The All England Club has cancelled the Wimbledon Tennis Championships for the first time since World War Two because of the corona virus pandemic.

The tournament was due to be played between June 29 and July12.

The entire grass-court season has been abandoned, and there will be no professional tennis anywhere in the world until at least July13.

Wimbledon is the latest major summer sporting event to be called off, with Euro 2020 and the Tokyo Olympics postponed for 12 months.

It follows the postponement of the French Open, which was due to begin in May but has been rescheduled to September 20 – October 4.