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List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

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List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic

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Jens Spahn, Federal Minister of Health, speaks in the plenary session of the German Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. The main topics of the 190th session of the 19th legislative period are various debates on measures to be taken in the wake of the Corona pandemic, jobs in the automotive industry, the global situation of religious freedom, and the situation of the older generation. (Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa via AP)

The Latest: Texas judge upholds El Paso business shut down

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Italy, France consider giving Tunisia migrant boat alerts

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020 file photo, an empty street in front of La Scala opera house, left, is illuminated by a red traffic light in Milan, Italy. After a rash of COVID-19 infections among musicians and chorus members, the Dec. 7 season premiere at Milan’s La Scala opera house, a gala event that is one of Italy’s cultural highlights, is being canceled. The theater’s board of directors on Wednesday concluded that the pandemic’s situation and Italy’s anti-COVID-19 measures, which include closure of theaters until at least Nov. 24, won’t allow for “achieving a production open to the public and of the level and with the characteristics required” for the premiere. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File )

With performers infected, La Scala season premiere canceled

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Army soldiers wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the coronavirus arrive to board a train at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

The Latest: Italy imposing night curfew, other restrictions

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&quot;Sorry we re closed&quot; is written on a sign hanging on the door of a coffee shop where the unoccupied tables and chairs are reflected in the glass pane in Quedlinburg, Germany, Monday, Nov.2, 2020. Since midnight the four-week partial lockdown has been in effect in Saxony-Anhalt. The federal and state governments want to significantly reduce social contacts in Germany in November in order to get a grip on the recently rapidly increasing corona numbers before the Advent season if possible. (Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/dpa via AP)

Germany starts ‘wave-breaker’ shutdown as Europe locks down

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas of Finland jumps out of his car after clocking the fastes time during qualification ahead of Sunday's Emilia Romagna Formula One Grand Prix, at the Enzo and Dino Ferrari racetrack, in Imola, Italy, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, Pool)

Hamilton qualifies 2nd and predicts a ‘boring’ race in Imola

By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

Nurse Cristina Settembrese talks during an interview with the Associated Press outside the intensive care unit after finishing a night shift, at the San Paolo hospital, in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Italian nurse on coronavirus duty sees the nightmare return

By COLLEEN BARRY - Associated Press

An Orthodox worshiper, wearing a mask for protection against the COVID-19 infection, prays during a religious service, on the first day of the Saint Dimitrie Basarabov pilgrimage in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

The Latest: New Mexico governor: Stay home on Halloween

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England's Ben Youngs goes over the line to score a try during the Six Nations rugby union international match between Italy and England at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, Italy, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

England wins 6 Nations after Ireland loses in Paris

By DANIELLA MATAR - Associated Press

Police stand next to flowers and candles set on the steps of the Notre Dame church in Nice, France, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. A new suspect is in custody in the investigation into a gruesome attack by a Tunisian man who killed three people in a French church. France heightened its security alert amid religious and geopolitical tensions around cartoons mocking the Muslim prophet. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Never flagged as a danger, Nice attacker traveled unimpeded

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA and TRISHA THOMAS - Associated Press

A health official from the district office wearing protective gear, walks near a banner showing a precaution against the coronavirus in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

The Latest: India’s downward trend in new cases continues

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Pope Francis shares a word with Monsignor Luis Maria Rodrigo Ewart as he arrives in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican for his weekly general audience, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. A Vatican official who is a key member of Francis' COVID-19 response commission, the Rev. Augusto Zampini, acknowledged Tuesday that at age 83 and with part of his lung removed after an illness in his youth, Francis would be at high risk for complications if he were to become infected. Zampini said he hoped Francis would don a mask at least when he greeted people during the general audience. &quot;We are working on that,&quot; he said. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Maskless pope blames ‘this lady called COVID’ for distance

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A medical crew treat a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit at the Joseph Imbert Hospital Center in Arles, southern France, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Many French doctors are urging a new nationwide lockdown, noting that 58% of the country's intensive care units are now occupied by COVID patients and medical staff are under increasing strain. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Europe and US facing new round of shutdowns amid virus surge

By TODD RICHMOND and FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

Britain's Tao Geoghegan Hart rides past the gothic cathedral after completing the final stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race, a 15.7 kilometers (9.756 miles) individual time trial from Cernusco sul Naviglio to Milan, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Geoghegan Hart beats Hindley to Giro title by 39 seconds

By DANIELLA MATAR - Associated Press

People spill beer on the ground during a protest against the government restriction measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, in Rome, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020. Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte, who imposed severe-stay-at-home limits on citizens early on, then gradually eased travel and other restrictions, has been leaving it up to regional governors in this current surge of infections to order restrictions such as overnight curfews, including in places like Rome, Milan and Naples. (Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse via AP)

Italy closes gyms, shuts eateries early to fight COVID-19

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

A cyclist wearing face mask protection crosses along an empty High street, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020, as new measures against the coronavirus began in the Navarra province where all bar and restaurants are closed for 15 days from midnight Wednesday. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

The Latest: Mexico health officials acknowledge higher toll

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Italy's Carlo Canna fails to stop Ireland's Hugo Keenan as he runs towards the line to score a try during the Six Nations rugby union international match between Ireland and Italy at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020. (Brian Lawless/Pool via AP)

Ireland leads 6 Nations after dispatching Italy 50-17

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A fan wearing face mask to protect against coronavirus waits for the start of the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Portugal and Sweden at the Jose Alvalade stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

The Latest: UEFA cancels men’s soccer under-19 Euros

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