COVID-19, as the disease is officially known has also affected sporting events across the world.
With almost all major sports events stand disrupted due to Covid-19, sports across the world stand either postponed or cancelled. Matches to be played behind-closed-doors, including football, rugby, darts, cricket, tennis, golf, boxing, athletics, and American sports.
Football
The Euro 2020 tournament has been postponed until 2021. The 24-team tournament, which was due to be staged in 12 nations across the continent from June 12 to July 12 this year, would now take place from June 11 to July 11, 2021.
UEFA postponed next week’s Champions League and Europa League matches, FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation have agreed to postpone the Asian World Cup qualifying matches in March and June. This season’s English Premier League has also been postponed until further information. This season’s Champions League final, Europa League final and women’s Champions League final, all due to be played in May, were formally postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Formula 1
The Azerbaijan Grand Prix became the latest postponement in the calendar, meaning there will be no Formula One races until the middle of June at the earliest. Formula 1 has canceled the season-opening Australian GP after a McLaren team member contracted the coronavirus. The race was scheduled to take place on March 15.
The Bahrain Grand Prix and the Vietnam Grand Prix have been postponed. Those events were first scheduled to take place on March 20-22 and April 3-5 respectively. According to FIA, Races in the Netherlands, Spain, and Monaco in May have all been postponed.
Tennis
The professional tennis tour – men’s and women’s – has been suspended until June 7, with all clay court tournaments in Europe cancelled. The French Open has been postponed until September 20 – October 4, organisers said on March 17. The clay court major was originally scheduled to be played from May 24-June 7. The Fed Cup tennis finals in Budapest have also been postponed.
Golf
The Honda LPGA Thailand event and the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore have been cancelled. The Maybank Championship in Kuala Lumpur and the China Open have been postponed. The Indian and China opens have both been postponed.
