hello and welcome to sportsday, i'mjane dougall. welcome to the programme.fectively cancelled because of corona virus, attention now turns to competitions further afield. an emergency meeting will be held by uefa tomorrow to discuss how the champions league, the europa league and the european championships can continue. the first match of euro 2020 is scheduled to take place injune in rome but the italian football federation is calling for the tournament to be postponed. earlier i spoke to our football reporter simon stone and asked him if that would be in the interests of most countries participating. i think part of the discussions tomorrow will be trying to get clarity from the leaks, from the major clubs about their intentions of what they will do if ua forgive this major concession of moving the european championships and i think what ua four will want is an acknowledgement from the other leagues, from the other clubs that there was support the other competitions, all of which are major money spenders without which ua folk could not make the payments to

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm jane dougall.l we start seeing this at stadia around the world? fans being checked for signs of the coronavirus in italy. we look at the impact on world sport. antonyjoshua confirms he will fight to defend his belts in britain this summer, but not against the fans favourite. and, after their worst haul in an olympic year for 20 years, will british cycling get over the shock of the world championships before tokyo? also coming up in the programme: after two spells in administration and the threat of extinction, porstmouth rise again to play arsenal in the fa cup. welcome to the programme. by its very nature, gathering to watch sport, puts thousands of fans in close proximity to each other. which is why so many sporting events are being affected by the spread of the coronavirus. we start with rugby's six nations. today, the organisers met to discuss the remainder of the tournament, after the match between ireland and italy was postponed. england are due to travel to rome to play italy on the 14th of

i'm jane dougall with your latest sports news.ended following the government briefing and recommedations in the light of the coronavirus pandemic. in the last couple of hours, aintree racecourse has announced that the grand national, due to take place in april, has been cancelled. an estimated £150 million is bet on the race, which attracts a worldwide audience of around 500 million people. tiger roll had been looking for a third consecutive victory. to rugby union, and the premiership in england has been suspended for five weeks because of the pandemic. this will include four scheduled rounds of matches, with games due to resume on the weekend of 24—26 april. the quarter—finals of the european champions cup and challenge cup, scheduled for earlier in the month, have also been postponed. also suspended is rugby league's super league until 3 april, with a fear among many that some clubs could go out of business. the suspension applies to the men's, women's and community game. rugby league's chief commercial officer, mark foster, ha

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sport now on afternoon live with jane dougall.o impacted on other sports, too? we have had some breaking news at this hour, the first golf major of the year, the masters, has been postponed, and it comes after the pga announced that all events will be postponed until april. that has been extended to include the masters. the chairman said that the health and well—being of everyone associated led them to take that decision. their masters are suspended. earlier at the players championship in florida it was cancelled after just one championship in florida it was cancelled afterjust one macro round. it has also been confirmed at this hour by the organisers of the six nations that the wales against scotla nd six nations that the wales against scotland match due to be held at the principality stadium has also been postponed. we had anticipated that this might happen. the other matches due to take place this weekend, italy against england and france against ireland already postponed. and in cricket, england's test series against sri lanka

sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's jane dougal.act of the coronavirus, decisions about the football leagues will be made. there are football leagues will be made. there a re calls football leagues will be made. there are calls for euro 2020 to be postponed to allow for league season is to be completed. the first match of the tournament is supposed to be in rome on june of the tournament is supposed to be in rome onjune the 12th. a football reporter simon stone explains. apart from five countries, all 55 uefa nations didn't play football at the weekend. there is no realistic possibility of any of them restarting and, how would you finish these seasons? and the only way realistically that these seasons will come to a conclusion is by creating space and the only way of creating space and the only way of creating space and the only way of creating space is to get rid of the euros from the calendar. to rugby union and the premiership in england has been suspended for five weeks because of the pandemic. this will include four scheduled r

coming up on afternoon live all the sport with jane dougal.been confirmed and added the six nations match between france and ireland has been postponed because of fears of the coronavirus sewing the tournament into disarray, but as it stands, wales against scotland a man in cardiff will go ahead. thanks jane, and nick miller has all the weather — nick there is yet more rain to come in areas that do not want any more. we will find out who is going to be worst affected in the forecast and it is something for everyone any purpose, including worms. also coming up... leaving the fold — the duke and duchess of sussex make their final public appearance as working members of the royal family at the commonwealth service in westminster abbey good afternoon. the prime minister has been chairing an emergency cobra meeting on the coronavirus outbreak. 280 people are infected in the uk and three people have died. the government said it remains focused on containing the outbreak and has not moved to cancel public events, which would be in the next stage of m