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Sports WorldUEFA Releases €236.5m to Member Associations Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

PilotnewsApril 28, 2020

UEFA has released 236.5 million euros (256 million dollars) to its 55 associations who are grappling with the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Europe’s soccer governing body said on Monday. UEFA said each association would receive 4.3 million euros from a fund earmarked for targeted areas of development but decided to allow each association to “set its own priorities” due to the new coronavirus outbreak. “It wants to help its members to respond in...

Coronavirus Sports World NewsFIFA proposes Up to Five Substitutions Per Match on a Temporary Basis

PilotnewsApril 27, 2020

FIFA has proposed that teams should be allowed to make up to five substitutions per match, instead of the usual three, as a temporary measure to help cope with potential fixture congestion in the aftermath of the novel Coronavirus outbreak. Football has been at a standstill since mid-March but many leagues and federations are still hoping to complete the season but to do so they would have to cram fixtures into a shorter period than...

Coronavirus Sports WorldLiverpool Stadium Expansion Held Up by Impact of Pandemic

PilotnewsApril 27, 2020

Liverpool Football Club’s expansion of their Anfield Road stand has been postponed by a year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the English Premier League (EPL) club said on Monday. The club added that the earliest target for completion is now 2023. Liverpool opened their redeveloped Main Stand in 2016, which raised seating capacity to more than 54,000, and the club were set to begin work on the Anfield Road stand in December....

Coronavirus Sports WorldArsenal to Re-open Training Ground to Players

PilotnewsApril 26, 2020

Arsenal will reopen London Colney training ground to their players next week for individual training, but the Premier League club will continue to observe social distancing rules amid the Coronavirus outbreak, they said on Saturday. Soccer in England was suspended indefinitely last month due to the virus and no clubs have been in training. “Players will be permitted access to the Colney grounds next week,” Arsenal said in a statement. “Access will be limited, carefully...

News Nigeria SportsNFF to Revise 2020 Budget, Cut Down on Competitions to Attend

PilotnewsApril 25, 2020

The Executive Committee of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Friday met via video conferencing to deliberate on important issues in Nigerian football, according to a statement from the football body. The NFF Executive Committee, according to the meeting’s eight-point communique, resolved that the Federation should revise its budget for the year, among other stringent measures. “The Executive Committee mandated the General Secretary, Mohammed Sanusi, to within the next four weeks and armed with the realistic...

Sports World NewsICC Still Planning for T20 World Cup in October

PilotnewsApril 23, 2020

Planning for this year’s men’s Twenty20 World Cup and next year’s women’s 50-over World Cup is going ahead, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Thursday. This is in spite of the fact that cricket remains suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The ICC hosted a Chief Executives’ Committee (CEC) meeting with the CEOs of the 12 full members and three associate representatives. The meeting was to discuss the challenges boards will face in the...

Coronavirus SportsNetherlands League Season Effectively Over, Says Dutch FA

PilotnewsApril 22, 2020

The Dutch football season was effectively ended on Tuesday after the government extended a ban on major public events by three months, the Dutch football association (KNVB) said in a statement. The KNVB said it would not continue efforts to try to complete the 2019-20 campaign, but would first consult with European football’s governing body, UEFA, which has been pushing member countries to try to finish their seasons. Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte on Tuesday...

Coronavirus SportsLa Liga Clubs Pledge €200m to Other Sports, Lower Leagues

PilotnewsApril 21, 2020

Clubs in Spain’s top two divisions have agreed to give an additional 200 million euros (176.4 million pounds) over the next four years to boost Spanish sports. The fund would also assist lower league football, the league’s organising body, La Liga, said in a statement on Tuesday. Since signing a collective broadcasting rights deal in 2015, La Liga had donated 1 percent of its revenue to Spain’s sports ministry. It has increased this to 2.5...

Coronavirus Nigeria SportsLockdown: Police Confirm Arrest of 30 Footballers in Kano

PilotnewsApril 21, 2020

The Police Command in Kano on Tuesday confirmed it had arrested 30 youths allegedly involved in a football match in defiance to the lockdown order imposed on the state to contain the spread of the Coronavirus virus. Mr Abdullahi Haruna, the Commands’ spokesman, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano. Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje had, on April 14, ordered a total lockdown of the state for 7-days, starting...

Sports World NewsArsenal Announce 12.5% Pay Cuts for Players, Coaching Staff

PilotnewsApril 20, 2020

Arsenal’s players and coaching staff have agreed a 12.5% salary cut due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Premier League club said in a statement on Monday. Several Premier League clubs have furloughed employees since the new coronavirus outbreak while others have said their players have accepted wage deferrals, but Arsenal is the first club to announce salary reductions for players. “We are pleased to announce that we have reached a voluntary agreement with our first-team players,...

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