uncertainty surrounding the olympics the men's world ice hockey championship has fallen victim to the outbreak the international ice hockey federation confirmed the tournament which was federal to begin may ice in switzerland has been cancelled it's not yet been decided whether it'll be moved to a later date or simply scrapped many global sporting events including football 02020 have now been postponed. 2 of german soccer's biggest stars leon gorecki and joshua kimmitt have buy in munich have joined forces and donated 1000000 euros to the fight against the coronavirus german internationals set up the week kick khurana campaign and posted about it on social media they hope fans and players will join them in donating the funds are intended to help pay for medical equipment and to support those affected by the virus. you're watching data over the news we'll have more news headlines at the top of the hour and a reminder we have extensive coverage of the corona crisis on our web site that state already dot com i'm rebecca rate is invalid and from am entire tame thanks very much for watching. it go beyond. the steamers that matter to. com

jon: the ice hockey world championship since witchel and scheduled for may have officially been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. this according to the international ice hockey federationympic flame arriving in japan amid doubts over when the tokyo games might start. today the usa track and field ceo got the call to postpone the games by sending a letter to the u.s. olympic chair. but officials maintain it is still too early to make a decision. as of now, the games are still scheduled to begin july 24. while you know toilet paper is a hot commodity right now, but this takes hoarding to a whole new level. police in north carolina spotted an 18 wheel tractor-trailer that had been reported stolen. they followed the driver to warehouse near greensboro where they discovered the trailer was being used to transport, get this, 18000 pounds of toilet paper. so far, no arrests have been made. officials say the investigation is still ongoing. let's hope the police can clean this one up. that's how fox reports, this saturday, march 21 i

. >>> the coronavirus has prompted the international ice hockey federation to cancel the man's worldockey championships. they were scheduled for may in switzerland. turning to the sum are olympic, u.s. track and field joined usa swimming in urging postponement of the games scheduled to begin in tokyo in july. mown while, kpix5 spoke with some bay area swimmers finding ways to try to stay in shape despite widespread closure of pools. >> reporter: swimming is a symphony of swinging limbs. those that do it better earn it. this is what you see now. through a rock in any direction, no pools are opened. swim season at all levels in the bay area postponed or canceled. it will come down to the touch. >> he looks like she got the edge and shes hat win. >> reporter: micky a harvard senior from mill valley was bound for her second olympic trials and that's on hold. >> how snug is that. >> snug in as a bug in a rug. >> reporter: the high school came up with open water training. if you. >> if you think u'doesn't work, there's results will come. and so we can do the work right here and the ocean g