is sport, which over the past week has come to a virtual standstill. (00v) on friday, the english premier leaguell. on friday, the english premier league announced all games will be suspended until at least the 3rd of april. the suspension will be a blow for clubs, their sponsors and fans. in the 2018—2019 season, a global audience of 3.2 billion watched the matches. gareth balch chief executive, two circles joins me now. $500 million, that is what it has cost. just talk us through the implications for sport. making their own choices. it's just the beginning, isn't it, have massive disruption. last week, we saw the unravelling and sports often is a microcosm. hit early and hard last week. this week we're going to see further postponements and further wranglings about how this is all netted out. the costs and implications are currently uncalculated and most onshore sport will come out a bit stronger, it's going to be very ha rd stronger, it's going to be very hard times for a while. you say sport will come out stronger but some will be vulnerable, those smaller clubs, football clu bs those smalle

liverpool winning the first english premier league title in 30 years, there is some talk about perhaps football championships, of course, supposed to be played. uefa is meeting on tuesday and on the uefa, the champions league and europa league suspended also at the moment. across the united states, there are huge numbers of people who have no health insurance, and there's no requirement for companies to offer sick leave. the bbc‘s aleem maqbool reports from tucson in arizona. this mobile clinic really is just a drop in the ocean. trying to help at least a few of the many millions of americans who can't access healthcare. i have not seen over any evidence of anything thatis over any evidence of anything that is going to be different with the coronavirus. for yea rs, with the coronavirus. for years, and decades, we went 0k asa years, and decades, we went 0k as a society knowing that there was someone in the community he was someone in the community he was uninsured or underinsured and we been 0k. and we going to pay the public health price because these individuals without access to care

liverpool winning the first english premier league title in 30 years, there is some talk about perhapsan football championships, of course, supposed to be played. uefa is meeting on tuesday and on the uefa, the champions league and europa league suspended also at the moment. covid—i9 has spread to a number of high profile people including the hollywood actor tom hanks. some celebrities — including the castaway star — are using their platforms to spread the right message. freya cole has the story. # to think i'd lay down and die. # oh, no i will survive. a 19705 smash hit which has a powerful message for the world today and to take it one step further, gloria gaynor has transferred her words of wisdom into a social media challenge and it is going global. # oh no not i, i will survive. people are mimicking her hand washing techniques to lower the risk of catching the virus. who knew, washing your hands could be so much fun? # as long as i know how to love, i know i'll stay alive. # i've got all my life to live... celebrities are doing their bit to spread the right message. tom hanks and

several of the biggest football leagues in europe, including the english premier league and the bundesligatan pathak from bbc sport had more. it was only 2a hours ago we had a statement from the english premier league saying it was going to be business as usual this weekend. but the big turning point came late on thursday when arsenal released a statement saying their head coach, mikel arteta, tested positive for the coronavirus. they really had no choice but on friday, the premier league, to say that matches are now suspended until early april. we know the arsenal, the chelsea, the everton squads at the moment are in isolation. callum hudson—0doi is the chelsea winger who's the first premier league player to test positive for coronavirus. all elite football in britain is off. the major leagues across europe as well, the bundesliga followed suit. there was some matches that were going to be played behind closed doors but that is no longer the case. the big question now is when these games will be played. they were supposed to resume in april. think about the sorts of stories that are build

major impact on sports across the globe the world's most watched football competition the english premier league has now suspended matches until at least the start of april so monic has more on the. it was a health update from this premier league manager that finally forced the world's most lucrative league to take action just hours after was announced that aston boss mikel arteta had contracted coronavirus an emergency meeting was held in london it's a very good decision we've got great league management they made the right decision on the d.v.d. . when you got it in you put it in the penny lee the. other day pitiful none of us know will see our tete a wasn't the only case chelsea star callum hudson adored was the 2nd e.p.l. star to announce he tested positive and like carter to teenager is currently in isolation as you maybe had the virus for the last which i've recovered from. everybody for a week. and a picture recent the move to suspend football could cost the league millions but the decision is receiving support from those within the game what happens if a player's contract this problem an

