New dates will now have to be sought for the four Classics, which are the 2,000 Guineas on May 4 and the 1,000 Guineas on May 5 at Newmarket, as well as the Oaks on June 5 and Derby on June 6.

The fund, co-ordinated by the Racehorse Owners Association, is part of a £22m cash flow and hardship funding package for racing announced on Friday.

The four-day Festival was staged as planned in front of 250,000 people, with additional hygiene measures in place due to the coronavirus pandemic, and concluded on March 13. 

Racing aims to be one of the first sports to emerge from lockdown, with the British Horseracing Authority releasing a provisional list of big races it could run on the final two weekends of this month.

Euro 2020 is under serious threat as the coronavirus continues to sweep its way across the world, with organisers of the championships monitoring the situation closely.

Italy is the worst affected country outside of China and the decision was made earlier in the week to suspend all sporting activity across the country until April 3.

The Serie A club confirmed their centre back Rugani has been infected by Covid-19 on Wednesday night and will undergo a period of isolation.

SHERIDAN BIRD IN ITALY: Italy's love for football is on another level. But there is no live action. No sport. Where does all that energy go, and with no matches to talk about, what are fans doing?

Juventus defender Daniele Rugani was the first Serie A player to test positive for Covid-19, just days after he was in the matchday squad for the club's win over Inter behind closed doors.

Serie A bosses are reportedly working out plans to resume training and hope to be playing by the end of May or the start of June, with each side still having 12 fixtures remaining.

She's coming off the release of a starkly confessional album that revealed much about her past relationship. But this weekend she looked carefree with her mom in Chicago.

Chrissy Teigen cordially invited her 28.8 million Instagram followers to join the nuptials of their eldest's beloved stuffed animals, promising a 'special performance' by John Legend.'

Matilda 'Sissy' Bridge battled leukaemia from the age of two-and-a-half and joined the NHS to work with those who helped her beat the cancer and care for others.

The Prime Minister was transferred to the ICU at St Thomas' Hospital in south London last night as his symptoms worsened after he was admitted to hospital on Sunday.

Councillor Sheila Oakes, who is currently mayor of Heanor in Derbyshire, said the Prime Minister 'completely deserves' his intensive care battle with coronavirus.

The MasterChef star, 55, revealed he's taking a break from his gym workouts as he encouraged self-isolation amid the coronavirus pandemic on Instagram on Sunday.

North Korea has not yet confirmed any cases of the coronavirus, formally known COVID-19, but has closed the land border with China, where 254 people died yesterday from the outbreak.

Kim Jong-un visited Pyongyang's Palace of the Sun on Saturday as he commemorated father Kim Jong-il's birthday, the first time the dictator has been seen in public since January 25.

A source in South Korea has claimed the Supreme Leader fled Pyongyang for Wonsan on the nation's east coast amid growing fears over the virus.

Multiple photographs depicting North Korea's response to the threat of COVID-19 were sent to Stuart Gibson, a senior lecturer in forensic science at the University of Kent, for expert analysis.

North Korea maintains it has no confirmed cases of COVID-19, despite tens of thousands of cases in neighbouring China and South Korea.

Kim Jong-un set an ambitious 200-day deadline for the completion of the new Pyongyang General Hospital after work began suddenly just under a month ago.

RICHARD KAY: Boris Johnson remained stoically upright as he joined in the mass applause for the NHS and if the usual ebullience was missing there was at least a flicker of determination.

A determined Liverpool grandmother donned a full hazmat suit so she could go and see her grandson. Sheila Abbott, 60, paid a surprise visit to her family, including Mason, six, wearing full protective gear.

The presenter, 55, posted the announcement to his Twitter followers on Thursday and told fans, who have missed him on the ITV chat show, to 'relax'.

When three-legged Anatolian Shepherd Haatchi first entered Owen Howkins' home he would slide about recklessly, but, the moment he stepped into Owen's bedroom his demeanour changed completely.

GUY ADAMS: we produce more varieties of cheese even than the French. Sadly, these high-quality cheeses are extremely difficult to shift with the h­ospitality sector closed.

Among the Chelsea Pensioners who lost their lives to the virus was Fred Boomer-Hawkins, 75, who became ill in the last week of March. Nine Chelsea Pensioners have been killed by the disease.

The woman, named as Helen, found a note taped to the door of her Perth rental property outlining why the house was in lockdown.

The 83-year-old woman and her husband were among 145 passengers from the Westerdam cruise ship who flew to Malaysia on February 14, Malaysia's health ministry said in a statement.

In a desperate attempt to contain a crisis, the Asian nation is 'working around the clock' to trace potential carriers of the killer infection.

A pensioner who smuggled more than £53million worth of rare baby eels to the Far East from a barn in the West Country has been spared jail after lawyer argued he could catch the virus.

Airlines are refusing to check in passengers trying to get on flights out of Australia if they are headed to locked down countries, as more and more close their borders against coronavirus.

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In February, just 19,500 short-term visitors came from China - the lowest monthly tally since January 2004, Australian Bureau of Statistics figures showed. Travel bans have hit the tourism industry.

New South Wales Rural Fire Service commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons almost had his trip to the UK to meet Prince Charles cancelled over coronavirus fears.

The royal, 71, who is following government instructions to avoid shaking hands in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus, was pictured offering up his hand at the London Palladium.

As coronavirus sweeps Europe, Queen Letizia of Spain has adopted air kisses, while King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands has adopted the traditional Hindu naamste greeting.

Prince Charles shared a Namaste bow with Baroness Floella Benjamin, 70, today amid the coronavirus pandemic, as she collected her damehood at Buckingham Palace.

A student and five parents at an elite private school in Victoria once attended by Prince Charles have tested positive for coronavirus. 

Over-70s are among those most at risk of suffering serious complications as a result of the virus, which has killed 424 in the UK. But Charles should be shielded because of his healthy lifestyle, GPs say.

The Prince of Wales is in self-isolation after testing positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday. Less than two weeks earlier, he attended a dinner with Australia's high commissioner to the United Kingdom.

Fleur East has revealed she was concerned about potentially having contracted coronavirus from Prince Charles, after it was revealed he tested positive for COVID-19 two weeks after she met him.

The Prince of Wales, 71, has a 'mild' form of the illness and is with his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, who has tested negative and is without any symptoms of the virus, which has killed 435.

It is understood the Prince of Wales met his 93-year-old mother at Buckingham Palace on March 12 - less than two weeks ago. The virus has an estimated incubation period of one to 14 days.

Charles was tested in Aberdeen despite only suffering from mild symptoms over the weekend. In the UK tests are supposed to only be given to people so ill they have to go into hospital.

Prince Charles, who has been diagnosed with coronavirus, has had contact with possibly hundreds of people over the past 16 days, including the Queen and Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

The Prince of Wales' doctor believes that the royal may have been contagious from March 13 at the earliest - just 24 hours after he last saw his 93-year-old mother the Queen.

Discussing the royal's diagnosis Kate said she has no symptoms but admitted the many people who have come into contact with Charles in recent weeks 'are going to be concerned.' 

The Prince of Wales was seen applauding the nation's health workers by the window of Birkhall House at the Balmoral estate where he is self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19.