While top players donate to coronavirus relief efforts and post cooking and workout videos online, lower level professionals are counting the cost of the tennis shutdown with some fearing they will be unable to put food on the table if it lasts much longer.
Spanish midfielder Cesc Fabregas has picked Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho as the best two managers he has worked under during his career.
The total US death toll from the coronavirus pandemic topped 4,000 early Wednesday, more than double the number from three days earlier, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The number of deaths was 4,076 -- more than twice the 2,010 recorded late Saturday.
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are currently rumored to be hunkering down at a compound in Malibu, the exclusive beach community outside Los Angeles long favored by A-listers and movie moguls.
Two weeks after news broke that a pair of Los Angeles Lakers players tested positive for COVID-19, the team revealed Tuesday that all players are symptom-free after a completing a 14-day period of home isolation.
Japan lags behind many countries in its efforts to reduce tobacco usage, and the ban — just in Tokyo — only applies to traditional cigarettes. E-cigarettes too are banned. The ban was part of Tokyo’s preparations for the 2020 Olympics, and covers establishments with hired employees.
Less than three months before the Tour de France's scheduled start, the possibility of cycling's greatest show taking place remains shrouded in doubt, while the organisers have thrown up a wall of silence.
Maintaining social distance and observing self-isolation are crucial steps in the fight against Covid-19, but some staff members of NIS Patiala - where the country's elite athletes are based - have not followed it strictly, leaving some coaches and players worried.
Patrick McEnroe, younger brother of seven-times Grand Slam champion John, said he had been tested after experiencing "some minor symptoms" about 10 or 11 days ago.
A former journalist and players' agent, Diouf was the president of Olympique de Marseille from 2005 to 2009 when they finished runners-up in Ligue 1 twice and reached two French Cup finals, losing both.
Spain's La Liga could recommence in July without spectators, the head of a major broadcaster has said, adding that the season was likely to be cancelled if a player tested positive for the coronavirus once the campaign had restarted.
Former India batsman and currently the president of the Indian Cricketers Association (ICA) Ashok Malhotra feels that in the present grim situation, where there is a huge uncertainty around the cash-rich IPL, India's cricketers, some of them the richest in the sport, could soon face a pay cut.
One of India's brightest medal prospects at the Tokyo Olympics, Apurvi Chandela's hopes of taking a break in four months time, after more than two years of high-intensity training, are now dashed with the coronavirus pandemic pushing the extravaganza back by a year.
Davis Cup-winning former US captain Patrick McEnroe said he has tested positive for coronavirus. The 53-year-old younger brother of seven-time Grand Slam singles champion John McEnroe said in a video posting on Twitter that he was tested at a drive-up facility in Westchester County, the New York suburb where a major outbreak took place.
England's Jos Buttler is auctioning the shirt he wore in last year's dramatic World Cup final win in support of hospitals treating the coronavirus. He played a key role in England's thrilling defeat of New Zealand at Lord's in July, scoring a fifty, batting in the Super Over and then running out Martin Guptill off the very last ball of the match.
FIFA is looking to use its vast financial reserves to provide assistance to a football industry ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic wiping out games and creating unexpected economic hardship in the world's biggest sport.
John Isner, who won the longest-ever tennis match over three days at Wimbledon in 2010, says it will be a "tough pill to swallow" if this year's event is canceled.
US President Donald Trump's remarks came a day after he extended the "social distancing" guidelines until April 30, expecting the peak death rate from Covid-19 to hit the country in two weeks. "Challenging times are ahead for the next 30 days, and this is a very vital 30 days," Trump said.
As the whole sporting action has come to a halt due to the coronavirus pandemic, Swiss tennis maestro Roger Federer on Monday was seen practicing his trademark trick shot.
The IOC on Monday announced that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, will commence from July 23 next year.
The heads of Fiorentina and Torino said in separate interviews on Monday that they believed that the Serie A season was unlikely to finish due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Newcastle United have become the first Premier League club to place members of their non-playing staff on temporary leave in response to the coronavirus crisis, the BBC has reported.
New Zealand's Radio Sport has ceased broadcasting indefinitely because of the coronavirus shutdown, bringing to an end nearly a quarter of a century of commentary, interviews and sport-related chat.
City Grandmaster Raunak Sadhwani lived up to his billing and finished on top in the online blitz tournament on Monday.
