Uefa have officially confirmed they have postponed next week’s Champions League and Europa League matches due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Several major sporting events have been cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak, with the Premier League and English Football League suspending all fixtures until April 3.

England’s cricket tour of Sri Lanka has been cut short, while the Six Nations match between Wales and Scotland in Cardiff on Saturday is still due to go ahead as things stand.

Uefa released the following statement on the issue, which reads as follows:

In the light of developments due to the spread of COVID-19 in Europe and related decisions made by different governments, all UEFA club competitions matches scheduled next week are postponed.

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.

Further decisions on when these matches take place will be communicated in due course.

As a consequence of the postponements, the Uefa Champions League and Uefa Europa League quarter-final draws scheduled for 20 March have also been postponed.

Uefa yesterday invited representatives of its 55 member associations, together with the boards of the European Club Association and the European Leagues and a representative of FIFPro, to a videoconference meeting on Tuesday 17 March to discuss European football’s response to the outbreak.

In the light of developments due to the spread of COVID-19 in Europe and related decisions made by different governments, all UEFA club competitions matches scheduled next week are postponed. #UCL and #UEL quarter-final draws have also been postponed.

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— UEFA (@UEFA) March 13, 2020