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All J-League matches postponed due to coronavirus outbreak

Japan’s professional football league matches at all levels have been postponed due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, the J-League announced on Tuesday.
The J-League said in a statement on its website that all matches “scheduled in between 28th February and 15th March” will be put off after a decision made at the Board of Directors held on Tuesday.
It said that the decision was made “considering the statement made by the experts on a government panel that the upcoming one to two weeks are critical to prevent clusters of the new coronavirus from further spreading.”
“J-League will take every effort to take measures to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus and to prepare to resume the matches.
“Substitutional dates and handling of tickets will be announced once decided.”