EXCLUSIVE: EFL clubs want to access funds made available to business as part of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak last week.

A significant number of Championship, League One and Two players are borrowed from elsewhere, with a number of those approaching the end of their contracts at their parent clubs.

PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor has said the union oppose a blanket wage deferral for players, fearing clubs will try to cash in on the coronavirus crisis.

EXCLUSIVE BY IAN HERBERT AND SIMON JONES: The PFA have dug their heels in over crippled clubs attempts to reduce their wage bill in the coronavirus crisis.

The Premier League and EFL have warned football supporters that there are 'no quick answers' as to how and when the season will continue due to the coronavirus pandemic.

There is a clamour for footballers to cut their wages at the moment but not every one of us is an affluent millionaire. If you are playing in the lower leagues, you can't afford to take a wage cut.

EXCLUSIVE BY IAN HERBERT: Many clubs are increasingly sanguine about losing players, because critical cash flow problems mean they will soon be insolvent.

Andy Holt suggests football clubs should go into 'protective hibernation' to safeguard their futures during this uncertain period and fears games may not be played in front of crowds for a long time.

Chelsea will have to pay £5million if they want to sign 19-year-old Derby midfielder Max Bird, who impressed Blues boss Frank Lampard when he was manager of the Championship club.

Dr Zach Binney, an epidemiologist at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, says tens of thousands of spectators in close proximity in a stadium is 'very, very dangerous.'

The Cottagers, like every Championship club, have their players training individually at home while football is shut down due to the deadly pandemic, but some have coped better than others.

Hunter won 28 England caps. The legendary defender made 540 appearances for Leeds and won two First Division titles, the FA Cup, League Cup and two Inter-Cities Fairs Cups.

Championship strugglers Luton Town have dismissed manager Graeme Jones and three of his coaching staff as the coronavirus lockdown bites down on EFL football.

EXCLUSIVE: Out-of-contract players are going to clash with EFL clubs over plans to ask them to play through July without extra payment. Many are coming to the end of their contracts in June.

England's top football cop has said that playing football matches at their original venues would 'present challenges' to the police and has suggested that neutral venues be considered.

Relegation is likely to apply when the Premier League resumes and the FA Cup final has been pencilled in for August 8 at Wembley as more details of football's Project Restart emerged.

SPORTS AGENDA: Big, unexpected news out of the BBC on Friday when, in an illuminatingly terse email, staff were informed that Radio 5 Live Sport editor Mike Carr had left the building.

SIMON JONES: The ugly row behind Charlton Athletic's ownership has taken another twist after police were called in to recoup two club cars from former chairman Matt Southall.

NASSER HUSSAIN IN CAPE TOWN: Ben Stokes is one of the best and most complete fielders in world cricket. I can only really think of Chris Jordan as someone who comes anywhere near him.

NASSER HUSSAIN IN CAPE TOWN: It was on this same Newlands ground that I first thought England might have found someone special when Jimmy Anderson burst through in 2003.

NASSER HUSSAIN IN CAPE TOWN: The way he led, the moves he made and the way his players responded in this second Test have provided him with the perfect template.

NASSER HUSSAIN IN PORT ELIZABETH: There should be no doubt Jofra Archer is the best man to replace Jimmy Anderson in the third Test here and must be given every chance to prove himself.

INSIGHT BY NASSER HUSSAIN: Yes, I know Kagiso Rabada already had thee demerit points and has been a serial offender. He has probably been warned time and again.

NASSER HUSSAIN IN PORT ELIZABETH: The young players are really finding their way under Joe Root and it does look as though it is the England captain who is moulding his side.

NASSER HUSSAIN: The Wanderers pitch has been one of the bounciest in the world for five or six years, so the key for England is to adapt to that.

NASSER HUSSAIN IN JOHANNESBURG: Joe Root endured a chaotic, frenetic morning ahead of the first day of this final Test but the England captain impressed me with his calm decision making.

NASSER HUSSAIN - VERDICT: The first thing England's women should do ahead of Thursday's Twenty20 World Cup semi-final against India is do whatever the opposite is of a rain dance.

The most irritating trait of the millennial generation is their inability to commit, according to etiquette expert William Hanson, who's revealed the polite way to cancel - but only if you must.

Amy Schumer is hoping for the sympathy vote to get nominated in September's Primetime Emmys.

She starred alongside Amy Schumer in the 2018 hit film I Feel Pretty. And on Monday, Emily Ratajkowski gushed about her former co-star while attending a red carpet premiere in New York City.

They just welcomed son Gene into the world in May. But on Tuesday, comedienne Amy Schumer and husband Chris Fischer put their two-month-old on the hot seat as they jokingly grilled him

Ashley Graham and Amy Schumer attended the Frida Mom Launch in NYC, hosted by Ariana Huffington and Chelsea Hirschorn on Tuesday night. Ashley, 31, stunned in a black maxi dress.

The spat started four days ago when the actress posted an Instagram snap with her baby boy asking, if anyone would be interested in watching a documentary series about her pregnancy and birth.

The 38-year-old new mother was the only woman to make the list, which was topped by Kevin Hart

The 38-year-old comedian cuddled up to little Gene on the couch for a quick nap before returning to her busy lifestyle as a working mom.

Scientists from Kaiser Permanente in Southern California looked at nearly 50,000 women. Some endured hyperemesis gravidarum, while others had more comfortable pregnancies.

The comedian, 38, took to Instagram to post a picture of herself looking shocked on the loo with a pregnancy test stick next to her.

Fan or not, there is no doubting Amy Schumer's intelligence. 

The actress, 38, revealed she sent her trainer AJ Fisher a cease and desist letter for her 'unduly punishing physical exercises.' The Trainwreck star talked about it on her podcast 3 Girls 1 Keith.

Schumer has been particularly candid about the changes her body has gone through since her first pregnancy, even revealing her C-section scar and IVF injection marks.

Amy Schumer was spotted out on a chilly day in New York taking a stroll with her husband Chris Fischer on Sunday afternoon before watching the Oscars in her sweats.

Amy Schumer was seen social isolating when out for a walk at the park with their ten-month-old son, Gene, on Saturday.

Amy Schumer uploaded an amusing clip to her Instagram account on Tuesday morning showing herself in the role of haircutter to her husband Chris Fischer: 'Anyone else at this moment?'

Venus, 39, is broadcasting workouts live on Instagram every weekday at noon. On Friday, Serena and Amy, both 38, joined her for different portions of the broadcast.

Amy, 38, and company were getting some fresh air together after visiting her dad Gordon from a safe distance during another family walk over the weekend.

Schumer, 38, shares her little boy with husband Chris Fischer, 40, who is a professional chef.

Amy Schumer is simply smitten with her nearly one-year-old son Gene. So when the giggling little one snatched mom's phone, the comic let her darling little dude play around.

With Amy Schumer about to celebrate her son Gene's first birthday, she's opening up about changing her son's name that had an inadvertent 'genital' sound.

I don't receive many awards, so I was genuinely thrilled tonight to be honoured by The Irish Post for 'Outstanding Contribution to Broadcasting and Journalism.'

I've known Boris a long time and like Trump, his inflammatory bark is a lot worse than his bite