WHO (WHO) today (On the 12th) determined that the new coronavirus has become a pandemic, with at least 103 countries around the world falling, with 116,200 infected and 4,080 dead. The warming of the epidemic has disrupted many sports events around the world. The US professional basketball team NBA also announced a temporary suspension of the season today. According to Yahoo Sports News statistics, the current cancellation or postponement of sports activities include: NBA regular season, Indian Spring Network, the opening matches of the Japanese professional baseball and the Korean professional baseball team, the motorcycle Grand Prix, the New York Half Marathon, etc.
sporting events held behind closed doors include: NCAA Championship, UEFA Champions League, French Football League , Spanish Football League, some NHL events, Seattle Mariners' Opening Games, etc. The US Professional Golf Tour Championship is currently under the original schedule and there is no plan to postpone the competition.
● Gobert Infectious NBA suspends the remaining events of the season
After the Utah Jazz star center Gobert, who defended the best defensive player of the year, tested positive for the virus, the team's away game to the Oklahoma City Thunder today was cancelled. The NBA decided to suspend all remaining games of the season after the end of today's schedule.
Earlier, Golden State Warriors announced that since the home location of San Francisco is a severely affected area of the epidemic, after relevant units announced the suspension of large gatherings of more than 1,000 people, the Warriors' match against the Brooklyn Nets will be held behind closed doors. As the new coronavirus is becoming increasingly serious, the NBA has decided to strengthen the control of lounges. Non-players or teams or venue-related personnel are strictly prohibited from entering the lounge.
●NCAA Basketball Tournament "March Crazy" Unprecedented fans will not be allowed to enter the court
NCAA Chairman Emert issued a statement that he will attract millions of spectators to enter the court in the past and will always scramble to catch the first-level NCAA men's and women's basketball games, which will be crazy in March, and fans will enter the court for the first time. Only necessary personnel and a few families can enter the court.
●MLB is temporarily unstoppable for the game and is held in
Home position, Seattle , the Mariners, will be in the hardest hit area of the epidemic, and will be postponed from the 26th to the 29th against the Texas Rangers, and all home games in March. After local authorities announced a ban on large gatherings, Major League Baseball MLB considered allowing teams to play behind closed doors. The new season has not started yet, and MLB's spring training warm-up matches and regular matches will be held as planned for the time being.
●Tennis Professional International Championships are also affected by
The Federal Cup, which is related to Olympic qualification, was originally scheduled to be held in Budapest, Hungary from April 14 to 19, and the lifting and lowering matches held in several venues around the world next month were also suspended due to the outbreak of the epidemic. Earlier, one of the biggest events outside the 4 Grand Slams, the Indian Springs Online Game, decided to cancel it after the organizer discussed with the World Professional Tennis Association (ATP) and the World Women's Professional Tennis Association (WTA).
●Ice events cannot escape the disaster World Championships Cancel
Canada As of today, a total of 102 confirmed cases have been cancelled, and the Women's Ice Hockey World Championships, originally scheduled to be held in Halifax, Novasco, Province, was also suspended.
Although all competitions are being wary, US media reports pointed out that after Gobert was interviewed by reporters at the media center on the 9th, he turned around and deliberately touched all the microphones, recorders and mobile phones on the table with both hands, and joked about everyone's fear of the epidemic. USA Today criticized that Gobert should keep in mind what is happening in countries around the world and prevent the spread of the disease, rather than making such jokes to make his own point of view, which puts others at risk of getting sick.
. The NBA has long established a ban to control personnel entering and leaving the lounge. It is recommended that players interact with fans by punching instead of high-fives, and do not take balls, pens, jerseys and other items from them when signing autographs for fans. But Gobert doesn't seem to care about these NBA suggestions, and even makes inappropriate jokes, which may cause trouble for him.Here I would like to remind everyone to protect themselves and not to joke about their lives.
