What sports are planning to resume post COVID19 Pandemic?

IPL instead of T20 World Cup!

T20 World Cup which was scheduled to start in October (Oct 18 to Nov 15 in Australia) is set to be postponed with the IPL moving into its place!

IPL 2020 was originally scheduled to begin from March 29 but it was first deferred to April 15 before being postponed indefinitely. Chance at replacing T20 WC time slot with IPL2020 seems to be a lucrative opportunity for the cricket board to avoid a loss of Rs. 4000 crores.

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NASCAR also resumed on Sunday!

After two long months without live, real-life NASCAR racing, The action finally returned on Sunday with the Real Heroes 400, A 400 mile drive unlike any other in modern day NASCAR, at Darlington Raceway. Kevin Harvick scored 50th career Cup win!

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Slovenia’s Football League (PrvaLiga) to restart on June 5 after 2-Month suspension due to Covid-19 pandemic.

25 rounds out of 36 in the season had been played before.

Currently Ljubljana’s Olimpija is at the top of the league table with 50 points, ahead of Celje and Aluminij who have 45 points apiece.

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Tour de France 2020: 29th August to 20th September.

The world’s most prestigious and most difficult bicycle race is set to start from Nice on August 29 instead of its original June start date.

As the ban on the sport is lifted, Tour de France to be preceded by several warm-up races.

  • The first race in France will be the Route d’Occitanie between August 1-4

  • Followed by a one day mountain challenge at Mont Ventoux

  • Then the Tour de l’Ain from August 7-9.

  • Also packed into the programme is the shortened Criterium de Dauphine between 12-16 August and then the four-day Tour du Limousin from August 18.

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French Open 2020 to be Rescheduled Again to Give Players Time to Recover After US Open.

This year’s French Open at Roland-Garros is now aiming to start on Sep 27 instead of earlier Sep 20 start date.

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BWF unveiled a revised calendar for remainder of 2020

  • Hyderabad Open (August 11 to 16)

  • Syed Modi International (November 17 to 22)

  • Olympic-qualifying India Open To Be Held from December 8 to 13

  • Taipei Open 2020 (Super 300) - September 1-6

  • Korean Open - September 8-13

  • BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2020 in Aarhus, Denmark will take place from October 3-11

  • BWF World Tour Finals in Guangzhou, China - Will conclude on December 20, 2020

For Other rescheduled events check here :
New Zealand Open Super 300, Indonesia Open Super 1000, Malaysia Open Super 750, Thailand Open Super 500

The BWF has suspended German Open 2020, Swiss Open 2020, 2020 European Championships and Australian Open 2020

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La Liga given all-clear to resume season

Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, has given the green light for football to return in the week beginning 8 June, allowing La Liga to restart the first division with the Seville derby on June 12.

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US National Women’s Soccer League Plans First US Team Sport Return After Covid-19 Lockdown

The NWSL set to start from June 27, will host a 25-game tournament without spectators with a champion to be decided in a July 26 final.

The nine-team circuit will stage the NWSL Challenge Cup at Utah’s Zions Bank Stadium.

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Danish football resumed in empty stadiums on Thursday May 28.

Denmark became the 2nd country in Western Europe to restart their league season after Germany.

Fans used a ‘Zoom wall’ to watch Danish Superliga games. While the stadium itself was without fans, the faces of thousands of supporters who joined the Zoom call were shown on giant screens along one side of the field.

’Zoom wall’ the world’s first "virtual grandstand"


We may see more of ‘Zoom Wall’ in other European football.:sunglasses:

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Good News! Premier League to restart on June 17!

As per insiderreports reported in British press, Premier League to restart on June 17!

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World Junior Championships will now be held from January 18 to 24, 2021 in Auckland, New Zealand.

The prestigious event will be preceded by the World Junior Mixed Team Championships with the BWF scheduling it from January 11 to 16.

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Italy’s Serie A to Resume On June 20: Confirms Italy’s Sports Minister

Coppa Italia semi-finals and final will be held between June 13-17 with AC Milan, Juventus, Inter and Napoli in contention.

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The Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) season will resume on June 20 SAVE_20200604_182112

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NBA is back - Jul 31 to Oct 12

NBA models a 22-team format for Jul 31st return in Orlando. Each of the 22 teams will play 8 regular season games in Orlando for seeding purposes for the playoffs.

Woj explains how the NBA’s 22-team format will play out for the 2019-20 season

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FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifying Matches Get New Dates

The new dates for the Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022 Preliminary Competition and the AFC Asian Cup China 2023 Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 2 have been announced.

  • October 8, 2020: India vs Qatar (Home-match)

  • November 12, 2020: Bangladesh vs India (Away match)

  • November 17: India vs Afghanistan (Home match)

India are already out of contention for a berth in the 2022 World Cup, but the Blue Tigers are still in the reckoning for a spot in the Asian Cup.

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Djokovic launched Adria Tour to kick off today

The event conducted by Novak Djokovic will be played from June 13 to July 5 in Balkans and will include big names like Thiem, Cilic, Zverev and Dimitrov.

The exhibition match will be a fundraiser for the lower-ranked players who have been severely hit due to the abandonment of tournaments.

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Formula 1 resumed on Sunday at the Austrian Grand Prix!

Mercedes claimed a major victory with Valterri Bottas winning the first race of racing’s new season!

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Japan’s national women’s football league has set its return date on 18 July for both first and second division teams. The first two rounds will be played behind closed doors but the league will consider, depending on the spread of infection, if they will allow fans from the third round onwards

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World Athletics has announced its rescheduled calendar for the Diamond League and Continental Tour Gold meetings.
August

  • 11 Turku – Continental Tour Gold
  • 14 Monaco – Diamond League
  • 16 Gateshead – Diamond League
  • 20 Szekesfehervar – Continental Tour Gold
  • 23 Stockholm – Diamond League

September

  • 2 Lausanne – Diamond League
  • 4 Brussels – Diamond League
  • 6 Silesia – Continental Tour Gold
  • 8 Ostrava – Continental Tour Gold
  • 12 Gateshead (tbc) – Diamond League
  • 15 Zagreb – Continental Tour Gold
  • 17 Rome/Naples – Diamond League
  • 19 Shanghai – Diamond League
  • 26 Nairobi – Continental Tour Gold

October

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I-League 2nd division will be the 1st major sports event in India since the pandemic started . With it likely to be held in a crowded metropolis like Bengaluru , the task on hand for AIFF becomes even more difficult .

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