having a major impact on sports across the globe whilst most watched football competition the english premier league has now suspended matches until at least the start of april sal malik has more. it was a health update from this premier league manager that finally forced the world's most lucrative league to take action just hours after was announced that austin boss mikel arteta had contracted coronavirus an emergency meeting was held in london it's a very good decision we've got great league management they made the right decision on the d.v.d. . when you got it in you put it in the penny lee the. other day pitiful none of us know will see our teta wasn't the only case chelsea star callum hudson adored was the 2nd e.p.l. star to announce he tested positive and like carter to the teenager is currently in isolation as you may be away. for the last which i've recovered from. everybody for a week. and a picture recent the move to suspend football could cost the league millions but the decision is receiving support from those within the game what happens if $1.00 or 2 a player's contract this problem a

with no one in the stands there's a joke there but i won't go you will go down that line the english premier league talked about closed doors but it's going a step further the start of today we had 3 major european leagues still sort of bucking the trend still trying to play games this weekend in france they're going to play behind closed doors that's all suspended germany still persisting with the idea of playing behind closed doors this weekend but it looks like from next tuesday or games will be suspended the english premier league were pretty determined to carry on playing its hook one of the. top level managers mccotter arsenal to test positive for corona virus for the finally change their mind right here from the u.k. prime minister on thursday boris johnson talking about the fact that the advice he was getting was that sporting events wasn't a big way of passing the virus around and kick back on that was that a lot of people said well you don't just stuff appear by magical portal into your seats you have to go through you know busy transport apparently as it is crowded areas outside the stad

the whole spanish league now has been suspended even this very peculiar situation where the english premier league involving less the city is the only major league now in europe which is carrying on regardless just how long that situation can be maintained it is is it doesn't really seem sustainable we're getting unconfirmed reports that the formula one grand prix in australia in melbourne has now been postponed so that follows on from the news that the mclaren team pulled out of the race after one of their team members did test pos positive for corona virus. well the coronavirus is also having an impact on space exploration a joint russian european mission to mars has been postponed until 2022 the russian space agency said the final phase of exile mars activities have been compromised by the general situation in european countries the ross cosmos director general said it was a difficult but well wade decision to postpone the launch mission has been repeatedly and was most recently scheduled for the year 2 other stories we've been following in the u.s. judge has ordered former military analyst and

well across the world sporting events are being hits the english premier league team chelsea has gone into self isolation after a forward callen hudson odoi tested positive for cope with 99 emergency meeting is being held and we are hearing that the premier league matches english football league women's matches as well will be postponed in england until the 3rd of april at the earliest that's a latest on we're hearing on english football also the arsenal manager. tested positive for the virus and in spain league has been suspended because rail madrid is in quarantine as well in north america sports have been canceled or postponed as well that includes the n.h.l. the hockey league major league baseball n.b.a. basketball college basketball championships have also been called off and back in australia organizers of the 1st formula one race of the year have called off the ground perri the event was due to be held in melbourne this weekend with about 100000 spectators also a member of the mclaren team tested positive for the virus on thursday and is now being treated. still more to come no

the coronavirus is having a major impact on sport across the globe the english premier league has now suspended matches until at least the start of april 2 more formula one races of also been called off you're up to date for the headlines on al-jazeera up next it's counting the cost thanks for watching but by. what's behind the recent tensions between pakistan and india we've given them the opportunity to. but. it's not just politics it's the new book was enough sophie pakistani foreign minister shah mahmood qureshi talks to al-jazeera. hello i'm daryn jordan this is counting the cost of al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week. a battle for the heart of opec who will capitulate 1st putin all m.b.a.'s as a price war decimates the markets. will the most liberal democratic nations by beijing's ai facial recognition technology to control their citizens. and the lebanese lived a dream that was a delusion while lebanon was drowning in debt words of the prime minister.

