La Liga announced on Thursday that the first and second divisions have been suspended for the next two matchdays because of the coronavirus outbreak.

The decision comes after Real Madrid were placed into quarantine and all activity at their training complex was cancelled after one of the club's basketball players tested positive.

A statement released by La Liga read: "Given the circumstances that are coming to light this morning, referring to the quarantine established in Real Madrid and the possible cases in players from other clubs, La Liga considers it appropriate to continue to the next phase of the protocol of action against COVID-19. As a result, in accordance with the measures established in Royal Decree 664/1997 of May 12, [La Liga] agrees to postpone at least the next two match days."

Amid reports the Champions League and Europa League would be suspended, UEFA released a statement on Thursday saying there will be a meeting via video next Tuesday to discuss plans for football for the rest of the season, as well as Euro 2020, due to kick off on June 12.

A statement read: "In the light of the ongoing developments in the spread of COVID-19 across Europe and the changing analysis of the World Health Organisation, UEFA has today 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 attend meetings by video conference on Tuesday March 17 to discuss European football's response to the outbreak.

"Discussions will include all domestic and European competitions, including UEFA EURO 2020."

The Spanish league had already taken the step of moving all games behind closed doors, but with confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the country topping 2,000 on Wednesday, it decided to suspend play.

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Sources had told ESPN on Wednesday that talks were underway over suspending the league.

La Liga sources, following advice from the Ministry of Health, had previously insisted that games would go ahead without supporters, before the move was announced to suspend matches.

Sevilla's Europa League game against Roma, scheduled for Thursday, has been postponed, while Barcelona's Champions League game against Napoli next week is in the balance. The Catalan club have already announced the fixture will be played behind closed doors, but it's not certain the Serie A side will be allowed to travel for the match.

All football in Italy has been suspended until April 3.

Spain and Italy are not the only countries where football has been affected by the coronavirus. Games have also been suspended or will be played behind closed doors this week in England, France, Germany, Greece, Austria and Switzerland, among others.

Elsewhere, Juventus defender Daniele Rugani tested positive for the coronavirus, the club announced Wednesday.

Rugani is the most prominent professional footballer to test positive for the virus. German club Hannover also announced Wednesday that defender Timo Hubers tested positive.

Defending Serie A champions Juventus said Rugani and "those who have had contact with him'' are being isolated.

DALLAS -- Mark Cuban's jaw dropped when Dallas Mavericks vice president of basketball communications Scott Tomlin sat next to him early in Wednesday's third quarter and showed him the email from the NBA league office announcing that the rest of the season had been suspended.

"This is crazy. This can't be true," the Mavs owner told ESPN's Tom Rinaldi during an in-game interview, summing up his initial reaction. "I mean, it's not within the realm of possibility. It seemed more like out of a movie than reality."

The unprecedented action was taken after a Utah Jazz player -- center Rudy Gobert, according to sources -- tested positive for COVID-19.

The rest of the Mavericks' 113-97 win played out as usual, albeit in surreal circumstances. Dallas coach Rick Carlisle was informed about the NBA's decision as soon as Cuban and described it as "good information to have for this game" because he felt comfortable extending key players' minutes more than he otherwise would have.

Carlisle's recollection of his immediate reaction to the news: "We've got to win this f---ing game."

Neither Cuban nor Carlisle expressed any concern about playing in front of an announced sellout crowd of 20,302 at the American Airlines Center as the coronavirus pandemic hit America and touched the NBA.

"This is not a situation where you fake it 'til you make it or try to sound or act important," Cuban said after the game. "The NBA has hired people with expertise in those areas and they are working with people from the government and other people with expertise. We have to defer to them and that's exactly what we will do."

Cuban said that Mavericks players have been told to remain in Dallas while the season is suspended. Carlisle said "team activities" have not been suspended, and Cuban said the league office has informed teams they could continue to practice, treat players for injuries and conduct other routine non-game activities.

"I was very specific as was [Carlisle] to say who you talk to is very important," Cuban said. "If bringing people in because you have downtime, no. That's not going to work. You have to be accountable to the people you are dealing with and who you know. For your own personal safety and for everybody else's. This is not a vacation. This is effectively self-quarantining because it's our responsibility to be vigilant."

Cuban said he reached out to arena employees on Tuesday, when it became apparent that at the minimum playing games without fans was a strong possibility, to find out what it would cost to financially support the game-night workers who would be losing income. He said he is in the process of developing a plan to replace the lost income, perhaps asking those hourly employees to do some charity work.

