our reporter austin halewood has more.monday brought another day of cancellations and postponements across the sporting world. we know events in mainland europe have been stopped for a few weeks now but it's only in the last few days the uk sporting scene has really ground to a halt. well, rugby union's european competitions have been suspended now as hard england's premiership. it was initially halted for five weeks. rugby league's super league has also been suspended as things stand. that is until at least april three, but with a huge financial implication, the has, some fear this port may completely fade out of existence and that the government steps into support. out of existence and that the government steps into supporti think we need to keep talking with the government and others who might be able to help us do these next few weeks and communication is the key pa rt weeks and communication is the key part of all of this. as we have with all of the last couple of weeks, our contingency plans and communications to the

lots more to update you on, here's our reporter austin halewood.r day of cancellations and postponements across the sporting world, events and mainland europe had been stopped for a few weeks now but it is only in the last few days the uk sporting scene really has grown to a halt, the rugby union and competitions have been suspended now, as of england premiership, it has been initially halted for five weeks, by initially halted for five weeks, rugby league, super league, that is also been suspended as things stand, thatis also been suspended as things stand, that is a lease until the 3rd of april with the huge financial implication that has, some feared that this may go completely and the existence must the government steps in to support. i think we need to keep talking with them, to keep talking with government and others might be able to help us through these next few weeks and months and it is the key part of all of this as we have started over the last couple of weeks with all of our contingency planning smell of her communications to the gover

austin halewood, bbc news.m has lost three out of the last four games in all competitions. liverpool were knocked out of the fa cup this week by chelsea and will look to bounce back against relegation threatened bournemouth at anfield this lunchtime. let's not forget though they are 22 points clear at the top of the table. winning gives you confidence, losing costs you confidence. that's com pletely costs you confidence. that's completely normal, you start thinking about different things. one defeat feels like to defeats, it's not a massive difference. it's just about how you get back on track immediately on the result track, if you want, and you can do that not by hoping that things are now clicking even better than the game before, we have to just work really hard. you have to just work really hard. you have to just work really hard. you have to fight back. tottenham bossjose mourinho insists eric dier will be ready to face burnley in the premier league today. it follows his altercation with a fan after spurs

coming up on afternoon live all the sport — austin halewood.avirus continues to affect sporting events across the world but there's good news for sports fans here in the uk with jump racing's premier event, the cheltenham festival, now underway as planned. thanks, austin. and nick miller has the weather.... putting a positive spin on the winter weather, we will reveal the weather watcher pick of the season. see later. 50 years after protests against the 1970 miss world competition — we'll be looking at the new film which chronicles the campaign for sexual equality , it went on to attract a global audience. hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. in the past half an hour, a sixth person has died from coronavirus in the uk. thousands of flights have been cancelled, after the foreign office warned against all but essential travel to italy. as news came in that italy had imposed a nationwide lockdown in an attempt to slow the spread of the virus, british airways, jet 2, ryan air and easyjet were among those who cancelled flights. people arriving i