The assistant coach of the United States' national basketball team, Steve Kerr, has said preparations

Steve Kerr, left, is the assistant to United States head coach Gregg Popovich, centre ©Getty ImagesHe

havoc on the qualification process for the Olympics and Paralympics.Coronavirus has now hit all 50 states

Austrian skeleton athlete Janine Flock has started working to help the food trade in Rietz, as part of efforts to support the public amid the coronavirus pandemic.

to Rietz to support with the aid efforts.She had initially been due to travel to Lake Placid in the United

States, where she would have tested the track ahead of the 2021 World Championships."

UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) and the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) have both revealed they are reducing

country and record any concerns on the doping control form.Coronavirus cases are rising in both the United

Kingdom and United States, with 1,950 people infected and 71 deaths in the former.

Who would have thought that an incurable disease passed on by a bat to an exotic creature sold as an allegedly edible delicacy in a provincial Chinese market last November would, four months later, have brought not only the world of sport to a standstill, but virtually the world itself?

British Prime Minister has described as the worst crisis since World War II.Both mainland Europe and the United

States are in lockdown, their borders closed.

Baroness Karren Brady, vice-chairman of West Ham United, is one who believes it should be declared null

Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi earned victory on the opening day of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Candidates Tournament in Yekaterinburg.

Grand Swiss Tournament champion, overcame his compatriot Ding Liren.France's Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and United

States’ Fabiano Caruana drew their opening match of the event.Caruana won the Candidates Tournament

Kozo Tashima, vice-president of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) and Present of the Japan Football Association (JFA), has coronavirus.

’s instructions".Tashima, who is 62, had recently been in Northern Ireland, The Netherlands and the United

States, attending meetings related to Japan's bid to host the 2023 Women's World Cup and watching the

The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race has been postponed with immediate effect due to the ongoing global outbreak of coronavirus.

American city currently in a state of emergency and travel and medical insurance restrictions in the United

States, teams could not be allowed to depart without a viable destination."

FIFA has released a video featuring high-profile managers to support the World Health Organization's (WHO) awareness campaign on the spread of the coronavirus.

elbows bent, please cover your nose and mouth if you sneeze or cough," said Casey Stoney, the Manchester United

unwell, stay home," said Jill Ellis, the coach of the 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup-winning United

States teams."

Britain has publicly revealed the 22 players who would have represented the country at the World Championship Division II Group A tournament in Jaca in Spain, despite the event being cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

events cancelled or postponed by the IIHF, which also included the Under-18 World Championship in the United

States, in light of the outbreak.The IIHF has said the men's World Championship in Switzerland, due

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has said it is delighted to see that construction work on venues for the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou has resumed.

surpassed those inside for the first time today.The centre of the pandemic has shifted to Europe and the United

States and forced more countries to limit travel and gatherings to contain the spread.

The Russian Ministry of Sport has cancelled all international events scheduled to take place in the country until further notice because of the coronavirus pandemic.

virus, and that 86 of Russia's 93 confirmed cases has been imported.Anybody entering Russia from the United

States or elsewhere in Europe is expected to self-isolate for 14 days.Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has

One of the great appeals, and comforts, of sport is its certainty. Somebody wins. Somebody loses.

 Stoke City, for whom victory in their delayed final match against Sheffield United would have meant

delaying the Games was "not even mentioned" during a telephone call he had with Donald Trump after the United

States President suggested postponing them because of the virus.You wonder what else they talked about.It

Senior Australian athletics coach Nic Bideau believes this year's Olympic Games in Tokyo will be postponed because thousands of leading athletes have not been able to suitably prepare for the event due to the coronavirus pandemic.

unlikely to be able to choose teams under the normal qualifying system.National Championships in the United

States and European countries are among those in doubt due to crowd restrictions, while Athletics Australia

France's Perrine Laffont and Canada's Mikaël Kingsbury won both the moguls titles as well as the overall International Ski Federation (FIS) Freestyle Ski World Cup after the moguls finals in Idre Fjäll in Sweden was cancelled due to coronavirus. 

Kingsbury finished ahead of compatriot Noah Bowman, a halfpipe specialist, with another halfpipe skier, the United

States' Aaron Blunck finishing third.

Online voting is now open for the 2020 Nordic Combined Awards.

and be added to the votes cast by 10 international journalists from Germany, Austria, Norway, France, United

States, Japan, Sweden, Spain and Italy.The awards ceremony may not be held due to coronavirus ©Getty