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A view of the empty Dacia Arena stadium in Udine, Northern Italy, prior to the Italian Serie A soccer match between Udinese and Fiorentina, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Serie A played on Sunday despite calls from Italy’s sports minister and players’ association president to suspend the games in Italy’s top soccer division. (Andrea Bressanutti/LaPresse via AP)

List of sports events affected by the virus from China

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A view of the empty Juventus stadium, as a measure against coronavirus contagion, prior to the Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Inter, in Turin, Italy, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Serie A played on Sunday despite calls from Italy’s sports minister and players’ association president to suspend the games in Italy’s top soccer division. (Marco Alpozzi/LaPresse via AP)

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

By The Associated Press - 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

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

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

By The Associated Press - 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

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Muhyiddin Yassin, center, waves with his families and supporters as he prepares to leave his house for the palace to swear in as new prime minister, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, March 1, 2020. Malaysia's king on Saturday appointed seasoned politician Muhyiddin as the country's new leader, trumping Mahathir Mohamad's bid to return to power after a week of political turmoil that followed his resignation as prime minister. (AP Photo/Johnshen Lee)

Malaysia’s new PM delays Parliament, and no-confidence vote

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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

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

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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In this photo released by Malaysia's Department of Information, the country's new Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin poses for pictures on his first day at the prime minister's office in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Monday, March 2, 2020. (Hafiz Itam/Malaysia's Department of Information via AP)

‘I am not a traitor’: Malaysia’s new PM appeals for support

By EILEEN NG - Associated Press

Malaysia's interim leader Mahathir Mohamad speaks during a press conference after Muhyiddin Yassin was appointed as new prime minister in Kuala Lumpur, Sunday, March 1, 2020. Malaysia's king on Saturday appointed seasoned politician Muhyiddin as the country's new leader, trumping Mahathir's bid to return to power after a week of political turmoil that followed his resignation as prime minister. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Mahathir seeks Parliament vote as new Malaysian PM sworn in

By EILEEN NG - Associated Press

Malaysia's interim leader Mahathir Mohamad leaves after delivering a speech at the committee on the exercise of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. The speaker of Malaysia's House rejected Mahathir Mohamad's call for a vote next week to chose a new premier, deepening the country's political turmoil after the ruling alliance collapsed this week. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Malaysia’s Mahathir loses bid to return as prime minister

By EILEEN NG - Associated Press

In this Feb. 22, 2020, photo, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, right, talks to media next to his successor Anwar Ibrahim in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Political tension is building in Malaysia amid talks that Mahathir will pull his party out of the ruling alliance and team up with opposition parties to form a new government in a major political upheaval. It will thwart his named successor Anwar Ibrahim from taking over.(AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Malaysian king accepts Mahathir’s resignation amid upheaval

By Eileen Ng - Associated Press

Passengers stand on the top deck of the MS Westerdam while the cruise ship is docked in Sihanoukville, Cambodia Monday, Feb. 17, 2020. The feel-good story of how Cambodia allowed a cruise ship to dock after it was turned away elsewhere in Asia for fear of spreading the deadly virus that began in China has taken a dark turn after a passenger released from the ship tested positive for the virus. (AP Photo)

Virus fears rise after Cambodia’s acceptance of cruise ship

By SOPHENG CHEANG and EILEEN NG and GRANT PECK - Associated Press

U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia W. Patrick Murphy arrives at the sea port where the MS Westerdam, owned by Holland America Line, docked in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020. After being stranded at sea for two weeks because five ports refused to allow their cruise ship to dock, the passengers of the MS Westerdam were anything but sure their ordeal was finally over. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodia gets more praise for allowing cruise ship to dock

By SOPHENG CHEANG and GRANT PECK - Associated Press

People wear face masks and walk at a shopping mall in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. People wear face masks as they walk through a shopping mall in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. According to the Taiwan Centers of Disease Control (CDC) Friday, the tenth case diagnosed with the new coronavirus has been confirmed in Taiwan. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Coronavirus death toll surpasses SARS

By Joe McDonald - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, photo, a nurse checks on a patient in the isolation ward for 2019-nCoV patients at a hospital in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. The number of confirmed cases of the new virus has risen again in China on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020, as the ruling Communist Party faced anger and recriminations from the public over the death of a doctor who was threatened by police after trying to sound the alarm about the disease over a month ago. (Chinatopix via AP)

Mainland China virus cases rise again after earlier decline

By JOE McDONALD - Associated Press

Rosmah Mansor, right, wife of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, arrives at Kuala Lumpur High Court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. The graft trial of Rosmah has begun, with a top prosecutor saying she wielded considerable influence. (AP Photo)

Graft trial told Malaysian ex-PM’s wife was influential

By EILEEN NG - Associated Press

In this photo released by the National Search And Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), rescuers carry the body of a victim of a sunken boat off Bengkalis, Indonesia, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. A boat carrying 20 Indonesian migrant workers sank on its way to Malaysia, and rescuers have found 10 survivors and are searching for the missing. (BASARNAS via AP)

Migrant boat sinks in Indonesia; 10 rescued, 9 missing

By EDNA TARIGAN - Associated Press