May 13 – In a classic example of what sports lawyers have warned could happen when leagues are stopped in the tracks and not completed because of the coronavirus pandemic, Amiens have started legal proceedings for their “unjust” relegation from France’s Ligue 1.
May 13 – Spanish clubs will have to live up to the fact that they will have to reduce salaries next season due to the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic, according to La Liga president Javier Tebas.
By Andrew Warshaw
May 12 – In a significant move that will be a massive boost to runaway leaders Liverpool and a potential blow to those at the other end of the table, the Premier League will not be declared null and void if the season cannot be completed, meaning the title will be awarded and three clubs relegated as usual.
May 12 – FIFA has named the dates for two key women’s events for next year that were postponed last month because of the coronavirus pandemic.
May 12 – The one country in Europe playing regular football despite Covid-19, has had to postpone two games because of the virus.
May 12 – Denmark is the latest country to name a date for resuming top-flight football with May 28 confirmed following a gap of more than two months.
By Andrew Warshaw
May 11 – The whole concept of resuming top-flight football, which has split public opinion down the middle both on sporting and moral grounds, has suffered a blow with the entire squad of Dynamo Dresden, who play in the second tier of German football, put into two-week isolation after two players tested positive for coronavirus.
May 11 – Five players in the top two tiers of professional football in Spain have tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of a possible resumption of the season.
May 11 – As the English Premier League began a potentially pivotal meeting today in terms of if and when to resume games, they were having to deal with yet another club railing against plans to end the season at neutral venues.
Ahead of today’s crunch meeting, Watford joined Brighton and Aston Villa in stating their opposition to certain areas of the so-called ‘Project Restart’.
Watford are 17th in the Premier League and are looking to stave off relegation.
May 7 – Concerns that the resumption of Bundesliga season may have to be put back a week have been dismissed, with May 16 confirmed today for the eagerly-awaited restart, the first of the Big Five leagues to kick off again and a huge morale boost for others planning to go the same way, albeit slightly later.
By Andrew Warshaw
May 7 – The deepening divisions that are reported to exist over resuming the English Premier League at neutral grounds have been laid bare by the chief executive of relegation-threatened Aston Villa, Christian Purslow (pictured).
May 7 – Barcelona players are being tested for Covid-19 at the club’s training ground before resuming individual work “in the coming days” following the easing of some restrictions by the government in Spain.
May 7 – Brazilian clubs and the country’s president Jair Bolsonaro have been advocating a quick return of the domestic game, but those plans received a reality check on Wednesday when Flamengo announced 38 out of 293 tests for the coronavirus it had conducted came back positive.
May 7 – There is an advantage in being first and South Korea’s Hana1Q K LEAGUE 1 is grabbing it with a the opening match of the league’s return to play on May 8 scheduled to be broadcast in 17 countries.
May 7 – Scottish top tier club Hibernian have donated next season’s premium front of shirt sponsorship position to the NHS and is launching a series of events and activities that will raise money for the health service in Scotland.