Sport also stops for Coronavirus. From volleyball to football to hockey there are many matches postponed due to the emergency.
The Coronavirus alarm has led to the postponement of the Ascoli-Cremonese football game scheduled today at 3 pm at the Del Duca stadium in Ascoli Piceno and valid for the Serie B championship. The decision of the Gos (Operational safety group) was communicated a little while ago to the two teams that had already joined the Ascoli sports facility. In Cremona a positive case was reported, and in the Lombard city schools were closed and all cultural and sporting events canceled.
Volleyball, other B series matches postponed - As a consequence of further developments in the situation relating to the coronavirus, with particular reference to the Veneto region and the province of Padua, the Italian volleyball federation has also decided to suspend the men's B series championships, group C, and women's B2 series, groups D and E, of the day scheduled today and tomorrow and which will be made up to a later date. Yesterday matches for groups A and B in men's B series, groups A, B in series B1 for women and groups B and C for B2 had been postponed, including areas of Lombardy and Emilia Romagna. Fipav then invites "the Regional Committee and the territorial Committees of the Veneto region (especially of the Padua area), as well as the male and female Serie A Leagues to want to take similar measures, to safeguard common health".
Fisr suspends hockey competitions on A1 track in Lodi - The Italian Roller Sports Federation (FISR) has suspended and postponed the series A / 1, B and youth hockey rink games on 22 February where the Lodi formations are due . The matches are Amateurs Wasken Lodi-Forte dei Marmi (Lucca) of the A / 1 championship, Roller Lodi-Seregno and Hockey Vercelli-Amateurs Lodi of B, the youth matches in the U11, U13 and U15 categories categories in Lodi-Cremona. The federation explains the decision as the current health situation evolves and reserves the right to take other decisions. Following these communications from the Fisr, the A1 team of Forte dei Marmi is preparing to cancel the trip to Lodi.
Stop to basketball and football in Piacenza . The prefecture, with an order issued in the evening in relation to the Coronavirus emergency, ordered the stop of all the sports activities planned for the weekend. In particular, the Lega Pro game between Piacenza and Sambenedettese (scheduled for Sunday), the serir D game between Fiorenzuola and Lentigione and the basketball game between Bakery Piacenza and Jesi, valid for the Serie B championship (group C), have been suspended. The other amateur and non-competitive sporting events, where provided, were also suspended.
Football, 88 matches postponed in Lombardy - The number of amateur league matches postponed in Lombardy for the Coronavirus-related health emergency rises to 88. The regional committee of the Amateur League of Lombardy has in fact provided a first update compared to the initial 42 games of different championships, from excellence to female juniors to youth, postponed yesterday, with the number of games postponed so rising to 88 on 502 scheduled. The regional committee will provide further updates in the late afternoon.
Ghirelli: Serie C monitors the situation - "The situation is constantly monitored, we are in close contact with the authorities in charge". So the president of the Lega Pro, Francesco Ghirelli, on the phone with ANSA, takes stock after the cases of contagion of coronavirus in the Lodi area and the preventive measures arranged in the area, with the invitation of the administrations to stay at home. The Lega Pro follows the situation in particular in relation to the Serie C matches scheduled for the weekend in those areas.