"I don't have any details to give, but it's certainly something that's important to me," Cuban said.

Cuban said the NBA has great flexibility regarding when the season might resume because arenas typically don't have much activity in the summer. He also recognized that the NBA season is of minor relevance in the grand picture of the coronavirus pandemic.

"It's stunning, but we are where we are," Cuban said. "We have to be smart in how we respond. This is people's lives at stakes. This isn't about basketball, this isn't about the Mavericks. This isn't about when do we start, do we start? Or how do we start? This is a pandemic, a global pandemic where people's lives are at stake. I'm a lot more worried about my kids and my mom who is 82 years old -- in talking to her and telling her to stay in the house -- than when we play in our next game."

Wednesday night saw the COVID-19 pandemic officially hit the NBA when Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for the coronavirus, causing the Jazz's game against the Oklahoma City Thunder to be postponed. A short time later, the NBA suspended its season.

What does it mean and how will this affect the sport moving forward? Here's an FAQ to help explain where things stand and where they might be headed.

What will happen to the teams in Oklahoma City?
It is unclear. After the game was postponed, members of both teams -- as well as some media members -- were waiting to be tested for the coronavirus. ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported late Wednesday night that the Jazz will be, at least for now, quarantined in Oklahoma City. Some COVID-19 tests currently in use can take days to come back. ESPN's Royce Young reported Oklahoma City's players were not tested and sent home.

What's next?
At least some players from teams who played against the Jazz in recent days -- the Toronto Raptors, Detroit Pistons, Boston Celtics, New York Knicks and Cleveland Cavaliers -- are being told to self-quarantine. Some players and coaches from those teams were also scrambling to be tested as early as Wednesday night after learning of Gobert's diagnosis, league sources said.

It doesn't end there. Recent opponents of the Jazz have also played other teams. There have been more than a dozen referees who have worked Jazz games over the past week and gone on to officiate other games. By late Wednesday night, players who'd come in contact with the Jazz were seeking tests for the virus, sources said.

Tests are hard to get in some places; how are the players being tested so fast?
Over the past week, the league office advised teams to work with health providers to make testing available to its players and visiting teams. Last weekend, the Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry was tested for COVID-19 after he came down with flu-like symptoms in San Francisco and the test came back negative.

How long will the suspension last?
The regular-season stoppage will be at least two weeks so all players affected can go through quarantine and, one hopes, be cleared of the virus. In reality, it probably will be longer. By comparison, when the virus broke out in China, the Chinese Basketball Association suspended play in late January. The CBA is in the process of resuming play in early April, roughly a 10-week layoff.

What will NBA teams do in the meantime?
That is unclear. Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said Wednesday night that the league had said teams could continue to practice. However, that might not be practical if there was widespread self-quarantine in the short term.

Will the players be paid?
Almost certainly yes. It is in everyone's interest for the league to continue playing at some later date to allow both the NBA and its players to finish the season and make the money the league normally would have been expected to.

There is, however, a provision in the collective bargaining agreement that would allow for the league to not pay players for missed games during extreme events, including an epidemic.

Per ESPN's Bobby Marks:
According to the Collective Bargaining Agreement, Article XXXIX, section 5, players lose 1/92.6 of their salary for every game missed as a result of a Force Majeure Event ("FME") -- this refers to events or conditions that makes it impossible for the NBA to perform its obligation under the CBA.

The following events are covered: "wars or war-like action (whether actual or threatened and whether conventional or other, including, but not limited to, chemical or biological wars or war-like action); sabotage, terrorism or threats of sabotage or terrorism; explosions; epidemics; weather or natural disasters, including, but not limited to, fires, floods, droughts, hurricanes, tornadoes, storms or earthquakes; and any governmental order or action (civil or military); provided, however, that none of the foregoing enumerated events or conditions is within the reasonable control of the NBA or an NBA Team."

The financial cost is a big reason there is the expectation, according to sources, that the current season will resume at a later date, even if that means the 2020-21 season starts later than expected.

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What is the impact of the salary cap in the future?
The first question to answer is, will the season resume at some point? If so, will teams play the full complement of remaining games or an abbreviated schedule?

Any reduction of basketball-related income (BRI) for the season would directly affect the salary cap and luxury tax for next season. A scenario in which the remainder of the regular-season schedule were played without fans could cost the league an estimated $500 million in BRI, even before the playoffs.