their game against brighton on saturday has been postponed in the english premier league will hold ans future fixtures. the french football federation has matches until further notice. ajudge in the us has ordered the former intelligence analyst, chelsea manning, be released immediately from prison. she's been detained since last may, after she refused to appear at an inquiry into the wikileaks website. according to her lawyers she's recovering in hospital from an attempt to take her own life. we can speak now to naomi lachance, a journalist who's followed the chelsea manning story closely from portland, maine. can you bring us up—to—date? what does it mean that she has been released and is it a surprise? in november the un special rapporteur on torture said that her detention amounted to torture and i think that she was incarcerated for seven that she was incarcerated for seve n years that she was incarcerated for seven years under the 0bama administration and then she was let out and now she has been in prison again. i think it is a positive development that she has been released an

the whole spanish league now has been suspended evil is very peculiar situation where the english premier league involving less the city is the only major league now in europe which is carrying on regardless just how long that situation can be maintained is it doesn't really seem sustainable we're getting unconfirmed reports that the formula one grand prix in australia in melbourne has now been postponed it's still the middle of the night in australia in melbourne so we'll probably get official confirmation from f one organizers in the next few hours but that follows on from the news that the mclaren team of pulled out of the race after one of their team members did test pos positive for corona virus. to other news now the u.s. defense secretary mark says the president has given him the authority to retaliate after a rocket attack in iraq left 3 people dead 2 americans and a british soldier were killed after a barrel of rockets were fired at a military base north of baghdad on wednesday ahead of the u.s. central command has suggested it jack was carried out by an iranian backed militia group a s

in sport the english premier league is suspended and may not be finished 2 to coronavirus none of the 6 club officials have met in london all games are all some slight least the start of i will. follow the u.s. president has declared a national emergency over the coronavirus pandemic because the number of cases raises a cross the country donald trump described the next 8 weeks as critical to fighting the respiratory illness he said half a 1000000 coronavirus tests will be available as early as next week and urged every state to set up emergency centers to treat patients. to unleash the full power of the federal government that the separate today i am officially declaring a national emergency 2 very big words the action i am taking will open up access to up to $50000000000.00 of very importantly very important and a large about of money for states and territories or localities in our shared fight against this disease in furtherance of the order emerging every state to set up emergency operation centers effective immediately i'm also asking every rule in this country to activate its eme

be completed as they would have hoped and are scheduled the outlier at the moment is the english premier league you just heard from the u.k. prime minister boris johnson saying for now parking the idea of canceling sporting events so the english premier league will carry on regardless but that meeting on tuesday when the call together all the heads of the member sociate shin's it looks increasingly likely that domestic seasons are going to overrun the has a massive kick on effect for the european championships in the summer which are meant to be staged in 12 cities across 12 countries which is looking increasingly unlikely scenario and there's a lot of speculation now that that would be pushed back 12 months and those changes could in fact be hosted in 2021 and then what about the olympics. it seems as though they're living in some kind of parallel universe of the my with an everything's carrying on as though you know everything's pretty normal we've just had the the olympic flame being lit in greece thomas back to the president of the r.s.c. was there saying that search far as he's concerned a

the whole spanish league now has been suspended evil is very peculiar situation where the english premier league involving less the city is the. only major league now in europe which is carrying on regardless just how long the situation can be maintained it is is it doesn't really seem sustainable. could games be played behind closed doors in england we saw last night in the champions league one perry sign jamin were playing back games meant to be played behind closed doors and you still had thousands of fans turning up at the stadium to be outside and meet the team outside before and after the game sorry again not a feasible situation u.i. for meeting on tuesday we could even see the european championships this summer being delayed as well and i thank you very much indeed. the u.s. defense secretary marcus purses the president has given him the authority to retaliate after a rocket attack in iraq left 3 people dead 2 americans and a british soldier were killed after a barrier of rockets were fired at a military base north of baghdad on wednesday the head of the u.s. central command has suggeste

