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Parma's Sport's manager Daniele Faggiano, center, speaks on a phone moments before a Serie A soccer match between Parma and Spal was scheduled to be played, in Parma, northern Italy, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Parma and Spal players were ready to enter the field at Ennio Tardini stadium in Parma when they received the news that Italy’s sports minister Vincenzo Spadafora said that the country’s football federation should consider suspending the games. (Piero Cruciatti/LaPresse via AP)

Parma's Sport's manager Daniele Faggiano, center, speaks on a phone moments before a Serie A soccer match between Parma and Spal was scheduled to be played, in Parma, northern Italy, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Parma and Spal players were ready to enter the field at Ennio Tardini stadium in Parma when they received the news that Italy’s sports minister Vincenzo Spadafora said that the country’s football federation should consider suspending the games. (Piero Cruciatti/LaPresse via AP)

Mar. 08, 2020 08:41 AM EDT
A man wears a mask as he sits in the stands ahead of a Serie A soccer match between Parma and Spal was scheduled to be played, in Parma, northern Italy, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Parma and Spal players were ready to enter the field at Ennio Tardini stadium in Parma when they received the news that Italy’s sports minister Vincenzo Spadafora said that the country’s football federation should consider suspending the games. (Piero Cruciatti/LaPresse via AP)

A man wears a mask as he sits in the stands ahead of a Serie A soccer match between Parma and Spal was scheduled to be played, in Parma, northern Italy, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Parma and Spal players were ready to enter the field at Ennio Tardini stadium in Parma when they received the news that Italy’s sports minister Vincenzo Spadafora said that the country’s football federation should consider suspending the games. (Piero Cruciatti/LaPresse via AP)

Mar. 08, 2020 08:40 AM EDT
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain steers his car during the Formula One pre-season testing session at the Barcelona Catalunya racetrack in Montmelo, outside Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain steers his car during the Formula One pre-season testing session at the Barcelona Catalunya racetrack in Montmelo, outside Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

Feb. 28, 2020 05:24 AM EST
Chelsea's fan wears a sanitary mask during the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Everton at Stamford Bridge stadium in London, Sunday, March 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Chelsea's fan wears a sanitary mask during the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Everton at Stamford Bridge stadium in London, Sunday, March 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Mar. 08, 2020 10:02 AM EDT
Parma's players warm up on the field moments before a Serie A soccer match between Parma and Spal was scheduled to be played, in Parma, northern Italy, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Parma and Spal players were ready to enter the field at Ennio Tardini stadium in Parma when they received the news that Italy’s sports minister Vincenzo Spadafora said that the country’s football federation should consider suspending the games. (Piero Cruciatti/LaPresse via AP)

Parma's players warm up on the field moments before a Serie A soccer match between Parma and Spal was scheduled to be played, in Parma, northern Italy, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Parma and Spal players were ready to enter the field at Ennio Tardini stadium in Parma when they received the news that Italy’s sports minister Vincenzo Spadafora said that the country’s football federation should consider suspending the games. (Piero Cruciatti/LaPresse via AP)

Mar. 08, 2020 08:14 AM EDT
Parma and Spal play their Serie A soccer match in the empty Tardini stadium, in Parma, Italy, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Parma-Spal, the first match of the day, kicked off after a 75-minute delay inside an empty stadium as officials considered an appeal to suspend the games in Italy’s top soccer division from sports minister Vincenzo Spadafora, minutes before the scheduled start. (Piero Cruciatti/LaPresse via AP)

Parma and Spal play their Serie A soccer match in the empty Tardini stadium, in Parma, Italy, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Parma-Spal, the first match of the day, kicked off after a 75-minute delay inside an empty stadium as officials considered an appeal to suspend the games in Italy’s top soccer division from sports minister Vincenzo Spadafora, minutes before the scheduled start. (Piero Cruciatti/LaPresse via AP)

Mar. 08, 2020 09:42 AM EDT