Tokyo Olympics in doubt
Formula One's Australian Grand Prix and The Players Championship, one of golf's most prestigious events, were among other events scrapped as the virus laid waste to the sporting calendar, with the future of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which is set to start on July 24, looking increasingly in doubt.
Tokyo Olympics organisers, Japan's government and the International Olympic Committee have been adamant the Games will go ahead as planned despite the global panic.
But US President Donald Trump became the first foreign leader to break ranks and raise the prospect of delaying the Olympics until 2021.
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