonwealth Games and made its debut in Kuala Lumpur in 1998, but Manchester in 2002 was the first occasion Scotland entered a team. Danish cyclist Michael Morkov was tested for coronavirus after being put in isolation. In Spain, April 18's Copa del Rey final between between Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad has been postponed. They will not be rescheduled. Undoubtedly the pressure is on for Gregor Townsend to get some wins on the board during the tournament. The quarter-finals of the European Champions Cup and Challenge Cup have also been postponed. (Full internationals only) We are no longer accepting comments on this article. West Ham chief Karren Brady called for the season to be null and void while Aston Villa believe no team should be relegated. Ireland's Six Nations encounter with Italy on March 7 has been postponed. The Women's World Ice Hockey Championships in Canada have been cancelled. The NHL has announced it has paused the 2019-20 season with no date confirmed for when it will resume. A beach volleyball tournament, due to be held in Yangzhou from April 22-26, is postponed until after the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The WTA announced they are assessing their schedule with a number of events set for China in the second half of the season. The Cheltenham Festival went ahead despite travel disruption caused by the virus. If playing the series in England proves unworkable, CWI have offered to step in for this series, and also for England's three Tests against Pakistan, due to start on July 30.
