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Five Major League Soccer matches were postponed Wednesday night as players made a collective statement against racial injustice.

Three Major League Baseball games were postponed Wednesday as players across the sports landscape reacted in the wake of the weekend shooting by police of Jacob Blake.

The WNBA postponed its three games following the shooting of Jacob Blake over the weekend.

All three NBA playoff games scheduled for Wednesday have been postponed, with players around the league choosing to boycott in their strongest statement yet against racial injustice.

A person familiar with the planning tells The Associated Press that the World Baseball Classic will be postponed from 2021 to 2023 because of the new coronavirus.

NASCAR has postponed the May 9 race at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia, which is under a stay-at-home order into June and considering holding events without fans.

The BMW International Open and the Open de France golf tournaments have been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic and the Scottish Open has been postponed.

This year’s Tour de France will start on Aug. 29 and finish on Sept. 20. It will be followed by cycling’s two other major races. The ICU announced the Tour’s new date.

Tokyo organizers say they have no “PlanB ” for the Olympics if it's postponed again. They are proceeding under the assumption the Olympics will open on July 23, 2021.

Athletes completing doping bans over the next year will be eligible to compete in the postponed Tokyo Olympics. It is an unintended effect of the coronavirus pandemic.