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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Cricket West Indies says it will continue to liaise with its counterparts, the England and Wales Cricket Board, over the upcoming Test tour as the coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt the United Kingdom’s sporting calendar.

(BBC) Sri Lanka has closed its border to travellers from the UK, affecting England fans who were still planning to visit the country despite the postponement of the two-Test series.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Seamer Derval Green notched his first five-wicket haul of the Regional Four-Day Championship as Jamaica Scorpions crushed Leeward Islands Hurricanes by an innings and 118 runs.

LONDON, CMC – Jamaican midfielder Omar Holness netted his sixth goal of the season for Darlington but the strike went unrewarded as the home side tumbled to a 4-2 defeat to English play-off rivals Farley Celtic in the National League North on Saturday.

NFL players approved the proposed collective bargaining agreement, which will give the league labor peace through the 2030 season.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A European qualifying event for this year’s Tokyo Olympic boxing tournament will be closed to spectators from today due to the coronavirus outbreak, organisers said.

Guyana Jaguars were rolled over for 94 before lunch in pursuit of 330 for victory against Barbados Pride yesterday at the Providence National Stadium on the third day of the West Indies Championships.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has acted upon the decision by Cricket West Indies (CWI) and  has  suspend its activities on the heels of the Coronavirus pandemic.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Jamaica Scorpions were closing in on a comprehensive victory over Leeward Islands Hurricanes, following Jermaine Blackwood’s monumental 248 on the penultimate day of their eighth round match in the Regional Four-Day Championship.

HALIFAX/DARTFORD, England, (Reuters) – England’s Premier League and 72-team Football League closed down yesterday due to concerns over the coronavirus but clubs in the fifth tier and below defiantly took to the field — to the delight of football addicts across the country.

LONDON, (Reuters) – West Ham United vice-chairman Karen Brady says hopes of re-starting the Premier League in three weeks are “dreamland” and believes this season could be declared null and void.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India suspended domestic soccer until the end of this month while domestic cricket was put on hold indefinitely due to the coronavirus yesterday.

With the threat of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) looming on local shores, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF, the nation’s governing body of association football, has suspended all matches and tournaments during the March-April period.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Cricket West Indies on Saturday announced it would suspend the last two rounds of the marquee first class championship, along with an entire suite of youth tournaments for the next 30 days, as it braces for the full impact of the deadly coronavirus across the region.

TAROUBA, Trinidad,  CMC – Speedster Anderson Phillip notched his maiden 10-wicket match haul as Trinidad and Tobago Red Force crushed Windward Islands Volcanoes by an innings and 84 runs inside three days here yesterday to post their second straight win of the Regional Four-Day Championship.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia and New Zealand’s limited overs tours have been postponed in the wake of new travel restrictions announced by the New Zealand government yesterday aimed at containing the spread of the coronavirus.

(Reuters) – Frenchman Rudy Gobert, the first NBA player known to have tested positive for the coronavirus, is donating more than $500,000 to support both the employee relief fund at the Utah Jazz’s home arena and COVID-19-related social services relief in Utah, Oklahoma City and the French health care system, the NBA team said yesterday.

NBA All-Star Donovan Mitchell says he is feeling fine, playing lots of video games and looking forward to getting back on the court.

(Reuters) – An Argentine Superliga Cup match was cancelled yesterday when River Plate refused to let Atletico Tucuman officials into their stadium because of fears over the spread of the corona virus.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia’s National Rugby League will continue into the second round of the season next week in closed stadiums because of the coronavirus pandemic, Rugby League Commission chief Peter V’landys said yesterday.