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Coronavirus, last minute
Measures to curb the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus worldwide continue to affect professional sports. This Tuesday, after several days of suspension of competitions and closing of events, it was decreed that all Spanish sport be played behind closed doors for the next two weeks: from League matches to any non-professional tournament.
21:00 Getafe-Inter: “Every day is more complicated”
Angel Torres, president of Getafe, assured this Tuesday that every day “the match against Inter in Milan is more difficult to play” and declared that we must wait to see what the “specialists” say to see if the match corresponding to the first leg of the round of 16 of the Europa League.
The top blue-eyed president attended the media at the gates of the Coliseum Alfonso Prez. There, he analyzed the state of the duel before Inter after the government decree that, among other things, cancels trips to Italy from this Wednesday.
Questioned if the game is going to be played, he made it clear that he is not “medical” and affirmed that until “something definitive” is seen, there will be nothing clear. Every day is more complicated, let's see what the specialists advise us. “
20:46. Mbapp is tested for the coronavirus
According to L'Equipe, after several days of sick leave for symptoms similar to those of the coronavirus, the PSG forward has undergone a test to see if he suffers from the disease.
19:35. LaLiga defends itself
The highest Spanish competition has issued a statement defending the suspension requests and stating “that from the beginning of this situation, it has always followed the guidelines established by the health authorities and the CSD. The Ministry of Health and the CSD have considered preventive measure sufficient to hold the competition behind closed doors and LaLiga, how could it be otherwise, acts accordingly “.
19.30: Madrid suspends all federated football
The Madrid Soccer Federation has announced today the suspension of all federated soccer competitions in all its categories for 15 days. Third Division and National Youth League, behind closed doors.
18.45: The summary of the coronavirus crisis
How, when and what is disputed? This is the situation of world sport. All the information, here
18:35 The players, against the closed door
Soccer players like Denis Surez or Mario Surez have taken advantage of their Twitter profiles to criticize the measure, asking that the matches be suspended. “Soccer without the fans does not make sense.”
18:30. Bara and Celta will return the money from the tickets
Several LaLiga clubs have announced the return of ticket money to fans who have purchased tickets for matches to be played behind closed doors.
17:45. American sport, armored
North American basketball, baseball, football, and ice hockey leagues have announced restrictions on their wards for fear of the spread of the coronavirus. In addition, the Ivy League, one of the conferences that gives access to the famous 'March Madness' of college basketball, has canceled its Playoffs. More information here.
17.20. ACB: 4 days and a Madrid-Bara, without public
The Endesa basketball league matches of the next two weeks will be played behind closed doors to slow the advance of the coronavirus, according to the ACB, a decision that will affect four days and Real Madrid-Bara scheduled for next Sunday 22.
The measure will affect day 24, which will be played on March 14 and 15, day 25, scheduled for March 21 and 22, at Montakit Fuenlabrada-Herbalife Gran Canaria suspended from day 20 (which will resume on 18 March) and UCAM Murcia-Iberostar Tenerife on Matchday 21, postponed by the Intercontinental Cup and to be played on Thursday 19.
17.00. Controversy: the AFE asks for the total suspension
The association has requested the CSD, RFEF and LaLiga “the suspension of ALL the parties of ALL the divisions and of ALL the categories of both sexes”. “Given the situation, we have made this request thinking exclusively of the health of the footballers
15.30. MotoGP Austin GP canceled
Dorna's CEO, Carmelo Ezpeleta, confirmed this Tuesday that the Grand Prix of the Americas, which should mean the start of the MotoGP World Championship on April 5, will also not be held on the expected date. The state of Texas last week banned events with more than 2,500 fans, and the suspension of the race in Austin has since been taken for granted. The first race of the championship will be held, in theory, in Argentina on April 19, although it remains to be seen how the coronavirus evolves in the South American country.
Dorna sources entrust that the containment measures in Europe allow the World Cup to start in May in Jerez and, from there, play with the calendar to complete the maximum possible tests. There are several measures planned: running on any of the circuits in Portugal at an unexpected date or playing two races on the same weekend … but they all depend on the evolution of the coronavirus crisis.
12.12. All Spanish sport, without public.
In a statement that the Ministry of Culture and Sports has sent to all Spanish federations through the Higher Sports Council (CSD), it is reported that, in view of the evolution of the situation generated by the transmission of the coronavirus, the Government It will establish that all competitions and sporting events, professional and non-professional, at the national and international level must be held behind closed doors. The Spanish Rugby Federation was the first to report the measure and the effects on their sport: the Spain-Portugal that will be played this Sunday at the Central of the Complutense University of Madrid will not be able to count on the public.
Federations are already working on the possibility of having to restrict public access to their competitions until mid or late April.
11.50. Two days of League behind closed doors
Days 28 and 29 of the Santander First Division League and Days 32 and 33 of the Second Division SmartBank League will be played behind closed doors and without the public as a measure to prevent the expansion of the coronavirus. The Government will announce it officially after the meeting of the Council of Ministers on Tuesday, but the League (LFP) has already made this decision after analyzing the reports of the regional health councilors.
Real Madrid-Eibar and Racing-Lugo from 13-M will already be played without an audience, as well as the Andalusian derby between Sevilla and Real Betis from Snchez Pizjun.
The clubs have not yet received official notification from the League. They are also unaware of the protocol to be followed and whether only the minimum teams that guarantee retransmission will be allowed to enter.
11.25. Inter-Getafe, still standing
The first leg of the round of 16 of the Europa League between Inter Milan and Getafe can be played, for the time being, this Thursday behind closed doors at the San Siro Milans stadium, despite the latest decree of the Italian Government that blocks sporting events of the country due to the emergence of the coronavirus.
According to the Milanese club this Tuesday, EFE has not yet received “different orders.”
However, Italy is experiencing moments of maximum alertness and uncertainty and both Inter and Roma, who must host Sevilla next week in the Europa League, are awaiting news and eventual decision changes.
10.52. The Camp Nou, closed
The Barcelona-Naples match, of the knockout stages of the Champions League that will be played on March 18 at the Camp Nou, will be played behind closed doors as a result of the spread of the coronavirus, according to what has been confirmed after a meeting held this Tuesday between representatives of the Generalitat and FC Barcelona.
“The recommendation is that the game be played behind closed doors by sanitary criteria and Barcelona has assumed it,” said the General Secretary of Sports of the Generalitat, Gerard Figueras.
The measure was confirmed by Figueras and the Secretary of Public Health of Catalonia, Joan Guix, at the end of the extraordinary meeting, in which representatives of FC Barcelona, the General Secretariat for Sport and the Health and Interior departments of the Generalitat participated.
In this way, the second leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League between Barcelona and Naples (1-1 in the first leg), scheduled for next Wednesday, March 18, will be played without public in the gradero, a fact that has not happened in the Barcelona stadium since October 1, 2017, when the club decided not to open the doors that Sunday for the Bara-Las Palmas match in which a referendum for the self-determination of Catalonia was being held, prohibited by the Justice.
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