The Roscongress Foundation presents the World Sport Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic news digest for 2730 April. This issue covers the following topics:
Head of IOC: sometimes sport is the only activity that unites people;
News from the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee;
Minister of Sport on continuing the training of Russian national teams;
Ministry of Sport to cut a part of the budget by 7 billion roubles;
Nine sports organizations were included in the list of Russian systemic companies;
CSKA basketball team cannot rely on Aeroflots support;
Rugby season in Russia is expected to begin on 13 June 2020;
Polish athletes are starting to prepare for the Olympic Games in Tokyo, despite the epidemic;
UEFA allocated 236.5 million euros for national associations;
French prime minister announced the cancellation of the national football league;
Head of FIFA Medical Committee urged to suspend football matches until the end of August: «This is not a matter of money but of life and death»;
World Athletics established a foundation to support athletes during the pandemic;
Head of IOC called for strengthening ties between international federations and cybersport;
Debut Bellator show in Russia was postponed until next year. Fedor Emelianenko was to participate;
UFC released a mens wear collection together with Russian brand TVOE;
National Football League Draft 2020 held in the online format was viewed by over 55 million people.