and it's game over for the english premier league for these the next 3 weeks because of the virus. hello the world health organization has warned that any country not moving to take tough measures against corona virus is making a deadly mistake it says europe is now the epicenter of the outbreak nations across the world are announcing drastic new measures to contain the virus spain has declared a state of emergency from saturday allowing the government to confine people and evacuated buildings security forces are being deployed to clear the streets right across iran in the next 24 hours and more global sporting events have been hit with the english premier league suspended until at least april and 2 more formula one race is called off well the markets in europe in the u.s. rose earlier after historic falls on thursday but the gains that faded and asian markets closed in negative territory well italy has reported another huge rise in its death toll from the virus jumping 250 in one day to a total of $1266.00 and another 2 and a half 1000 new cases were confirmed and a hayward begins

across the world sporting events are being hit to english premier league team chelsea have gone into self isolation that's after forward callum hudson tested positive for coverage 19 an emergency meeting is due in the coming hours to decide the future of premier league games this season earlier the arsenal manager had a tested positive for the virus in spain leaguer has been suspended after the real madrid team were placed in quarantine all north american sports to have been either canceled or postponed that includes the national hockey league major league baseball and the n.b.a. college basketball championships have also been called off the organizers of formula one have cancelled the australian grand prix over concerns to do with coronavirus the event was due to be held in melbourne this weekend with around 100000 spectators a member of the mclaren team tested positive on thursday and is now being treated still to come here on al-jazeera washington retaliates for china's expulsion of 3 u.s. journalists. and how the coronavirus pandemic is putting latin america's ailing economies to

well across the world sporting events are being hit and hit hard english premier league team chelsea have gone into self isolation that's after the forward calum hudson tested positive for coverage 19 an emergency meeting is due in the coming hours to decide the future of premier league games this season earlier the astral manager mikel arteta tested positive for the virus 2 in spain the leader has been suspended after the real madrid team were placed into quarantine all north american sports to have been cancelled all for sport and that includes the national hockey league major league baseball and the n.b.a. college basketball championships have also been called off the organizers of formula one have cancelled the australian born prix over concerns to do with the coronavirus the event was due to be held in melbourne this weekend with about 100000 spectators a member of the mclaren team tested positive on thursday and is now being treated it's not just formula one the one day cricket series between australia and new zealand will be played to empty stadiums australia's prime minister s

time to sports with simon thank you very much at the tail of the english premier league is set to be postponed until at least april the 4th the league is holding an emergency meeting right now with official confirmation expected shortly the meeting was prompted by news on thursday the arsenal manager mickael acted to have tested positive for corn a virus that forced the club to close its training facilities and put the entire team and self isolation well since then chelsea winger callum hudson has confirmed his tested positive for the virus at what would an everton are also checking at pay as it would call it a virus symptoms chelsea's squad are in isolation while hearts and posted this message on social media as you may be aware i had a virus 'd for the last couple of days which i've recovered from a fall in the health guidelines and selflessly myself from everybody for a week. in the picture recent taken. while the rapid spread of koran a virus left organizers of the all straining along no choice but to cancel the season opener in melbourne the race was set to take place with about

of the major sporting events around the world the biggest football league in the world the english premier league was shut down on friday if you have suspended matches until the 1st weekend of april and half offered no guarantees that the season will be finished while the league is the most watched football competition and the world with tens of thousands attending live games some football fans were unhappy with the decision particularly liverpool fans and with their team close to victory for the 1st time and yes. i've received a ticket holder i am absolutely great i am off to be back playing very expert postcode drop the place behind closed doors it's not as if you just played he caught up with you put up the real thing to me and suspended it about what's going to happen and i just thank his dark forces around because of liverpool right away. and it's not just to be 2 weeks it's going to be eligible which the. league is really running to june you can't play your dogs straight after the leagues you've got to develops a rest. for their own health as well so it's the 1st call and told the truth 3 t