Remember, we have already seen the cap drop from $116 million to $115 million in 2020-21 as a result of a projected reduction of $200 million or more in revenue from China.

If the season resumes at some point with fans allowed to attend, the potential financial losses would be eliminated or mitigated significantly.
-- Bobby Marks

What is the plan now?
No one knows. The teams were in the process of developing multiple plans in recent days before Gobert's positive test. That planning will continue.

California on Wednesday recommended a statewide limit on large gatherings through at least the remainder of March, according to a memo from the state's department of public health, bringing into question the home openers of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Oakland Athletics and San Diego Padres as Major League Baseball grapples with how to handle the spread of the coronavirus.

The California Department of Public Health said that "large gatherings that include 250 people or more should be postponed or canceled," including "professional, college and school sporting events." Similar edicts already forced the cancellation of an exhibition game between the San Francisco Giants and A's and the potential move of the Seattle Mariners' opening series, probably to the Phoenix area, sources told ESPN.

For nearly two weeks, MLB has urged teams to firm up contingency plans in case government officials implement large-gathering bans or attempt to cancel sporting events. Although MLB remained hopeful Wednesday that it would continue playing spring training games and start the regular season on March 26, officials were bracing for the implementation of California's decree.

The Dodgers, the World Series favorites, are scheduled to host the Giants for the first three games of the season and the Colorado Rockies on the last two days of March. The A's, a playoff team in 2019, are supposed to face two other contenders, the Minnesota Twins and Houston Astros, over six games. The Padres are slated to play the Rockies for the season's first four games and the Atlanta Braves in the month's final two days. Los Angeles, Oakland and San Diego each hold spring training in the Phoenix area. San Diego shares a spring training facility with Seattle in Peoria, Arizona, which could force one to play at a different facility should MLB continue with its plans for March 26.

How this affects the entirety of the league, which continued to hold spring training games with fans in the stands Wednesday, is a question being considered by organizations. Multiple teams Wednesday started pulling scouts off the road and canceling future travel, sources told ESPN. Officials expect a majority of teams to do the same within the next few days.

High-level MLB executives were expected to participate in a Friday phone call in which plans for the season would be discussed, sources said. MLB could face pressure to limit fan access to games or consider pushing back Opening Day in light of the NBA's postponement following the coronavirus diagnosis of Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert on Wednesday. The NHL said in a statement that it would address its immediate plans Thursday.

Although the timeline for baseball to address Opening Day isn't quite as urgent as it is for the NBA and the NHL, which are in the midst of their seasons, three high-ranking team officials said Wednesday that they hoped MLB could settle on a plan within days so teams can inform players and staff about how to proceed.

Last week, I ranked the top 100 prospects in baseball heading into the 2020 season. Now it's time to go deeper with my team-by-team rankings, starting with the American League.

A quick refresher on a key term you'll see throughout the team lists: I use something called Future Value, shortened to FV hereafter, as a term that sums up the value of a player into one number. It's graded on the 20-80 scouting scale. A low-end everyday player is a 50, which correlates to 2.0 WAR; a well above average position player, No. 3 starter or high-end closer is a 60, or somewhere around 3.0 WAR. I refrain from tossing out an 80 on minor leaguers because that would imply one is expected to be one of the top players in baseball. Wander Franco, this year's top prospect, is the best prospect baseball has seen since Mike Trout.

In addition to the top 10 for each franchise, I rank every player with a Future Value greater than 40 for each franchise as well before summing up the best of the rest. You can see the full scouting report for the players in my top 100 list here.

And now on to my rankings:

FRISCO, Texas -- The United States women's national team took the pitch with their jerseys turned inside out in protest prior to Wednesday's SheBelieves Cup match against Japan.

The gesture comes a day after the U.S. Soccer Federation filed a motion in the USWNT members' wage-discrimination lawsuit making repeated assertions that the men's and women's national team do not perform equal work and thus, the women's players do not qualify for equal pay under the law.

Minutes after kickoff of the team's 3-1 win over Japan, the players' jerseys hid the U.S. Soccer crest while showing the four stars that represent the four World Cup championships.

Unity. 4 stars only. Who's with us? pic.twitter.com/AYv2YlcSl7

— USWNT Players (@USWNTPlayers) March 12, 2020

Among the claims made by U.S. Soccer in Monday's motion, were that the women's players did not perform jobs requiring "equal skill, effort and responsibility under similar working conditions," in part because of the physical attributes and ability required to play at the senior men's level, that the men's worldwide competition pool is deeper and that the men's team received more viewership.

