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Your support makes all the difference.Manchester City were set to host Arsenal in the Premier League on Wednesday night, but the fixture has become the latest sporting event to be affected by the coronavirus outbreak.
A number of Arsenal players are in self-isolation after they met Evangelos Marinakis, the Olympiakos owner, who has contracted Covid-19. Marinakis visited the Emirates when Arsenal hosted Olympiakos in the Europa League on 27 February – 13 days ago – and came into close contact with club personnel.
Arsenal said that, according to medical advice, the risk of those who met Marinakis contracting coronavirus was “extremely low”, but the postponement and self-isolation are a “precautionary measure.” Follow the latest updates below:
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The Coupe de la Ligue final between PSG and Lyon, scheduled for 4 April, is reportedly set to be postponed until May after both clubs confirmed they did not want to play behind closed doors.
It looks like Frankfurt vs Basel in the Europa League tomorrow night has survived the postponements... but will be played without fans in the stadium.
Coronavirus has officially been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization.
In tennis news, the Fed Cup finals in Hungary have officially been postponed.
"New dates for the Finals and for the Play-offs will be announced in due course and will primarily be guided by the length of time that tennis as a whole is affected by COVID-19," a statement read.
Rangers have confirmed the second leg of their Europa League last-16 tie against Bayer Leverkusen will be played in an empty stadium.
A club statement read: "Rangers has now received official confirmation from both Uefa and Bayer Leverkusen that the return leg of our Europa League round-of-16 tie will be played behind closed doors in Leverkusen's BayArena next Thursday, March 19."
MotoGP have postponed the Argentina Grand Prix until November due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The Gran Premio Motul de la Republica Argentina was scheduled to take place 17-19 April.
Tonight's Champions League fixture between Liverpool and Atletico Madrid at Anfield is going ahead as planned, with fans allowed in the stadium.
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