and leicester move to within touching distance of second in the english premier league after thrashing along to the programme. it's been announced that all sport in italy has been suspended as quarantine measures to combat the coronavirus are extended to the whole country. in the final serie a game before the address from the italian prime minister, sassuolo beat brescia 3—0 in monday's game. sassuolo forward francesco caputo celebrated after scoring from close range just before half time in the match which was held behind closed doors. caputo then ran to the camera, and held up a piece of paper with the message — everything will be all right, stay at home. caputo then added a second just after the hour and thenjeremie boga completed the scoring after 75 minutes in the sixth serie a match to be played in an empty stadium. also cancelled is the tennis tournament at indian wells, sometimes known as the sport's fifth grand slam. it was a last—minute decision by the organisers, with some players saying they only found out on social media. it's the first major sporting event in the us to go

have 3 major leagues still in operation just about the french league the german lee and the english premier league and both the english and french league now suspended their games until the start of next month or east german football is continuing for now behind closed doors although they've said probably from next use are they going to have a meeting on monday probably for next tuesday they too will suspend their leagues i mean we heard from from the the u.k. prime minister johnson yesterday on thursday saying that the wasn't great medical evidence that a huge sporting crowd would be a major factor in spreading the virus there's a lot of kickback against that saying well you know you don't just appear in your seats you have to get their own busy public transport your interacting with people on the way to the ground and there's also the fact that they hadn't seemingly taken . taken out of the fact that it was possible the players and managers would start to get infected so last night we had a very strange situation where within an hour we had a statement saying everything's going ahead as normal t

closed doors do you think there must be financial pressures on the premier league you think it's realistic that the premier league english premier league will get going again well i guess it has to get going it's simple as you say . what we hope of course that the virus the other numbers a lot of branch of the virus passes such that we can resume semi normal lives again some time soon you can see the argument behind playing behind closed doors to get things done sooner less of a chance of people being fair to the well being thousands of people enclosed space legally that's that's lost revenues potentially maybe not for the family but what the family does in england influences what everybody else do the earshot of the english football isn't just what the premier league does liffey e.f.l. games will behind closed doors these clubs don't get the same kind of money from television that the premier league clubs get and so i was all i could be very financially difficult for a lot of small of the bonding only in other countries tiger there's a psychological aspect to that as well i guess how you know premier league players feed

he separately ruled out of saturday's for tomorrow because my english premier league game against bournemouthe visit of atletico madrid in the champions league next week. when he gives you confidence, losing cost you confidence, losing cost you confidence, kaput they normally start thinking about different things, but it's how you said, when defeat feels like to defeats, it's not a massive difference. it shows how you get back on track immediately, on the results track if you want commend you can do that not by hoping that things are now clicking even better than the game before, so we just have to work really hard. you have to fight back. he could have lost their opening match of this cup of that when the tournament last year of reaching a semi finals of the world cup, but the team that beat them then come the team that beat them then come the usa, have done it again on home soil winning to have his or her in orlando and showing the england have still a long way to go to match the world champions. katie was watching for us. they call orlando the beautiful city. and place for thrill seekers a

it's been a decade since manchester united beat rivals manchester city home and away, in the english premier leagueo be — in their 2—0 win in the manchester derby. there were jubilant scenes at the final whistle. anthony martial opened the scoring, becoming the first united player to score in both derbies, in a premier league season since cristiano ronaldo 13 years ago. scott mctominay made the game safe, deep into second—half stoppage time. the defeat for second—placed city means league leaders liverpool only need two more wins, to clinch the title. for united, they're back up to fifth, and chasing down a champions league spot. it was so hard playing out there. one of the best atmospheres i have been pleading/playing in. credit to the fans and i think we will look back at tonight but in three or four days we will look at the league table and though it is a big three points for us. it is always special for our fans and us. and it is unacceptable to play this way and lose 2—0 here. i think we started the game well and after we conceded a goal everything changed. we know how good and how fa st change

