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List of sports events affected by the virus from China

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Hawaiian Airlines to suspend some Japan trips amid outbreak

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People walk past the Olympic rings near the New National Stadium in Tokyo, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. The Tokyo Olympics are being threatened by a fast-spreading virus that has shut down most schools, sports competitions and Olympic-related events in Japan. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

List of sports events affected by the virus from China

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

List of sports events affected by the virus from China

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In this March 4, 2020, photo, Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee's Yoshiro Mori, listens to questions from the media during a news conference in Tokyo. The Olympic Games are under threat from a spreading virus from China that has reached the pandemic stage. The head of the Tokyo Olympics on Friday, March 6, 2020, said organizers are downsizing the arrival ceremony in Japan for the Olympic torch on March 20 because of the spreading coronavirus. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Tokyo organizers downsize arrival ceremony for Olympic torch

By MARI YAMAGUCHI and STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Japan Airlines' notice is placed at Gimpo Airport in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 5, 2020. People around the world girded for months of disruptions from the new virus Thursday as its unrelenting spread brought ballooning infections, economic fallout and sweeping containment measures. (Sun Myung-geon/Yonhap via AP)

South Korea, Japan trade travel restrictions in virus row

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

United States' Carli Lloyd celebrates after scoring a goal against England during a She Believes Cup soccer match in Orlando, Fla., Thursday, March 5, 2020. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

The US opens the SheBelieves Cup with 2-0 win over England

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Spain's players celebrate a goal against Japan during the first half of a She Believes Cup soccer match Thursday, March 5, 2020, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Spain downs Japan 3-1 in SheBelieves Cup opener

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List of sports events affected by the virus from China

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FILE - In this Dec. 23, 2019, file, photo, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, shakes hand with China's President Xi Jinping, right, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Xi's state visit to Japan has been postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak affecting both countries, Japan's chief government spokesman said Thursday, March 5, 2020. (Noel Celis/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Latest: China’s virus outbreak steady, with 143 new cases

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Travelers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport wear masks Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in SeaTac, Wash. Six of the 18 Western Washington residents with the coronavirus have died as health officials rush to test more suspected cases and communities brace for spread of the disease. All confirmed cases of the virus in Washington are in Snohomish and King counties. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Companies trim outlooks, travel and staff as virus spreads

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Japan suspends annual funding for Hawaii telescope project

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In this March 3, 2020, photo, the New National Stadium, a venue for the opening and closing ceremonies at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, is seen from Shibuya Sky observation deck in Tokyo. Japan's Olympic minister has suggested in Parliament that the Tokyo Olympics might be pushed back a few months from it July 24 opening. The games are under threat from a spreading virus from China that has reached the pandemic stage. But the so-called “Home City Contract”signed by the International Olympic Committee and Japanese officials gives the IOC wide latitude in terminating the Olympics. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

‘Host City Contract’gives IOC much leeway to cancel Olympics

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

People walk past the Olympic rings near the New National Stadium in Tokyo, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. The Tokyo Olympics are being threatened by a fast-spreading virus that has shut down most schools, sports competitions and Olympic-related events in Japan. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

List of sports events affected by the virus from China

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In this Sept. 19, 2019, file photo, an F-35 fighter jet arrives at the Vermont Air National Guard base in South Burlington, Vt. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring, File) ** FILE **

Coronavirus concerns causes F-35 plant shutdowns in Italy and Japan

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2016, file photo, Australia's Chris Bond falls watched by his teammate Ryley Batt, left, and United States' Chad Cohn during a mixed wheelchair rugby final match at the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A Tokyo Olympic test event featuring wheelchair rugby has been called off because of the threat of the spreading virus. The event was to take place on March 12-15, 2020 and original plans called for athletes from abroad. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

Tokyo Paralympics wheelchair rugby test event called off

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

In this Sept. 11, 2019, file photo, then newly appointed Minister in charge of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Seiko Hashimoto speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo. Hashimoto's response to a question in the upper house of Parliament on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, implies the Olympics could be held later in the year and would not have to start on July 24, 2020. Tokyo's Olympics are being threatened by a fast-spreading virus that has shut down most sports events and Olympic-related events in Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Japan Olympic Minister: Games could be held any time in 2020

By YURI KAGEYAMA and MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

A woman jogs outside San Siro stadium where a Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Genoa was supposed to take place but was instead postponed to May 13, 2020, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, March 1, 2020. In Lombardy, the hardest-hit region by the spread of the Coronavirus, schools and universities were ordered to stay closed, and sporting events were canceled.(Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP)

List of sports events affected by the virus from China

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A young fan makes use of a hand-sanitizing station at CenturyLink Field prior to an MLS soccer match between the Seattle Sounders and the Chicago Fire, Sunday, March 1, 2020, in Seattle. Major North American professional sports leagues are talking to health officials and informing teams about the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

List of sports events affected by the virus from China

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Keiko Kobayashi and Sachiko Aoki, both employees of the staffing services company Pasona Inc., work as their children entertain themselves at the company's headquarters Monday, March 2, 2020, in Tokyo. Many Japanese schools were shut down Monday and spring holidays began unexpectedly early for children as part of a government-led measure to prevent further escalation of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japanese mothers struggle to cope after virus shuts schools

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press