MARCH 12

Real Madrid go into quarantine, La Liga season suspended for two weeks

Dutch, United States and Czech leagues among those to also stop

Sampdoria forward Manolo Gabbiadini tests positive



ENGLAND: Premier League announces it will "convene an emergency club meeting tomorrow morning [Friday] regarding fixtures after Mikel Arteta tested positive for Covid-19."

USA: The National Women's Soccer League cancels all preseason activities leading up to opening match on April 18.

ENGLAND: Arsenal close training ground after head coach Mikel Arteta tests positive for Covid-19.

ENGLAND: Premier League issue statement confirming “all Premier League matches will go ahead as scheduled this weekend after latest Government update.”

BRAZIL: CONMEBOL confirm a temporary suspension of the 2020 Copa Libertadores, beginning with the matches currently scheduled for March 15.

ENGLAND: Manchester City announce the postponement of their Champions League match with Real Madrid after the Spanish club was put into quarantine after a member of their basketball team tested positive for Covid-19.

UNITED STATES: Concacaf confirm the suspension of the Concacaf Champions League with immediate effect.

UNITED STATES: United Soccer League announce decision to suspend the 2020 season for a minumum of 30 days.

CZECH REPUBLIC: Czech Republic confirm that all matches in the first and second divisions are officially postponed until further notice.

IRELAND: The Irish football association announce the postponement of all football matches in the country until March 29.

UNITED STATES: Major League Soccer has suspended match play for 30 days, effective immediately.

PORTUGAL: The Portuguese football federation confirm that all national football and futsal competitions are officially suspended indefinitely.

ITALY: Hellas Verona announce that following the news that recent opponent Manolo Gabbiadini has tested positive for Covid-19, "any scheduled competitive activity is suspended until further notice".

HOLLAND: Eredivisie announce that all matches in the first and second divisions are officially cancelled until March 31.

ITALY: Sampdoria confirm forward Manolo Gabbiadini has been diagnosed with coronavirus.

GERMANY: Hannover player Jannes Horn becomes second German player to test positive for the disease.



ENGLAND: Leicestery City manager Brendan Rodgers confirms that a number of his players have self-isolated, after coming down with symptoms consistent with Covid-19.



SWITZERLAND: UEFA confirms it will hold a video conference next week (March 17) with all major stakeholders, to discuss the ongoing football calendar. In a statement, the governing body noted, "Discussions will include all domestic and European competitions, including UEFA EURO 2020."

SPAIN: Authorities announce that La Liga games have been suspended for the next two weeks.



SPAIN: Real Madrid confirm a member of their basketball team has tested positive for Covid-19. As a result, the club - including its football team, which shares facilities with the basketball side - is put into quarantine.



BOSNIA: The Bosnian FA requests to UEFA that its Euro 2020 play-off game against Northern Ireland is postponed, as coronavirus causes areas of the country to be quarantined. "This means that most of our players would not be able to play a play-off game."



BRAZIL: Brazil’s first two qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup have been postponed. The five-time world champions were due to kick off their campaign at home to Bolivia on March 27 and then fly to face Peru four days later.

ROMANIA: All league matches are officially suspended until March 31.