The Sport Thread

Well this is a first, like many this last week, The Government News Conference is being carried on Sky Sports NEWS.

Considering SSN has become Coronavirus Sports News in the last week, I'm not surprised.

I'm sure it'll be of little surprise to anyone to hear that the Champions Cup quarter finals (3/4/5 April) have been postponed:

EPCR quarter-final matches postponed.

Full statement 🔽https://t.co/db0MxobIGh

— Heineken Champions Cup (@ChampionsCup) March 16, 2020

the National League have also finally seen sense and suspended their competition:

National League Statement | National League Competition Suspended

➡️ https://t.co/r3JQDEPGab pic.twitter.com/KzJVtI3vGN

— The National League (@TheVanaramaNL) March 16, 2020

I guess I'd better dig out that to-do list of things that I never quite have the time to do at work because there's too much sport on.

Don't worry - you can still put off any jobs you need to do by avoiding the shops due to social distancing.

Suspension of the Premiership Rugby season too.

http://www.skysports.com/amp/rugby-union/news/12321/11958589/coronavirus-gallagher-premiership-suspended-for-five-weeks

The RFL have also suspended their season, which I think more or less is pretty much all professional sport in Europe suspended.

http://www.superleague.co.uk/article/1349/covid-19-statement-season-suspension

The Boat Race has now been cancelled.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rowing/51917462

Everything has been suspended or cancelled now.

Final piece ....

The Grand National has been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

More to follow: https://t.co/CPTx2m9458#GrandNational pic.twitter.com/eevqRKsxf1

— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) March 16, 2020

Well the big one will be tomorrow when they inevitably cancel the Euros.

And there's a big five ringed question mark later in the summer...

Postpone.

Premier League Darts on Thursday now postponed while the snooker on ITV4 goes ahead behing closed doors.