The octogenarian Brazilian soccer boss jailed as part of the corruption investigation inside world football's governing body FIFA is to be released early on compassionate grounds, the judge in the case said on Monday.
The scheduled breaks for the Indian men and women's hockey teams were put on hold after it was deemed unsafe for them to travel to their home towns in the aftermath of the Covid-19 outbreak. In fact, on March 10, a lockdown order was issued at SAI.
The Executive Committee of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) conducted a follow-up meeting in light of continued uncertainty caused by Covid-19 on Sunday, and arrived at a few decisions that will have a wide ranging impact on all parties invested in the sport.
The Premier League campaign has been postponed until at least April 30 because of the coronavirus pandemic, but the chances of a return in May look bleak.
A portion of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center is set to transform into a 350-bed temporary hospital on Tuesday, the USTA said, as the coronavirus outbreak strains resources in New York City, which as been dramatically affected by the pandemic.
In a statement posted on its website, USA Rugby said it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which allows financially struggling organizations to reorganize and restructure debt.
Lionel Messi confirmed on Monday that Barcelona's players will take a 70 per cent pay cut and make financial contributions to ensure the club's other employees are paid in full during the state of alarm in Spain.
Augusta National Golf Club said on Monday it is donating $2 million to assist the Augusta area in the fight against the coronavirus that has already forced it to postpone the Masters tournament it typically hosts every April.
Members voted to keep troops in Sudan's restive Darfur region until the end of May and maintain the UN political mission in Somalia until June 30. They extended the mandate of the UN panel of experts for North Korea until April 30, 2021 and they stressed the importance of supporting the UN's far-flung peacekeeping operations.
In a grim new milestones marking the spread of the virus, total deaths across the United States hit 3,017, including at least 540 on Monday, and the reported cases climbed to more than 163,000.
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan formally step down as senior members of the British royal family on Tuesday, as they start a new life in the US. The couple have already relocated to California, according to reports, after announcing in January that they intended to quit royal life and "work to become financially independent".
Alberto Tito Alejandro, a resident of the western US state of Washington, was arrested following a high-speed chase that left officers dumbfounded after they found the man's pit bull behind the wheel. The pursuit ended after police deployed spike strips and arrested Alejandro, who was booked on multiple felonies.
Real Kashmir FC head coach David Robertson is counting the days in his hotel room in Srinagar, praying he'll be able to leave India and get back to Aberdeen, Scotland soon.
The IPL, which has been postponed until April 15 due to the COVID-19 outbreak, in all likelihood will be cancelled as the government fights to bring the current pandemic under control with a 21-day lockdown. Yadav's team Mumbai Indians would have played Chennai Super Kings in the IPL opener on Sunday.
The postponement of the Tokyo Olympics has dampened the hopes of Indonesia's Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan of becoming the sport's oldest gold medallists, but the pair is determined to stay in shape by restructuring their training programme.
It was on March 30, 2011, when India defeated arch-rivals Pakistan to enter the final of the 50-over World Cup.
In the race against the coronavirus, Germany is betting on widespread testing and quarantining to break the infection chain, a strategy borrowed from South Korea whose success in slowing the outbreak has become the envy of the world.
Other Indian sports icons like Sachin Tendulkar, PV Sindhu, Sourav Ganguly, Bajrang Punia, Hima Das and Suresh Raina have also contributed their bit for the cause.
Whatever the cause of death, China’s bereaved families have not been able to hold funerals since February 1, even as the nation’s outbreak eases, including in Hubei where the virus erupted in December.
Millions of migrant workers across the Gulf face uncertainty as host countries lock down, employers withhold wages or mull redundancies, and strict coronavirus containment measures lead to deportations and confinement.
A Japanese airline is finally letting female flight attendants wear trousers and flat shoes instead of skirts and high heels following a nationwide campaign. Japan Airlines announced that they will come into force from April 1. “This will be the first time to introduce trousers and to provide additional options for footwear,” an airline spokesperson said.
While most global sport has shut down over the coronavirus pandemic, a US third-level women's golf tour is playing through, aided by a ruling declaring Arizona courses as essential businesses - and where a winner's prize recently included a toilet roll.
Rugby Australia has been accused of locking players out of critical talks about their future as the beleaguered governing body struggles to navigate a way through the coronavirus shutdown.
The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has said its decision to pull out of the 2020 Tokyo Games was unilateral and made without the knowledge of Canada or the International Olympic Committee (IOC).