Coronavirus: Fifa to distribute $150 million to member associations

The world football governing body, Fifa has announced that it will distribute $150 million to member associations over the next few days as the first step of a relief plan to assist the football community impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
 
Each member association will receive $500,000, along with any other remaining funds they were due to receive.
 
Fifa, in a statement, said that the operational funding for 2020 and 2019 will be paid to 211 national governing bodies across the globe.
 
"The pandemic has caused unprecedented challenges for the entire football community and, as the world governing body, it is Fifa 's duty to be there and support the ones that are facing acute needs," said Fifa President Gianni Infantino.

 
"This starts by providing immediate financial assistance to our member associations, many of which are experiencing severe financial distress.
 
"This is the first step of a far-reaching financial relief plan we are developing to respond to the emergency across the whole football community. Together with our stakeholders, we are we assessing the losses and we are working on the most appropriate and effective tools to implement the other stages of this relief plan," he added.
 
Fifa said that the immediate financial assistance should be used to mitigate the financial impact of Covid-19 on football in member associations, namely to meet financial or operational obligations that they may have towards staff and other third parties.
 
The entire sporting calendar has come to a grinding halt because of the coronavirus pandemic which has so far claimed over 1.9 lakh lives across the world.       

Here is a list of major sports tournaments that were cancelled or postponed due to coronavirus pandemic:
  

Major sports events affected by Coronavirus pandemic
Sports event	Status
Tokyo Olympics	Postponed to 2021
Cricket
India vs South Africa ODI series	Cancelled
Australia vs New Zealand (2nd and 3rd ODI)	Cancelled
Pakistan Super League	Suspended
England vs Sri Lanka Test series	Cancelled
Australia vs Bangladesh Test series	Postponed
Archery
World Cup in Shanghai	Cancelled
Badminton
China masters	Postponed
German Open	Cancelled
Asian Championships	Suspended
India Open	Suspended
Swiss Open	Suspended
Malaysian Open	Suspended
Singapore Open	Suspended
Thomas and Uber Cup finals	Postponed from May to Auguts 2020
Tennis
All AITA tournaments	Cancelled
BNP Paribas Open	Cancelled
Miami Open	Cancelled
Monte Carlo Masters	Cancelled
French Open	Postponed to Sept 20-OCt 4
Wimbledon 2020	Cancelled
Athletics
World Indoor Championships Nanjing	Postponed to March 2021
Field Hockey
India's tour of Japan (Jr Women's Asia Cup)	Postponed
FIH Pro League	Suspended till June
Basketball
NBA	Suspended
Shooting
New Delhi World Cup	postponed to May 5-12 and June 2-9
Boxing
World Cup in Germany	Cancelled
Formula one
Australian GP	Cancelled
Bahrain GP	Postponed
Vietnamese GP	Postponed
Chinese GP	Postponed
Monaco GP	Cancelled
Azerbaijan GP	Postponed
Football
Champions League	Suspended till further notice
Europa League	Suspended till further notice
EPL and FA Cup	Postponed till April 30
Euro 2020	Postponed to 2021
Copa America	postponed to 2021
Fifa U-17 Women's World Cup	Postponed