Events
Asian Beach Games on track for November
With China’s Hainan province recording no new Covid-19 cases for over two months, the Sixth Asian Beach Games, scheduled for Sanya City in November, are progressing as planned.
Indian Premier League ‘postponed indefinitely’
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has postponed the Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament "indefinitely", the Press Trust of India has reported
AFC extends suspension as Fifa officials hint at longer shutdown
The Asian Football Confederation has announced an indefinite postponement of all matches and competitions scheduled to take place in May and June
NFL, TV networks prep complex Draft production
Production to cover three separate networks, roughly 180 different video feeds
‘Quickfire’ Rugby Championship in Australia mooted
Sanzaar, the body which oversees top-level rugby union the Southern Hemisphere, is considering a "quickfire" six-week national team competition in one country, with potentially one city hosting the event
Tour de France must find new dates as public event restrictions continue
Cycling’s Tour de France is set to require new dates for its 2020 edition after French President, Emmanuel Macron, stated that restrictions on public events in the country will continue until mid-July.
Italian and German football behind closed doors ‘until 2021’
Although plans for football to resume in Italy and Germany by the end of next month are in progress, supporters could have to wait until 2021 to be allowed back in to stadiums
Tokyo delay to cost IOC ‘several hundred million dollars’
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has said the organisation would face extra costs of "several hundred million dollars" due to the postponement of Tokyo 2020
ONE postpones Singapore events
Mixed martial arts promotion ONE Championship last week postponed two events it was planning to run in Singapore behind closed doors this month due to the country's tightened Covid-19 restrictions
Snooker’s biggest tournament to go virtual
This year’s Betfred World Championship was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic but snooker fans can still tune in to see a virtual version of the sport’s biggest tournament.
Live sport restarts in Taiwan, Eleven streams baseball globally
Taiwan’s baseball and football leagues began their 2020 seasons behind closed doors at the weekend, joining the small group of sports globally that are continuing amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
ITTF considers dropping individual World Championships
The head of the ITTF has said the organisation is considering getting rid of its individual World Championships, as part of its ongoing competition restructure
Federations continue coronavirus calendar rejigs
International federations including World Athletics and Fiba are continuing to rejig their calendars in response to the postponement of Tokyo 2020 and the ongoing coronavirus disruption
Rogers Cup WTA event called off after Quebec bans sporting events until September
The Rogers Cup women's tournament in Montreal, which was scheduled for August 7-16, has been called off by Tennis Canada and the Women's Tennis Association
International Champions Cup men’s tournament called off
The 2020 International Champions Cup men's tournament has been called off by organizers Relevent Sports Group due to the global Covid-19 pandemic
NFL secures 58 players to participate in Draft virtually
Group of participating players includes expected top pick Joe Burrow
UCI unveils cost-cutting measures, warns of Olympic revenue reduction
The UCI, the governing body for cycling, has decided to furlough its workforce to lessen the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic
NBA announces participants and format for H-O-R-S-E tournament
The National Basketball Association has announced the participants and format for the H-O-R-S-E shooting competition it is staging to help fill the sports competition void amid the ongoing Covid-19 shutdown