in the meantime, the english premier league is in doubt. players testedhe positive. we have more. season suspended for the national basketball season, the national hockey, and major league soccer, all a result of the spread of the coronavirus, the outbreak hitting home for the nba afterer two players from the utah jazz tested positive for covid-19. the ncaa has called off its annual march madness college basketball championships. the pgpga has cancnceled all evidence up until the masters, .iting concerns about thee viru, talking about a major global outbreak. in the end, sport means nothing. it means nothing in the lens of making the world safe again. reporter: the arsenal manager and a chelsea player have tested positive for the coronavirus. several players are in self-quarantine and the team' us match on saturday has been postponed. with the 2020 summer games set in tokyo, u.s. president donald trump's adjusted they should be like. president trump: maybe -- and this is just my thought -- maybe they postpone it for a year. japaner: but officials in pushed back, saying for now, gam

truck of course news is our peter thank you so much the english premier league have been holding an emergency meeting to discuss ways of trying to complete its season football league has decided to extend the current band to april the 30th clubs have been talking the a conference call the e.p.l. had initially suspended matches until april the 4th ideally they want to finish the season by the end of june our sports correspondent lee wellings joins me now and leigh what has come out of that meeting. well it can be no certainty that honestly anything of the moment of what has happened is that a principle has clearly been put in place that agreement across english look at this is a great between the premier league between the vocalization the ultimate in running the show go the english short only for smaller clubs then come together means that at the start of the apennines at the final focal expense time it was absolutely no choice an option out but then this possibility number of the. games in general here are 2020 moved realistically that's not america you're not going to get but we played it i

the whole spanish league now has been suspended evil is very peculiar situation where the english premier league involving less the city is the only major league now in europe which is carrying on regardless just how long that situation can be maintained is it doesn't really seem sustainable we're getting unconfirmed reports that the formula one grand prix in australia in melbourne has now been postponed if that follows on from the news that the mclaren team of pulled out of the race after one of their team members did test pos positive for corona virus. well the coronavirus is also having an impact on space exploration a joint russian european mission to mars has been postponed until 2022 the russian space agency said the final phase of exo mars activities have been compromised by the general situation in european countries the roasts cosmo's director general said it was a difficult but well wait a decision to postpone the launch on the mission has been repeatedly postponed and was most recently scheduled for this year he's got a check on other news now and at least 40 people have been killed i

focusing on it look so they've got 3 options at the moment carry on regardless which is what the english premier league is doing for the time being at least play games behind closed doors or suspend leagues altogether now playing games behind closed door what sort of impact does that have we if you look at the premier league for example their annual revenue from gate receipts t.v. income that sort of thing is around $5000000000.00 of that gate receipts is about $8900000000.00 so for a short period of time at the end of a season like this it is manageable. the issues we saw in the champions league this week perhaps were a percentage a man game that was meant to be played behind closed doors to discourage people from gathering in large numbers or you know p.s.g. fans still went to the stadium in huge numbers thousands of fans outside the stadium still gathering despite the fact they couldn't go in and that i think is one of the main reasons why we've seen in many countries spain and italy included the league being suspended so it looks almost inevitable now that these leagues will not be able to finish i

taking you want to tricks in a life with a league born son of a no wage and player in the english premier league stuff to his rise to the top. right down to. the coach his friends and his father someone my strength is that i can see how they can tell us how he became. a ling. if you are in no way you can say. let's start our journey to eling browed holland's norwegian roots in moldova roughly 500 kilometers northwest of oslo. the city's nicknames the town of roses but molder is also known for its football perch next to the sea the arcus stadium is home to reigning norwegian champion mulder f.k. . the club signed hallen when he was 16 years old. and mulder the line could teenager transformed into a muscular athlete. one and a half years after his arrival the still 17 year old hall and scored 4 goals in just 17 minutes at a 1st division match in belgrade. a star was born. one of the secrets of alan's rapid rise is the club's cook top your haugen nicknames tonto she used to cook for the norwegian biathlon team before mulder and manchester united legend all a going to social brought her to the club

