coming up: the italian football federation calls for the european championships to be postponed so that the serie a season can be completed. ferrari shuts down production at its formula 1 and road—car factories in italy for two weeks as other f1 teams carry on despite not knowing when the season will start. where sport does continue — like in brazil — football players protest at having to play on through the pandemic. and coronavirus hasn't stopped all sport — we've got action to bring you as well, including from the pakistan super league. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. with europe's big football leagues all suspended because of coronavirus — the question is when will all the remaining matches be played? the italian football federation is now calling for the european championship to be postponed so that the serie a season can be extended.

italy is the european country worst affected by the virus. our football reporter maz farookhi has more. the italian football federation president, the first the italian football federation president, the first representative of the major men's leagues across europe to put forward this kind of opposable, i don't think he will be the last, he said on sunday the we will propose this to you wafer and try to get to the end of this championship because it is fairer and more correct. he wants the serie a season to be played to its full conclusion, not for the results and standings to be cleared either null and void or taken as final. if that were to happen, the serie a season would not end untiljune 30, and as you allude, the men's european championship is june due

allude, the men's european championship isjune due to start on june 12 so that is something up for discussion at this meeting on tuesday where the 55 association members who were invited to discuss with you wafer possible postponements to the european championships, meeting via videoconference rather than face—to—face. as well, the format of this european championship due to be played across 12 different member states, that will be a big topic of conversation as well because i don't think the current structure is feasible going forward with everything going on across the world at the moment. ferrari's suspended its formula i team operations and closed its car factory until the 27th march as a result of coronavirus. it's part of a wider lockdown that began last week across italy. ferrari says the decision‘s been made "for its employees‘ wellbeing". 0ther fi teams are still working for now, despite the uncertainty over when the season will actually start. five valencia players and staff are "in good health" after testing positive for coronavirus, according

to the spanish club. argentinian defender ezequiel garay became the first la liga player to announce a positive test earlier on sunday. he posted on instagram saying that he was "very well and must obey health authorities and stay isolated." la liga was suspended on thursday after the real madrid squad went into quarantine. manchester united midfielder paul pogba has set up a fundraising page and pledged financial support to unicef to help children affected by coronavirus. the france international says he'll double the fund if his goal of $33,000 is reached. police in london are appealing for information after jan vertonghen‘s family were held at knifepoint during a burglary that took place whilst the footballer was on champions league duty with tottenham in midweek. the belgian defender was in germany for the second leg of spurs‘ last—16 defeat against rb leipzig. men wearing balaclavas forced their way into the house while his wife and children were inside, stealing a number

of items before leaving. there was some football over the course of the weekend in brazil but it wasn't without controversy. gremio went into their match against sao luiz wearing facemasks in protest at having to play during the coronavirus pandemic. gremio‘s director of football says the championship should be "halted" and that "life must take precedence". the game took place behind closed doors, with gremio coming from 2—0 down to win 3—2. top flight rugby union in england could be the next big sporting league to postpone fixtures due to coronavirus. premiership rugby is considering a 12—week suspension of top—flight games due to the outbreak. a special meeting will take place on monday when clubs will discuss a range of potential next steps. how long the proponent that might postpone it is for as in the that will be discussed on monday. big four weeks could be as many as ten

oi’ four weeks could be as many as ten or 12. but there is a feeling that continuing to play in the current climate is simply unfeasible. that call will be made in the next day or two and we also hear that european cup rugby will also be postponed. the qualifying weekender scheduled for the first weekend of april and that not be happening. that will also put rugby on hold for the foreseeable future as well. australian chris lynn's unbeaten century helped take lahore qalandars into the semi—finals of the pakistan super league in lahore. multan sultans, who've already qualified for the semis, lost moeen ali in the first over but then kushdil shah made 70 as the sultans fought back to 186 for 6 from their 20 overs. the lahore openers then put on a century partnership — pakistan's fakhar zeeman with 57. but it was lynn who was the star of the show, hitting the winning runs with his eighth six of the day. the qalandars will play karachi kings in the first semi—final on tuesday.

