England's Six Nations matches against Italy postponed

London, March 5 (IANS) England's Six Nations rugby matches against Italy on March 14 and 15 have been pushed back due to the coronavirus outbreak.The men's, women's and under-20s ties will be played at "a later date", organisers said, as per a BBC report."Six Nations fully intends to complete all 15 games in all three championships when time allows," they added."We will refrain from making any rescheduling announcements while we keep assessing the situation," added organisers."Based on the information that is currently available, all other Six Nations matches are set to go ahead as scheduled."The number of global coronavirus cases have reached more than 90,0000 with over 3,000 deaths reported across the world so far.
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