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Juventus have confirmed that defender Daniele Rugani has tested positive for coronavirus.

The Italian giants said in a statement that the 25-year-old Italy international, who played in matches against Brescia and SPAL in February and was on the bench for Sunday's home game against Inter Milan, had not shown any symptoms of the virus.

Rugani has now been quarantined in a bid to reduce the risk of the footballer spreading the virus to teammates at Juve.

The Turin side are one of Europe's biggest clubs with a squad that includes five-times world player of the year Cristiano Ronaldo, who is currently in his native Madeira.

Juventus had held a training session earlier on Wednesday.

However, the club said Ronaldo did not take part as he had travelled to Madeira and would remain there "awaiting developments related to the current health emergency".

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Juve are due to take on Lyon in a Champions League quarter-final second leg next week but that match is now in doubt as the Turin squad will have to go into quarantine.

The Italian government has banned all sporting events, including Serie A, until at least April 3, in a bid to contain Europe's worst outbreak. The most recent games were played on Sunday.

On Wednesday the death toll in Europe's worst-affected country jumped by 196 in 24 hours to 827. Confirmed cases across Italy rose to 12,462 from a previous 10,149.

Olympiakos v Wolves is one of many European ties that will take place without spectators: other include Manchester United's Europa League game at Austrian side LASK on Thursday, Chelsea's Champions League clash at Bayern Munich next Wednesday and Rangers' Europa League tie at Bayer Leverkusen next Thursday.

However, the ties between Sevilla and Roma and Inter Milan and Getafe have been postponed as a result of travel restrictions imposed by the Spanish authorities.

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England's friendly against Italy at Wembley on March 27 is set to go ahead, but Italy's visit to Germany, where 23-year-old Hannover's Hubers has tested positive for the virus, will not be open to spectators, and nor will France's friendlies against Ukraine and Finland.

At least the next two rounds of La Liga matches will be played behind closed doors, as will games across the French leagues until April 15 and the 25th round of fixtures in Portugal's top-two leagues, while the French League Cup final has been postponed.

Italy's Serie A was one of the first leagues to be suspended following the outbreak, and the Italian federation had admitted the season may not be completed.

However, UEFA has confirmed it has received no requests from national associations to postpone the Euro 2020 finals, which start in Rome on June 12 and are to be played across Europe.

Elsewhere, three members of Formula One's travelling staff members are in self-isolation after being tested for coronavirus ahead of the Australian Grand Prix.

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Both British team McLaren and American team Haas confirmed that staff have been placed in quarantine after displaying symptoms.

MotoGP bosses have rescheduled April's Argentina Grand Prix for November.

England's cricketers have been instructed not to sign autographs or pose for selfies with fans during their Test tour of Sri Lanka in a bid to insulate the squad from the virus, while Surrey have cancelled a pre-season training camp in Dubai.

The International Tennis Federation has postponed the Fed Cup finals, which were due to be held in Budapest next month, while golf's European Tour schedule has been further disrupted by the postponement of next week's Hero Indian Open and August's Czech Masters.