now to some basketball and to one of the most famous courts in the world. this colourful creation is called the pigalle duperree located in paris. it's been supported by lebronjames and it attracts people from all over the world. sumbal syed sat down with the creator of the court stephane ashpool to talk about the journey. basketball, one of the biggest sports on this planet. i have come to paris to sit down with a man behind one of the world's most creative courts. the court has been 11 years now. nikkei and the bron james came to paris and they wanted to support a community project and they came to me and said ok we know

we have this grey and dirty court, please do something. the bron put some light on the court and then step—by—step it started to get more popular. i was born in the neighbourhood. that was my school. i live down the street. my friends and people live around here so this place was waiting for us. at my school everyone was running after a soccer ball, like 100 guys. 0ne school everyone was running after a soccer ball, like 100 guys. one day i tried this and i fell in love and then i stopped running after a soccer ball. on this court there are people playing basketball and also people playing basketball and also people at the site? was that a goal for you when you created the court? the only goal i had was a place to play basketball for myself and the

kids around and then it became popularfor kids around and then it became popular for other stuff, you know? kids around and then it became popularfor other stuff, you know? i am happy, but that was not the goal. iamso am happy, but that was not the goal. i am so proud i am part of the growth of basketball courts in paris and in france. it is my life, the life of the neighbourhood, the life of many kids. it is a place to go out from school where you will enjoy and it will protect you from the streets. it is healthy, the colour makes you have fun and you want to ta ke makes you have fun and you want to take photos. it is a hell of a nice environment for anyone. in the nba right now there are many kids from europe who play, how would it make you feel of one of these kids went there? firstly, i am happy that people from all over the globe make

big moves in the nba. that is amazing. when you see that the mvp 01’ amazing. when you see that the mvp or the rookie of the year, the best defender, they are all from europe, it makes me proud. secondly, i hope that one day one of the kids will make it happen. i hope i will be alive. so here we are at the pigalle court. the on the screen, you will have a lot ofjoy, my friends. court. the on the screen, you will have a lot of joy, my friends. and oui’ have a lot of joy, my friends. and our top story, the italian football federation has called for the european championship to be postponed so that the serie a series season can postponed so that the serie a series season can be completed. they will meet on tuesday to discuss what happens with the championship and it will then allow for, of course, domestic legs across europe to be completed if that is possible. for

me and the rest of the team, that is all the sport for now. we've got some good weather on the way. monday is expected to be a sunny day, across much of the country, after what has been a bit of a changeable weekend for some of us. and the weather front moving away towards the east. a big gap in the clouds here. and this is where our area of high pressure is coming from, in fact, an azores high is building in, from the south—west, and that's clearing the skies across the uk from monday. but there is low pressure out there in the atlantic, and it will bring some rain later on monday, to north—western parts of the country. but this is what looks in the short term. you can see where the air frost is,

where blue colours are. most major towns and cities probably just around freezing, but certainly out in the countryside a frost. so first thing in the morning on monday, apart from a few areas, it will start off sunny. remember that frost, but then, in the north—west of the uk, come the afternoon, it is going to cloud over, the winds will strengthen, and we are expect rain in northern ireland and western scotland. looks like glasgow is in for some rainfall at least by the time we get around the middle of the afternoon. here's tuesday's weather forecast — the high—pressure, that azores high that's building in right now, will slip away a little bit further towards the south and the east, and allow for some of these weather fronts to make inroads, so that does means that, after a beautiful and sunny start to the week on monday, tuesday is going to turn a little bit more cloudy. you can see that cloud streaming in on a south—westerly wind and, on top of that, we've got yet more rain there for northern ireland and also particularly western scotland. but with south—westerly winds also comes mild air, so you can see there temperatures there widely into the mid teens, across england. and through the course of tuesday night and into wednesday,

pretty much the same. so this weather front that is sliding in on these south—westerlies, keeps bringing mild air to the south of the country. quite a bit of cloud around and even some rain too at times, but across northern parts of the uk, a different source of those winds coming in — source of wind direction — coming in from the north atlantic so it's going to be colder there, eight degrees in glasgow but 16 in london, remember in those south—westerlies. so that is the middle of the week. come thursday and friday, a bit of a hiccup really in the weather and we are expecting some of these weather fronts to develop across southern areas, and the rain could turn quite heavy by friday, temporarily across the south, and you can see how the weather goes downhill, for example, in london. a beautiful monday, then it warms up by friday, expect some rain in london and in cardiff. but come the weekend, it should dry out once again.

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