According to the Tamil Nadu government, the committee comprises economists, industrialists, vice chancellors, bankers, government officials and others.

Tour de France is rescheduled for August 29 without spectators but Chris Froome feels it may be hard to contain the fans.

Stephen Kearney sees this as a chance for Australia's National Rugby League to be one of the first sports in the world to emerge from Covid-19 shutdown.

Georges Laraque, who is asthmatic, developed pneumonia in both lungs and was hit by nightly fevers post hospitalisation after testing positive for Covid-19.

Taylor Fritz and Addison Rae beat Kei Nishikori and DJ Steve Aoki in the final of the Mario tennis charity tournament.

Armand Duplantis and Renaud Lavillenie shared the honours in the Ultimate Garden Clash.

Tennis is one of several social-distancing-compatible sports the Austrian government has allowed to resume as they ease the Covid-19 lockdown.

National Football League said they are planning to announce the schedule for full regular season by late next week.

The Checkmate Covid-19 Blitz Open, organised to raise funds for Kerala's fight against Covid-19, was won by Grandmaster SL Narayanan.

FINA announced that world championships were due to be held in Fukuoka next year from July 16-August 1 but will instead take place from May 13-29 in 2022

The next sumo 'basho' or tournament had been scheduled to begin on May 24, after organisers delayed the event by two weeks over the pandemic.

India will be represented by Viswanathan Anand, Vidit Gujrathi, P. Hari Krishna and Koneru Humpy at the online Nations Cup.

PGA Tour decided to ensure status for all players, exempt in 2019-20, to retain their status for 2020-21, too.

Leander Paes revealed that his mother was not to happy with his viral challenge that took social media by storm.

Novak Djokovic posted a video showing him exchanging shots with another man at clay court in the coastal city of Marbella.

A statement said 'appropriate testing measures' would be put in place to protect the health of players, production crew and others on site.

BWF chief Thomas Lund said the restrictions on international travel due to coronavirus has complicated the picture for badminton to resume.

Mary Wilson, a multiple sclerosis sufferer, hoped to qualify for Tokyo Paralympics but being 56-year-old, she recognises that with Covid-19 roadblock, time may not be on her side.

Sun Yang was found guilty of refusing to give a doping sample and was banned for eight years for the same.

Egypt's Youssef Hossam received life ban for match-fixing and his brother has got the same two years ago for corruption.

Kashmiri athletes like Afreen Hyder, Aijaz Hassan, Vilayat Hussain and more have to make do with the restricted spaces and still stay fit during Covid-19 lockdown.

Taylor Fritz said that the tennis authorities are looking to stage the US Open but he was unsure if they will be able to do that.

South Korea's sporting industry emerged from the coronavirus shutdown with baseball while football and golf will soon follow suit.

Money though the Player Relief Programme, run by ATP, WTA, Grand Slam organisers and ITF, will be divided equally among men and women.

The nomination inviting process usually begins in April but was pushed back due to Covid-19 lockdown and now, the final date of submission has been fixed at June 3.

Social-distancing restrictions are still in place in Australia, so 'normal' full-contact training will not resume for another week at least.

NSFs and State Olympic Associations have been asked to collect feedback from the stakeholders such as athletes, coaches, support staff, central and state government ministries, match officials and sports administrators

Rafael Nadal believes the chances of tennis restarting before the end of this year are slim.

PV Sindhu said that senior Indian players with international experience can coach and help youngsters during the coronavirus lockdown.

World Archery executive board had suspended all its events till August 31, resulting in a huge losses to the federation.

Athletes always must go out carrying the proper documentation showing that they are allowed to be out, otherwise they can be subjected to fines.

India lost to Rest of the World in the second round of the FIDE-Chess.com Online Nations Cup after against USA.

Novak Djokovic published a video of him training on Monday in apparent violation of Spain's current rules amid the coronavirus pandemic.

French tennis federation's decision to postpone the French Open to late September amid the Covid-19 crisis was widely criticised because the new dates clashed with the hardcourt season.

Padraig Harrington announced live on air by mistake that Luke Donald was one of the vice-captains at this year's Ryder Cup.

NADA hearings have not been taking place due to the lockdown to contain the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Player Relief Programme will support those 'who are facing unprecedented challenges due to the global impact of Covid-19'.

The global charity run also saw over 400 Indians running for the noble cause raising over 1250 Euros.

Maria Sharapova recalled how Novak Djokovic earned himself a dinner with her by winning a match.

Saurabh Chaudhary's coach Amit Sheoran said for his ward it doesn't matter if the Tokyo Olympics are held tomorrow, after a year or even after 10 years

Sania Mirza said she is proud apart from cricket, the biggest sports stars in India are women athletes

Sania Mirza said that coaches need to be sensitive of the hormonal changes that girls go through while working with them.

Bianca Andreescu's bid to return to competitive tennis suffered a further jolt when the season was halted in March due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Organisers of Paris 2024 Summer Games said that their budget has not changed despite the coronavirus pandemic

India, on the second day of the FIDE-Chess.com Online Nations Cup, lost its third and fourth round matches to Europe and China by similar 1.5-2.5 margins

Under New Zealand's four-tier alert system, social distancing protocols are enforced less stringently under level two, allowing contact sports including the national game of rugby union.

The spending by the Mississippi Department of Human Services showed Brett Favre had been paid $1.1 million for three speaking engagements, none of which he participated in.

The China Professional Baseball League said up to 1,000 people would be permitted to enter ballparks from Friday.

Tennis Australia spoke about the uncertainty around restrictions around coronavirus and said they will have to plan for all possible scenarios.

Players beginning to train is the first small step on the road to resuming the 2019-20 NBA campaign that was shut down on March 12 due to Covid-19.