Flood of cancellations in the sports world

IOC member Richard Pound estimates there is still a three-month window for a decision on whether to cancel the Olympics due to the coronavirus. “It's a big, big, big decision, and you can't make it until you have reliable facts to rely on,” the longest-serving member of the International Olympic Committee said in an interview with the news agency on Tuesday AP . The Tokyo Games are in 150 days.

On Tuesday it was also announced that the World Table Tennis Association would postpone the World Team Championships planned for the end of March in Busan, South Korea, by at least three months. Juventus against Inter on free TV? In Italy, the Europa League game is canceled due to concerns about lung disease Inter against Ludogorets will take place in front of empty stands , as the Milanese announced after coordination with UEFA.

Empty stands at the Allianz Stadium. It will probably look similar during the Juve-Inter hit. © Daniele Badolato - Juventus FC

Last weekend, four Serie A games were canceled, but on the next matchday there will be mainly empty stands. The top game between Juventus and Inter will probably be played in the empty Allianz Stadium on Sunday evening. As “compensation” for the many fans, pay channel Sky has apparently offered to broadcast the Serie A hit on its free TV channel TV8. However, the final decision still needs to be approved by the league. No football in Trentino In Serie D, all games until March 4th were canceled, including Virtus Bozen's matches against Nibionnoggiono and Tritium. The fourth division footballers from Bolzano had to pass on Sunday . In Trentino the ball is resting in all amateur classes. The only thing that still needs to be decided is whether the major league games will be played.

But that's not enough. Ferrari closed two museums in northern Italy as a precautionary measure. The rugby association announced that it would suspend games this weekend, and the same is the case with volleyball players.

The Japanese J-League decided to postpone all games scheduled until mid-March due to concerns about the new coronavirus. A total of 94 games are affected. The league only started the season on the weekend with the first matchday. Skiers are also worried With the new game cancellations, the list of sporting events canceled due to the coronavirus continues to grow: These include the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Nanjing, the World Cup ski races in Yanqing, the international equestrian tournament in Hong Kong and the Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix. It is still unclear whether the women's Alpine skiing World Cup races can take place at the weekend in La Thuile, Italy, as planned, and the same applies to the World Cup finals in Cortina.

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Flood of cancellations in the sports world

Cancellation of the Table Tennis World Cup, football in front of empty stands in Milan, and even the Olympics have at least a small question mark: the spread of the coronavirus is causing increasing concern in the sports world.

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