You can now access the Roscongress news digest for 24–27 May entitled ‘World sport in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic’. The latest issue covers the following topics:
— Figure skaters take on synchronized swimmers in an online burpee competition;
— «We need a rethink»: in Paris there are calls for a referendum on the city’s plans to host the Olympic Games in 2024;
— VEB and the Russian Direct Investment Fund have launched a search for foreign investors for CSKA;
— Prime Minister of Spain: «La Liga will restart on 8 June»;
— Prime Minster of the United Kingdom has said that he thinks the Formula 1 Grand Prix should restart;
— The US will allow foreign athletes to enter the country to resume competitions;
— Iran has announced that it will assist Qatar in organizing the 2022 FIFA World Cup;
— Winter World Masters Games in Tyrol: tourists spent EUR 3.8 for every EUR 1 invested by the state;
— The German football union and Bayern Munich are lobbying UEFA to introduce wage caps;
— The chess match ‘Space v Earth’ and tournaments have taken place as part of the Eastern Economic Forum;
— 3.4 million Russians placed a bet at a bookmakers at least once a week in 2019;
— Ilona Korstin: «The best option is to start the new season of the VTB league in October»;
— Works are underway to reconstruct an internationally recognized rowing club in Primorye;
—The Moscow volleyball team Dinamo will play at a new stadium from next season.
