Japan's sports world puts itself on hold in fight against coronavirus

In a united effort, the Japanese sports world has introduced a drastic range of self-imposed restraints to combat the coronavirus outbreak ahead of this summer's Tokyo Games.Sports organizations nationwide are heeding a call to postpone, cancel or otherwise modify big events over coming weeks to mitigate the spread of the pneumonia-causing virus, which has resulted in around 900 cases of infection in Japan, many of which were linked to a quarantined cruise ship docked in Yokohama.The J-League, Japan's top soccer competition, took the unprecedented step Tuesday of becoming the first professi…READ FULL ARTICLE