investment analyst alex and such earlier he believes it wouldn't be a financial disaster for the english premier league if they responded to the outbreak by staging games behind closed doors the premier league side 1000000000 dollars a year 14 percent above $809000000.00 not that easy gave revenues and today with over the top broadcast. the internet. you're talking here 4050 percent of total revenues i know you go get the same excitement you do when you've got a fully loaded stadium but i think you can create that kind of it's some degree and i think plus we'll look at meijer and i'm surprised that it's still. all about. that game as i. look at the science of the spiders it is going to be impossible we've been in persia all your time so yes i think you can't beat it all up. probably can't make up $800.00 but they could make up at least that surely it is worth looking into all sports leagues in the united states shutting down the baseball season will start at least 2 weeks later for major league soccer the national hockey league and the n.b.a. have all been suspended the n.b.a. made its move following a

it's been a bad few days for english premier league leaders liverpool after suffering their 1st league defeat of the season on saturday they've now been dumped out of the f.a. cup so how moloch reports. chelsea would have cursed their luck with a do liverpool in the 5th round of the f.a. cup but they came up against the red side not looking at their best having had their 44 game unbeaten streak in the league snapped on saturday and it seemed from early on that the reds had recovered. not to start from the regulars didn't help matters stand and keep agree on farm billing williams shot allowing chelsea to take the lead. the blues had chances to increase their advantage. and they finally got this 2nd just past the hour mark thanks to ross bok. his goal proving to be the killer blow giving chelsea a shock to know when and sending the runaway league leaders out of the f.a. cup. we have always you know happy that we're out of the cup. there was a was a tough game was hard. to get but at times you brits with. a great game we played really well take the child sees. something as opposed to a ba

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completely suspended for a couple of weeks we're just hearing in the last hour that in the english premier league less the city 3 of their players not test positive but showing symptoms there in self isolation what is quite interesting are the premier league the most lucrative biggest money spinner in the footballing world in the moment they're carrying on regardless the concern they have is that if they put the game behind closed door closed doors as we try to see other leagues attempt to do we saw last night of the champions league perry sanjay man they're going behind closed doors. thousands of fans turned up at the stadium anyway so despite the fact there's no gatherings more than a 1000 people even though the game is played behind closed doors huge gathering of fans the right let's go long term and the i think we might actually have some pictures here of the olympic flame being lit today what actions are being led to it beginning its journey isn't it in greece this is the tradition for any olympic games they light it with the sun's rays it will then eventually begin the relay to japan or wil

more uncertainty for sports fans the english premier league is the latest coronavirus casualty all games are off until april at the earliest. the us president has declared a national emergency over the coronavirus pandemic and says likely he will soon likely be tested after possibly being exposed announcement for his a $50000000000.00 to address this growing crisis that he has actually downplayed hours earlier the world health organization said the epicenter had moved from china to europe or italy has the highest number of infections and it's spain a sickly are in an emergency as other e.u. countries close their borders and in 2 hours from now u.s. travel ban from most of europe will come into effect let's begin our coverage with alan fischer who is in washington d.c. so allan donald trump a spent weeks trying to say that this isn't that big of a deal he's used the term hoax he's tweeted a quick turnaround how effective might this be to really get things done. well with more than 40 deaths with more than 2000 cases they cleared donald trump really had to do something because this disease

and none of it's happening we're in an unprecedented times when if you look at the english premier league that we're focusing on a lot yesterday is that got suspended you've got a club like liverpool you know one of the most widely supported same's in the world on the brink of winning the premier league title for the 1st time in 30 years something that means so i watch their fans and everyone involved in the club it could have happened on monday of you know going to happen now we just heard it out a statement from from you can cop a written statement something going to say a lot of our the coming weeks i think is we don't see the normal press. conference is just saying you know to him football is the most important of the least important things in life and then he said obviously if it's a choice between football and the wider good of society then it's it's no concepts and i think that's reflected across the whole world of sport it's people like global and. lewis hamilton who are being hailed as heroes a model because to a certain extent sporting authorities of the world sporting bodies th