The alpine skiing World Cup finals scheduled for Cortina d'Ampezzo between March 16-22 have been cancelled due to the spread of the coronavirus, the Italian Winter Sports Federation announced on Friday. The number of those killed by COVID-19 in Italy jumped to 197 on Friday with more than 4,600 cases recorded, and government emergency decrees have led to a swathe of sports events being cancelled or postponed. bur/dmc/td