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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.

Brooklyn Nets center DeAndre Jordan told a WFAN radio host that he believes all team members will be tested for coronavirus, or COVID-19, yesterday.

Tenacious spells from Kemar Roach and Jason Holder routed Guyana Jaguars for 55 yesterday at Providence while Kraigg Brathwaite carried his bat through the second innings as the Barbados Pride set the Jaguars a target of 330 heading into day three.

Twenty20-year-old all-rounder, Kevin Sinclair, is optimistic about learning a lot from his stint with the Guyana Amazon Warriors in the Caribbean Premier League later this year.

A 10-wicket match haul from Guyanese pacer, Demetri Cameron, spurred Cosmos Sports Club to a 31-run win over Sancho St.

TAROUBA, Trinidad, CMC – Anderson Phillip’s telling all-round effort and Jyd Goolie’s maiden first class hundred deflated Windward Islands Volcanoes and put Trinidad and Tobago Red Force on course for their second straight win of the Regional Four-Day Championship here yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Officials here have estimated losses from the decision to scrap this year’s Secondary Schools Athletics Championship due to the outbreak of the coronavirus at nearly $40 million (US$296 186).

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert, who apologized for acting carelessly before being diagnosed with coronavirus on Wednesday, will not be fined or suspended by the NBA, according to a report yesterday by Yahoo Sports.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua,  CMC – Enigmatic Jermaine Blackwood was on the verge of a maiden career double hundred following a majestic career-best unbeaten century as Jamaica Scorpions set aside several recent worrying batting failures, to dominate Leeward Islands Hurricanes on the second day here yesterday.

LONDON/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Golf’s jewel in the crown The Masters and English soccer’s Premier League joined the lengthening list of elite sporting events to fall foul of the coronavirus pandemic yesterday.

CAPE TOWN – Defending champions Australia came from behind to beat West Indies by three wickets in a tense match at the Bishops Diocesan Ground in Rondebosch.

The focus for CARIFTA Games 2021 will now shift to host, Guyana, since this year’s event which was scheduled to be held in Bermuda has been cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak.