matches in two rounds United Rugby Championship was postponed, with two teams from Wales, one from Ireland and one from Italy, all trying to return home.
Returned several times from a professional golf tournament in Johannesburg, while at two other tournaments South Africa were negatively affected.
The Netherlands played a rain-hit One Day International against South Africa but the rest of their tour of South Africa was in danger.
The British government announced on Thursday that South Africa was back on the ‘Red List’ because of the spread of a new strain of the virus, B.1.1.1.529.
Travelers from South Africa, including returning nationals, will face a mandatory two-week quarantine period while flights have been grounded.
After this, many people imposed travel restrictions on Friday. The European Union Country.
Two Welsh rugby teams, Cardiff Blues and llanelli scarletannounced that they were withdrawing from scheduled matches at the United Rugby Championship and plan to return home as soon as possible.
The United Rugby Championship (URC) later announced that all four matches scheduled for Saturday and Sunday for South Africa had been postponed, as well as fixtures for the following weekend.
Munster from Ireland and the Italian team Zebre also arrived in South Africa and the URC said arrangements were being made for all four teams to return home as soon as possible.
Sixteen British players withdrew after the first round of the Joburg Open golf tournament, the first of the new DP World Tour, and was expected to return to the UK to avoid spending time in quarantine.
The Joburg Open was co-sanctioned with South Africa sunshine tour And the organizers announced that it would continue as a World Tour Points event.
But next week’s South African Open will lose its World Tour status and be played as a Sunshine Tour event only, while next week’s Alfred Dunhill Championships has been cancelled.
The Netherlands cricket team played three scheduled one-day internationals against South Africa at Centurion on Friday, but a joint statement from the two countries’ boards indicated that the touring team would return home as soon as possible.
But the fate of the tour was yet to be decided as “there was little chance the visiting team would be able to pull out of South Africa over the weekend.”
This opened the possibility that a second match could be planned at the same venue on Sunday.
The third match was to be held in Johannesburg on Wednesday.
A final decision on the remaining matches is expected “in the next 24 to 48 hours”, the statement said.
The travel ban could also affect a women’s World Cup qualifying cricket tournament in Zimbabwe, which will continue till December 5. Nine teams are playing in the event, including Ireland and the Netherlands from Europe.
Cricket Ireland issued a statement saying it was concerned and in touch with the latest developments. international cricket council and the Irish government. “Our decision will be based first and foremost on the health and safety of players and support staff.”
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