Brighton & Hove Albion chief executive Paul Barber says it would be "unjust" to not award Liverpool the title if the season is not completed because of the spread of coronavirus.

The top four tiers in English football have all been cancelled today, but games in the fifth-tier National League and below can still be played, although these matches have been called off anyway.

National League: Barrow v Wrexham, Bromley v Chorley, Boreham Wood v Torquay, Woking v Dagenham and Redbridge, Yeovil v Barnet.

National League North: Chester v Boston United, Gloucester City v Blyth Spartans, Leamington v Kidderminster, Southport v Gateshead, York City v Altrincham.

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Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the Tokyo Olympic Games will go ahead as planned in July, despite coronavirus concerns resulting in the postponement of sporting events.

Abe added the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will have the final decision whether Tokyo 2020 goes ahead.

"We will overcome the spread of the infection and host the Olympics without problem, as planned," Abe said.

Japan has had more than 1,400 cases and 28 deaths , externalresulting from coronavirus.

All forms of rugby are to be suspended in Wales from 18:00 GMT for the remainder of the month, the Welsh Rugby Union [WRU] have announced.

"The WRU, having considered expert medical advice, has taken the precautionary measure of suspending all forms of rugby, including training and rugby-related courses, from 6pm on Saturday 14 March up to and including Monday 30 March 2020."The WRU has taken this decision in the interests of players, supporters, volunteers, referees, stakeholders and Welsh communities in general."The WRU will continue to assess this fast-moving situation and provide further updates in due course."

Simon Stone
BBC Sport

If the Premier League has its way, they will get the payments they are supposed to get because the season will finish. Anything else is guesswork at this stage.

Lord Alan Sugar, a former chairman of Tottenham, has said Liverpool should be declared Premier League champions if the season is suspended.

Sugar also says the top four should be given the Champions League spots. That would also include Manchester City, Leicester and Chelsea - although Man City are currently appealing a ban excluding them from European football next season.

Who would be fifth, and therefore take City's place if they remain banned, would be hugely controversial.

Manchester United are currently fifth but are only two points ahead of seventh-placed Sheffield United, with the Blades having played one game less.

The international friendly between Germany and Italy, scheduled to take place in Nuremberg, Germany on 31 March, has been cancelled.

Simon Stone
BBC Sport

It is a fair point. I suspect it falls into the 'cross the bridge when it comes to it' category. I can't see why a local side that attracts 100 fans should be stopped from playing.

Junior matches will still go on also. There has to be a line drawn somewhere. It would be illogical to say 'no-one can play football'.

Football Focus pundits Tim Cahill and Dion Dublin say delaying and then completing the remainder of the football season is the best option after it was suspended due to the coronavirus.

Have a watch of the debate below.

League Two side Bradford City say they have suspended first-team training until Monday, 23 March as a precautionary measure after a member of their coaching staff was sent home to self-isolate, in line with government advice, having begun to display symptoms associated with Covid-19.

As a further precaution, following the continued outbreak of coronavirus, the rest of the Bantams' playing and coaching staff will now also self-isolate until a week on Monday.

David McDaid
BBC Sport at the Copper Box Arena, London

We do still have a little bit of live sport on today - with the Olympic boxing qualifiers taking place in London.

The Youth Olympic, World and European champions Caroline Dubois has won her first senior bout, beating Ala Staradub of Belarus on points in London.

The 19 year-old lightweight is fighting at the Road to Tokyo boxing event at the Copperbox Arena - where places for this summer’s Olympic Games are up for grabs over the next two weeks.

Next up, the local boxer will meet the 2016 Olympic bronze medalist and top seed Mira Potkonen of Finland.

There are 13 British fighters across 13 weight categories looking to secure their spots at Tokyo 2020.

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Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton and Hove Albion's chief executive Paul Barber told Football Focus about the decision to cancel all elite football until 3 April:

"It was the right thing to do and we have to prioritise people's health. As much as we all love football it wouldn't have been the right thing to do to continue playing.

"Our priority is to play out the remainder of the season but we have to be realistic in that we do not know where this virus is heading. We have to think of every eventuality and we have to think about our players and the fans.

"We also have the catering contracts and the tickets we have sold to think about, this is on such a large scale. We are now facing an unprecedented situation."

On helping out lower league clubs: "We produce money that flows to the lower levels already. At the moment, we are really focused on how we can contain the virus and then we can look at where we are.

"We have already got some teams in self isolation for 14 days, which means they will need more than a week to get back to match fitness so I think the 4 April return date is unlikely."

Lewis Hamilton should have been in qualifying action today for the Australian Grand Prix, but with Sunday's race being cancelled - along with the next three at least as well - he's decided to work on his indoor rock climbing skills instead.

Tim Cahill
Former Everton midfielder on Football Focus

Delaying the season and forgetting about all cup competitions and internationals would be the most logical situation. Just concentrate on the league.

Watch Football Focus on BBC One right now.

West Ham vice-chairman Karren Brady, whose relegation-threatened side are 16th in the Premier League and only out of the bottom three on goal difference, has called for the season to be made "null and void".

Football across the world has been ground to a halt due to the outbreak of coronavirus, with the Premier League and English Football League halted until at least 3 April.

Top-tier clubs are due to convene for an emergency meeting on Thursday to discuss what happens next and Brady, whose club are in a relegation fight, wants the campaign to be scrapped.

"There is no dodging the possibility that all levels in the EFL as well as the Premier League will have to be cancelled and this season declared null and void because if the players can't play the games can't go ahead," she wrote in her column in The Sun.

"The Premier League hopes that an interlude of three weeks from now will enable it to restart but that may well be dreamland."

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