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The Corona Virus, which has sickened more than 9 millions of people and has killed more than 479,000 people globally, has affected sporting events across the world, as per the data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Major sports events around the world are being cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The outbreak of the coronavirus has serious impact on a number of football events in places where the spread of the virus has been most deadly.
In South Korea, the football league season restarted on May 8 after several weeks of postponement, with reigning champions Jeonbuk Motors hosting Suwon Bluewings in an empty World Cup Stadium in Jeonju.
In Germany, the top-flight Bundesliga resumed its season on May 16 behind closed doors after a two-month hiatus.
The English Premier League, Italy’s Serie A, Spanish La Liga and Turkey’s Super Lig are set to resume in June after a near three-month suspension.
In US, the Major League Soccer (MLS) top-tier football league has extended its postponement of matches in the country until at least June 8 .
On April 12, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced the postponement of the two-legged semi-finals of the African Champions League that were supposed to take place in May.
The CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) Nations League Finals, which were scheduled for June 4 to June 7, have been suspended.
In Russia, the Russian Football Union agreed to immediately suspend all competitions at a meeting on March 17.
The postponed Belgian Cup final has been rescheduled for August 1.
The African Nations Championship 2020 tournament scheduled for April in Cameroon has been postponed indefinitely, the African Football Federation said in a statement on March 17.
This year’s Copa America has been postponed until 2021, the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) said on March 17. The 12-team tournament had originally been scheduled to take place from June 12 to July 12 in Colombia and Argentina.
The Euro 2020 tournament has been postponed until 2021, European football’s governing body UEFA said in a statement on March 17. UEFA said that 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.
On April 23, UEFA also postponed the Euro 2021 Women’s championship, and it will now be played in England from July 6 to July 31, in the same venues that were originally proposed to host the event.
The women’s football league in England has been cancelled.
UEFA on April 1 suspended all Champions League and Europa League matches “until further notice”.
All national team games scheduled for June have also been postponed.
FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation have agreed to postpone the Asian World Cup qualifying matches in March and June.
New seasons in the Chinese and Japanese professional leagues have been postponed.
Asian Champions League matches involving Chinese clubs Guangzhou Evergrande, Shanghai Shenhua and Shanghai SIPG have been postponed.
The Confederation of African Football has postponed two rounds of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers scheduled for March 25-31.
An exhibition match between Mexico and Colombia on May 30 at Denver has been cancelled.
The rest of the Dutch football league has been cancelled and leading team Ajax will not be declared the champion.
-With the help of ALJAZEERA
