Euro 2020 became Euro 2021 in a major shift for an international soccer calendar that is on lockdown because of the coronavirus outbreak and with no clear end in sight. Aleksander Ceferin, the head of European soccer’s governing body UEFA, said that the current season could be “lost” if it is unable to re-start by the end of June. In a coordinated move, UEFA was followed Tuesday by South American soccer body CONMEBOL, which postponed the Copa America one year to the same playing dates. Playing in June 2021 takes match dates from other national team games for which UEFA already sold broadcast and sponsor rights. Australia’s proposed test tour of Bangladesh in June has been postponed and both boards will work together to find new dates to reschedule the series. England’s two-match test series in Sri Lanka scheduled to start on March 19 was postponed. 12 years after sharing the silverware with India, Sri Lanka finally laid hands on an ICC trophy when they defeated the Men in Blue in the World T20 final in Dhaka.
FILE – In this Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016 file photo the Euro soccer championships trophy is seen in front of the logo during the presentation of Munich’s logo as one of the host cities of the Euro 2020 European soccer championships in Munich, Germany. Postponing Euro 2020 has also created a backlog of national team games in a packed calendar managed by FIFA. Formula One expects to run a shortened season of 15-18 grands prix once racing resumes, down from its original calendar of a record 22 races. NASCAR postponed all race events through May 3, including races at the Atlanta Motor Speedway (March 15) and Homestead-Miami Speedway (March 22), but intends to run all 36 races this season. NASCAR postponed all race events through May 3 but intends to run all 36 races this season. The Giro d’Italia, the Paris-Roubaix, Liege-Bastogne-Liege and the Tour de Yorkshire Race were postponed.
Formula One cancelled the opening race in Australia on March 15 and the showcase Monaco Grand Prix in May has also been scrapped. Also, 16 of UEFA´s members are involved in the Euro 2020 playoffs, which were scheduled to be played on March 26 and 31. They will decide the last four entries in the 24-nation final tournament, and could now be played in early June. A one-year postponement became UEFA´s favored option last week. If resuming the season is possible, UEFA´s options to complete this season include playing the quarterfinals and semifinals as single games instead of over two legs where each team has a home match. The Champions League final is scheduled for May 30 in Istanbul, but the Turkish city could also be asked host the semifinals in a mini-tournament at a later date. Asian Champions League: Matches involving Chinese clubs Guangzhou Evergrande, Shanghai Shenhua and Shanghai SIPG were postponed.
Seven races of the MotoGP season have now been postponed after the first round in Qatar was cancelled. The opening two ICF canoe slalom World Cups, set for June in Italy and France, have been postponed. The Tour had postponed or canceled events scheduled between March and May. The Grand National festival (April 2-4) was canceled while the Kentucky Derby, the first jewel in North American horse racing’s Triple Crown (May 2) was postponed to Sept. The 2020 ISSF World Cups in New Delhi (May) and Baku (June-July) were canceled. The 2020 ISSF World Cups in New Delhi (May) and Baku (June-July) have been cancelled. The World Athletics Championships scheduled for 2021 in Eugene, Oregon have been postponed to the summer of 2022 because of the Olympic Games rescheduling. The 2021 World Games have been pushed back by a year to avoid clashing with the Tokyo Olympics. The Mauritius FA have cancelled the remainder of the football season.
The virus currently “makes football and all life in Europe quite impossible,” UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said. The European Championship final typically attracts a broadcast audience of 300 million worldwide and the 51-game tournament made UEFA a profit of 830 million euros ($912 million) four years ago. The World Snooker Championship in Sheffield (April 18-May 4) at the Crucible Theatre, will be re-arranged for July or August. The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has postponed the men’s Olympic qualifiers, European Championship and the Americas Championship by a year. And in the euro 2004 qualifiers, the top scorer for the western powerful Slovenia; 2008 years ago the top three is healy (Northern Ireland), eduardo (Croatia) and mora rick (Poland), divided up. Nov 12 (Reuters) – Serbia midfielder Luka Milivojevic has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss their Euro 2020 playoff clash at home to Scotland later on Thursday. The 2020 European Aquatics Championships that was scheduled to take place from May 11-24 in Budapest, Hungary, has been postponed to August.
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