Molly Levison, a spokesperson for the women's players, on Monday called the claims "ridiculous," and said they sounded as if they had "been made by a caveman."

In a response to U.S. soccer's motion, the plaintiffs said "That biological distinction is not a justification for discrimination. It is the prohibited discrimination itself."

During Wednesday's match, USSF president Carlos Cordeiro said: "On behalf of U.S. Soccer, I sincerely apologize for the offense and pain caused by language in this week's court filing, which did not reflect the values of our Federation or our tremendous admiration of our Women's National Team.

"Our WNT players are incredibly talented and work tirelessly, as they have demonstrated time and again from their Olympic Gold medals to their World Cup titles. Even as we continue to defend the Federation in court, we are making immediate changes.

"I have asked the firm of Latham & Watkins to join and guide our legal strategy going forward. I have made it clear to our legal team that even as we debate facts and figures in the course of this case, we must do so with the utmost respect not only for our Women's National Team players but for all female athletes around the world. As we do, we will continue to work to resolve this suit in the best interest of everyone involved."

The USWNT won the SheBelieves Cup with a victory over Japan, their third title in the history of the event, which has been played annually since 2015 and features four of the top national teams in the world.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Wednesday night's game between the New Orleans Pelicans and Sacramento Kings was postponed minutes before tipoff.

The NBA said "the game was canceled out of an abundance of caution because one of the referees assigned to work in the game also worked a Utah Jazz game earlier this week." The referee was Courtney Kirkland.

Kirkland was one of the officials for the Utah-Toronto tilt in Salt Lake City on Monday. Utah center Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

That led to the Jazz-Thunder game being postponed, and the NBA suspending its season.

The NBA has suspended its season "until further notice" after a Utah Jazz player tested positive Wednesday for the coronavirus.

"The NBA is suspending game play following the conclusion of tonight's schedule of games until further notice,'' the league said in a statement issued shortly after 9:30 p.m. ET. "The NBA will use this hiatus to determine next steps for moving forward in regard to the coronavirus pandemic.''

The player is the Jazz's Rudy Gobert, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. That led to Utah's game at Oklahoma City being postponed just before tipoff.

Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said during ESPN's broadcast of Dallas' 113-97 win over the Denver Nuggets that he was shocked by the news the season was being suspended.

He said his initial reaction was, "This is crazy. This can't be true."

He continued: "I mean, it's not within the realm of possibility. It seemed more like out of a movie than reality."

Cuban, though, added that he's not an expert and defers to Adam Silver, the NBA commissioner, on these matters.

"I trust Adam [Silver]. You know what? It's really not about basketball or money," Cuban said. "Literally if this thing is exploding to the point where all of a sudden players and others have had it, you think about your family. You want to make sure you're doing this the right way. Now it's much more personal and you've seen what's happened in other countries, but just the whole idea that it's come this close and potentially a couple players have it, just, 'stunning' isn't the right word. Just crazy."

The last game to be completed Wednesday was Dallas' win over Denver as the New Orleans Pelicans' game at the Sacramento Kings was postponed because one of the referees scheduled to work the game had worked Utah's game Monday night.

A source told ESPN's Royce Young that Gobert was never at Chesapeake Energy Arena on Wednesday, but he was in Oklahoma City and was set to play if he had tested negative for the coronavirus.

Players were on the floor for warm-ups when they were told to return to the locker rooms. About 30 minutes later, fans were told the game was postponed "due to unforeseen circumstances."

Jazz and Thunder players are currently quarantined at the arena, league sources told ESPN.

Players from teams the Jazz have played within the past 10 days are being told to self-quarantine, sources told ESPN's Brian Windhorst. Those teams are the Cleveland Cavaliers, New York Knicks, Boston Celtics, Detroit Pistons and the Toronto Raptors.

"I'm sure I probably had contact with [Gobert]. But at the same time, like I said, [I'm] just taking precautions," Detroit's Langston Galloway said. "We've been washing our hands; and when the reports started coming out, everybody's kinda been on their hand sanitizer, washing their hands -- just staying focused on that moment of, hey, [we have] interaction with a lot of different people and knowing that at the end of the day, you might've touched the ball, you might've interacted with a fan, and just being [cautious] with that going forward."

Charlotte Hornets coach James Borrego, speaking before his team played at Miami on Wednesday -- where news of the shutdown broke during the fourth quarter -- said "these are scary times.''

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.