UEFAsuspends Champions League and Europa League because of Coronavirus
The draws for the next rounds, set for 20 March, have also been postponed.
In the Champions League, Manchester City v Real Madrid, Juventus v Lyon, Barcelona v Napoli and Bayern Munich v Chelsea are all postponed.
Manchester United, Wolves and Rangers' matches in the Europa League are off.
All Uefa Youth League quarter-final matches scheduled for 17 and 18 March are also off.
Uefa said further decisions on the scheduling of the postponed fixtures "will be communicated in due course".
The decision comes on a day of widespread sporting postponements worldwide.
European football's governing body has invited representatives from all 55 of its member associations to a meeting on Tuesday in order to discuss a response to the coronavirus outbreak.
The scheduling of Euro 2020 will be discussed at the gathering as well.
All elite English football suspended until atleast April
All games in England's Premier League, EFL, Women's Super League and Women's Championship, plus in Scotland,Wales and Northern Ireland, are postponed.
The Premier League said play will start on 4 April subject to "conditions at the time".
But BBC sports editor Dan Roan says resuming on the date is privately deemed "almost impossible".
FA chairman Greg Clarke is known to have expressed his fear at Friday's emergency meeting that the season may have to be abandoned.
England's international friendly matches against Italy on 27 March and Denmark four days later are off.
The EFL, which hopes to resume play a day earlier than the Premier League on 3 April, said clubs were also advised to suspend "non-essential activities" such as "player appearances, training ground visits and fan meetings".
The Euro 2020 play-offs have also moved closer to being postponed after Fifa recommended that all impending internationals should be called off.
The suspension comes on a day of widespread sporting postponements worldwide.
Semenya targets Olympic 200m
The 29-year-old cannot compete in events between 400m and a mile without taking testosterone-reducing drugs after a World Athletics rule change.
South African Semenya ran 200m in 23.49 seconds - 0.69secs outside the Olympic qualifying time - at an event in Pretoria on Friday.
"I call myself supernatural," she said.The three-time world 800m champion, who spoke of her decision to switch to the 200m in an Instagram post on Friday, must bring her time down to 22.80secs before 29 June to qualify for the South African Olympic team.
"We are chopping the times and I call myself supernatural. I can do anything I want," she added.
"I always challenge myself. This was not an easy decision to make
"I am used to running two laps and then you come and run half a lap. You have to adjust, which is not easy, but anything is possible."Semenya, who won Olympic gold in the 800m in 2012 and 2016, missed the chance to defend her world 800m title in Doha last year, having failed in her bid to prevent the governing body's rule change.
GOtv Boxing Night: Esepo vows to demolish Ghana’s Dodzi
The bout, which will take place at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium, Lagos, is one of the three international fights scheduled for the six-bout event.
Agbaje, who is famous for his all-action style, said in an interview on Friday that he is in top shape and is ready to see off his opponent within three rounds.
“This is my first international fight here in Nigeria and I am very excited and more than ready to confront Dodzi. I have been training for the past few weeks and I am in top shape. I don’t see him going beyond round three,” Agbaje boasted.He also thanked GOtv Boxing Night for giving him the platform to showcase his skills to the entire nation and the African continent.
from Bola Esho's Blog
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