hello, i'm maz farookhi with tuesday's sport briefing.cing meets of the calendar — the grand national at aintree in the north—west of england — is one of the latest sporting events to be cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic. over $180 million us is bet on the race annually, which attracts an audience worldwide of 500 million. on monday, the uk prime minister borisjohnson advised against mass gatherings in the country — effectively cancelling all remaining sporting fixtures. the olympic european boxing qualifying event in london has also been suspended, with the ioc boxing task force saying "safeguarding the wellbeing of the athletes, officials and all other participants is a top priority". the event at the copper box arena took place without spectators from sunday, with great britain's peter mcgrail one of the last to secure his spot at tokyo 2020 with a unanimous points decision win. he admitted afterwards, though, that it was hard in the current climate to focus on his sport. ijust i just knew ours ijust knew ours had to get th

hello, i'm maz farookhi, with wednesday's sport briefing.est major sporting events to be disrupted because of the coronavirus pandemic. it has been postponed by a year untiljune 2021. uefa confirmed the news on tuesday, saying it wanted to avoid placing any unnecessary pressure on national public services of its 12 host nations. it will give domestic european leagues a chance to be completed, but does now cause fixture congestion next year, with the women's and under—21s euros also due to be played in 2021. we think that postponing euro the only chance to get a chance for the national legs and for all the club competitions to finish their competition. and also that is not sure for now, but we should now think about the health, the fans and the players, and of course, we have to think about football as a whole, the whole ecosystem of football. it has also been confirmed that the 2020 copa america will also move to next year. that will enable south american players based in europe to finish their domestic league campaigns. the us pga champions

hello, i'm maz farookhi, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.he world, we will bring you the latest on global sporting events. the men's european championship is one of the latest major tournaments to be postponed. uefa says football needs to show responsibility. there will be no play on the men's us golf tour till mid—may at the earliest. that is after the postponement of the us pga championship. and one of the biggest names in the nfl seeks a fresh start. after 20 years and six super bowls, tom brady has confirmed he is leaving the new england patriots. hello, welcome along. the global sporting calendar continues to be dominated by disruptions because of the coronavirus pandemic, with europe's major football tournament, the men's european championship, the latest to be moved. it has been postponed by a year untiljune 2021. uefa confirmed the news on tuesday, saying it wanted to avoid placing any unnecessary pressure on national public services of its 12 host nations. but it does now cause fixture congestion next year,

but from me, maz farookhi, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye.t news for you from the bbc news room here in london. the brother of the suicide bomber who killed 22 people at a concert in manchester three years ago has been found guilty, in the biggest murder trial ever seen in england. now 22, he worked with his brother to make the explosives for the bomb. 0ur correspondent has been speaking to some of those whose lives were changed forever by the attack. due to an incident, it is necessary to evacuate the area. so many dead, injured and traumatised, 1000 victims overall. each one has a painful story. this is what philip was wearing. so it went through into his foot. june's son philip was killed in the blast. alljune has 110w killed in the blast. alljune has now our killed in the blast. alljune has 110w oui’ mementos and killed in the blast. alljune has now our mementos and memories. can you sum up for me what that night did for you? how did it change your life? it is like there are portions of you, and each portion is one of your children. and i

cheering and applause hello, i'm maz farookhi with the latest sports news.ey events at the postponed olympics may have to start all over again. the taskforce set up by tokyo 2020 organisers to plan for the delayed event met for the first time on thursday and hope to finalise a new schedule within a month. the international olympic committee is reportedly aiming for a july—august 2021 window for the rearranged games but say there are "many thousands of questions" to address before a new timeframe can be confirmed. eddiejones is one of the latest high—profile figures in sport to take a paycut because of the coronavirus outbreak. the england head coach hasjoined the rugby football union's highest—paid executives in accepting a reduction to help limit the financial impact of the pandemic. the cut is more than 25% — according to the rfu boss bill sweeney, jones agreed to the pay proposal immediately. all football in england below national league level in the men's game — and below the women's championship — has ended immediately because of coronavirus, with all r

our football reporter maz farookhi has more.an 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

hello, i'm maz farookhi with the sports news.calendar continues to be disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic with the england and wales cricket board confirming that the season won't start before may 28th. the county championship was due to start on april 12th, but the ecb says it's begun working on a revised, condensed schedule across both the men's and women's game forjune, july and august. 0ur cricket correspondent jonathan agnew says today's announcement means no professional cricket will be played in england untiljune. the board will reconvene in mid april to assess how things have moved on, but there will be no professional cricket before june moved on, but there will be no professional cricket beforejune at the earliest. finest are crucial and commitments to broadcasters need to be fulfilled, so the hope is that money spent in the tests with the west indies and pakistan can be shifted, but preserved the condensed season shifted, but preserved the condensed season that runs into september. the question is the launch of the 1

hello, i'm maz farookhi with the sports news.with the england and wales cricket board confirming that the season won't start before may 28th. the county championship was due to start on april 12th, but the ecb says it's begun working on a revised, condensed schedule across both the men's and women's game forjune, july and august. our cricket correspondent jonathan agnew says today's announcement means no professional cricket will be played in england untiljune. the board will reconvene in mid april to assess how things have moved on but they will be no professional cricket before june moved on but they will be no professional cricket beforejune at the earliest. finances are crucial and commitments to broadcasters needs to be fulfilled so the hope is that money spinners, such as the tests against west indies and pakistan and also the t20 blast can be shifted but preserved in a condensed season that runs into september. the big question is, the launch of the hundred, the new hundred bowl competition that is promised more of an ente

hello, i'm maz farookhi with the latest sports news.some key events at the postponed 0lympics may have to start all over again. the task force set up by tokyo 2020 organisers to plan for the delayed event met for the first time on thursday and hope to finalise a new schedule within a month. the international olympic committee is reportedly aiming for a july—august 2021 window for the rearranged games, but say there are "many thousands of questions" to address before a new timeframe can be confirmed. translation: we are not going to go com pletely translation: we are not going to go completely back to a year ago but i guess we need to step back a little bit. already there are some plans. we can still use but for some plans we had to go back to the drawing board and we can. well, the postponement of the tokyo 0lympics has come as a disappointment to many, but most athletes are trying to find a way to stay fit and train for the games, now most likely next summer. here's 0lympic champion max whitlock. this year will be a year without compet

hello, i'm maz farookhi with the sports headlines.20 organisers to plan for the delayed event met for the first time on thursday with the aim of finalising a new schedule within a month. the international olympic committee is reportedly considering a july—august 2021 window for the rearranged games but say there are "many thousands of questions" to address before a new timeframe can be confirmed. eddiejones is eddie jones is one eddiejones is one of the latest high—profile figures in sport to ta ke high—profile figures in sport to take a pay cut because of the coronavirus outbreak. the england head coach hasjoined the rugby football union's highest—paid executives in accepting a reduction to help limit the financial impact. the cut is more than 25%. according to the rfu boss bill sweeney, jones agreed to the pay proposal immediately. all results this season have been declared null and void in the national league. there will be no promotion or relegation. in a videoconference call on tuesday, the national league board urged to end the