Europe’s  football governing body, UEFA has announced the postponement of all of its club competitions which were scheduled for next week.

This includes the remaining UEFA Champions League, Round of 16 second leg matches scheduled on 17 and 18 March 2020; all UEFA Europa League, Round of 16 second leg matches scheduled on 19 March 2020; all UEFA Youth League, quarter-final matches scheduled on 17 and 18 March 2020.

UEFA also said that further decisions on when these matches will take place will be communicated in due course.

UEFA had  yesterday invited representatives of its 55 member associations, together with the boards of the European Club Associations and the European Leagues and a representative of FIFPro, to a video-conference meeting  to discuss European football’s response to the outbreak.