Russian ice hockey and Turkish basketball – Some sport did take place today
Some sporting action is still taking place around the world despite the havoc wrought by the coronavirus pandemic.
Here, the PA news agency takes a look at some events which were able to take place on Wednesday.
Football
Theny came
— Rivers United FC (@RiversUnitedFC) March 18, 2020
They saw
And the were conquered
The Wolves return to Warri with their tails firmly between leg
And Warri come carry last
United we stand
We are #RUFC pic.twitter.com/hBmeaxjqid
Malachi Ohawuma’s double helped Rivers United to maintain their challenge for the Nigeria Professional Football League title with a 3-0 win over Warri Wolves.
However, leaders Plateau United were in no mood to allow their advantage to slip as Ibrahim Mustapha matched Ohawuma’s feat with a 16th-minute penalty and a second goal nine minutes later to secure a 2-1 home victory against Kwara.
In Singapore’s Premier League, Tampines Rovers launched a late blitz to ensure they sat at the top of the table when the final whistle sounded in their clash with Lion City Sailors.
Boris Kopitovic, Zehrudin Mehmedovic, Jordan Webb and Shah Shahiran all struck inside the last half-hour to claim the points in a behind-closed doors encounter.
MBA Moscow needed overtime to snatch a 107-105 Russian Super League victory over Yekaterinburg after the sides were tied at 89-89 at the buzzer.
There were no such problems for Rodniki Izhevsk, who trounced University-Ugra 107-73, Spartak Primorie, 112-94 winners against Burevestnik Jaroslav and Vostok 65, who beat St Petersburg 94-77 with all four games taking place behind closed doors.
Artyom Levsha’s overtime winner saw Neman Grodno level their Belarus Extraleague play-off semi-final series against Soligorsk at 2-2.
They led 2-0 after the first period and 3-2 after the second, but eventually edged to a 4-3 win.
In Russia, Tverishi scored twice in each of the first two periods to lay the foundation for a 5-3 victory over GUOR Kareliya.
