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The NBA, NHL, Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer are closing access to locker rooms and clubhouses to all non-essential personnel in response to the coronavirus crisis, the leagues announced in a joint statement on Tuesday (AEDT).

The Los Angeles Clippers have signed free-agent centre Joakim Noah, giving them an aggressive, physical presence with playoff experience.

This isn’t the way it was supposed to end for Vince Carter. And it still may not be.

Josh Giddey is the NBL’s newest Next Star.

The 2019-20 NBA season is completely up in the air after Thursday’s announcement all games have been suspended following Utah player Rudy Gobert’s positive test for coronavirus.

It was January 7 when doctors in Wuhan, China identified a new coronavirus as the cause for multiple illnesses around the province.

Rudy Gobert is hoping for forgiveness after pledging $AUD800,000 to help those affected by the NBA shutdown caused by the coronavirus outbreak.

A Detroit Pistons player, who played on the NBA’s ‘Patient Zero’ Rudy Gobert last week, has tested positive for coronavirus.

NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo and New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson pledged on Saturday (AEDT) to provide financial assistance to workers at stadiums who will suffer wage loses during the coronavirus pandemic.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison declared his intentions to attend Cronulla’s round one NRL match against the Rabbitohs on Saturday just moments after outlining the Government’s advice to ban large crowd gatherings from next week.