Japan suspends football over virus as Olympics loom
Japan suspended its football league on Tuesday, making it the latest sporting victim of the deadly coronavirus with just five months to go before the Tokyo Olympics.
All J-League and cup games were postponed until mid-March as Japan joined China and South Korea in putting domestic football on hold in a bid to stem the outbreak.
"J-League made a big decision over the spread of infections of the new coronavirus," the league's chairman Mitsuru Murai told a news conference.
"We have decided to postpone Levain Cup games scheduled for tomorrow and all the official games... scheduled until March 15."
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