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A view of the empty Juventus stadium, as a measure against coronavirus contagion, prior to the Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Inter, in Turin, Italy, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Serie A played on Sunday despite calls from Italy’s sports minister and players’ association president to suspend the games in Italy’s top soccer division. (Marco Alpozzi/LaPresse via AP)
List of sports events affected by the virus from China

By The Associated Press Mar. 09, 2020 04:10 AM EDT

List of sports events affected by the virus from China

By The Associated Press Mar. 08, 2020 03:31 PM EDT
ARCHERY ISSF International Solidarity Championships in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Feb. 22-28 postponed. World Cup in...

People walk past the Olympic rings near the New National Stadium in Tokyo, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. The Tokyo Olympics are being threatened by a fast-spreading virus that has shut down most schools, sports competitions and Olympic-related events in Japan. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
List of sports events affected by the virus from China

By The Associated Press Mar. 07, 2020 05:52 AM EST

List of sports events affected by the virus from China

By The Associated Press Mar. 06, 2020 06:11 PM EST
ARCHERY ISSF International Solidarity Championships in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Feb. 22-28 postponed. World Cup in...

List of sports events affected by the virus from China

By The Associated Press Mar. 05, 2020 09:49 AM EST
ARCHERY ISSF International Solidarity Championships in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Feb. 22-28 postponed. World Cup in...

People walk past the Olympic rings near the New National Stadium in Tokyo, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. The Tokyo Olympics are being threatened by a fast-spreading virus that has shut down most schools, sports competitions and Olympic-related events in Japan. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
List of sports events affected by the virus from China

By The Associated Press Mar. 04, 2020 02:53 AM EST

A woman jogs outside San Siro stadium where a Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Genoa was supposed to take place but was instead postponed to May 13, 2020, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, March 1, 2020. In Lombardy, the hardest-hit region by the spread of the Coronavirus, schools and universities were ordered to stay closed, and sporting events were canceled.(Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP)
List of sports events affected by the virus from China

By The Associated Press Mar. 03, 2020 07:12 AM EST

A young fan makes use of a hand-sanitizing station at CenturyLink Field prior to an MLS soccer match between the Seattle Sounders and the Chicago Fire, Sunday, March 1, 2020, in Seattle. Major North American professional sports leagues are talking to health officials and informing teams about the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
List of sports events affected by the virus from China

By The Associated Press Mar. 02, 2020 02:39 AM EST

Two people walk by a notice outside San Siro stadium advising that the Serie A soccer match between Inter and Sampdoria is cancelled, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. In Lombardy, the hardest-hit region by the spread of the Coronavirus with 90 cases, schools and universities were ordered to stay closed in the coming days, and sporting events were canceled. Lombardy's ban on public events also extended to Masses in churches in the predominantly Roman Catholic nation. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
List of sports events affected by the new virus from China

By The Associated Press Feb. 29, 2020 04:02 PM EST

A worker in overalls screen for fever at the entrance to a supermarket in Beijing Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020. South Korea and China each reported hundreds more virus cases Thursday as the new illness persists in the worst-hit areas and spreads beyond borders. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Media giant Discovery insured against Olympic disruption

By Dennis Passa And Rob Harris Feb. 27, 2020 01:49 AM EST

A view of the San Siro stadium where the Serie A soccer match between Inter and Sampdoria was cancelled, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. In Lombardy, the hardest-hit region by the spread of the Coronavirus with 90 cases, schools and universities were ordered to stay closed in the coming days, and sporting events were canceled. Lombardy's ban on public events also extended to Masses in churches in the predominantly Roman Catholic nation. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
List of sports events affected by the new virus from China

By The Associated Press Feb. 26, 2020 04:51 AM EST

A view of the San Siro stadium where the Serie A soccer match between Inter and Sampdoria was cancelled, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. In Lombardy, the hardest-hit region by the spread of the Coronavirus with 90 cases, schools and universities were ordered to stay closed in the coming days, and sporting events were canceled. Lombardy's ban on public events also extended to Masses in churches in the predominantly Roman Catholic nation. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
List of sports events affected by the new virus from China

By The Associated Press Feb. 25, 2020 11:58 AM EST

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a view of part of the temporary hospital with 1100 beds converted from the Wuhan Sports Center in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 12, 2020. Without enough facilities to handle the number of cases of viral infection, Wuhan has been building prefabricated hospitals and converting a gym and other large spaces to house patients and try to isolate them from others. (Cheng Min/Xinhua via AP)
List of sports events affected by the new virus from China

By The Associated Press Feb. 23, 2020 06:15 AM EST

FILE - This Feb. 12, 2020, file photo released by Xinhua News Agency shows a part of a temporary hospital with 1,100 beds converted from the Wuhan Sports Center in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province. Citizens have been ordered to stay in their homes for weeks in the coronavirus outbreak's epicenter of Wuhan. (Cheng Min/Xinhua via AP, File)
List of sports events affected by the new virus from China

By The Associated Press Feb. 22, 2020 05:23 AM EST

List of sports events affected by new virus from China

By The Associated Press Feb. 21, 2020 03:53 PM EST
ATHLETICS World indoor championships in Nanjing from March 13-15 postponed to March 2021. Hong Kong Marathon on Feb. 9...

In this Feb. 5, 2020, photo, workers wearing protective gears prepare to spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus at Namdaemun Market in Seoul, South Korea. Even as cases and deaths from the new virus mount, fear is advancing like a tsunami - and not just in the areas surrounding the Chinese city of Wuhan, the center of the outbreak that has been declared a global health emergency. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
List of sports events affected by new virus from China

By The Associated Press Feb. 21, 2020 12:18 AM EST

List of sports events affected by the coronavirus outbreak

By The Associated Press Feb. 18, 2020 12:07 PM EST
ATHLETICS World indoor championships in Nanjing from March 13-15 postponed to March 2021. Hong Kong Marathon on Feb. 9...

List of sports events affected by the coronavirus outbreak

By The Associated Press Feb. 14, 2020 11:53 AM EST
ATHLETICS World indoor championships in Nanjing from March 13-15 postponed to March 2021. Asian indoor championships in...

England rugby fans warm up with a rugby ball at an underground pathway in Tokyo Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019. A heavy downpour and strong winds pounded Tokyo and surrounding areas on Saturday as a powerful typhoon forecast as the worst in six decades approached landfall, with streets and train stations deserted and shops shuttered. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
As Japan braces for typhoon, rugby squad trains in the rain

By John Pye Oct. 12, 2019 03:46 AM EDT

This Oct. 10, 2019, satellite photo taken by NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite shows typhoon Hagibis approaching Japan, center left. Japan’s weather agency is warning a powerful typhoon may bring torrential rains to central Japan over the weekend. (NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) via AP)
Typhoon advancing toward Tokyo area on holiday weekend

Oct. 10, 2019 10:32 PM EDT