In pictures: Empty stadiums, event cancellations and screenings due to coronavirus

The BNP Paribas Open, the near-major tennis tournament set to begin this week in the California desert, won't be played as scheduled after a case of coronavirus was confirmed in the Coachella Valley. It's the largest US sporting event to be called off over concerns about the spread of the disease.

Football players enter an eerily empty stadium for the match between Al Hilal and Al Ettifaq at King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh due to a ban on supporters

A health worker wearing a facemask sprays disinfectant inside the Hanoi FC team changing room, amid concerns of the spread of COVID-19 at Hang Day stadium in Hanoi, Vietnam

In South America, a football fan wears a protective mask during a Copa Libertadores match at the Monumental Stadium in Guayaquil, Ecuador

Juventus' 2-0 win over Inter Milan in Serie A at Allianz Stadium, Turin, in Italy was behind closed doors

The players did not shake hands hands ahead of the Juventus-Inter game

There was no shaking hands before the Manchester derby in England's Premier League either

Sampdoria versus Verona was played without spectators in Genoa, Italy

All officials and attendees in Genoa were screened before entering the stadium

There will be no supporters at the Bahrain Grand Prix's Sakhir circuit on March 20-22 after organisers decided against allowing fans to attend the Formula One event

In the US, a fan makes use of a hand-sanitising station at CenturyLink Field prior to an MLS match between the Seattle Sounders and the Chicago Fire

Health messages were broadcast at the Scotland v France Six Nations rugby match at Murrayfield, Edinburgh

The Davis Cup qualifier between Japan and Ecuador was without spectators in Miki city, Hyogo prefecture, western Japan

Some 27,000 competitors took to the streets of the LA Marathon, despite the fears of the coronavirus impacting large sporting events

Yeshiva and Worcester Polytechnic Institute players warm up before their NCAA DIII college basketball game that allowed no spectators. The game at Johns Hopkins University is believed to be the first US sports event held without fans