Leicester City continued&nbsp;its&nbsp;strong start in the new English Premier League season as they hammered Newcastle&nbsp;United 5-0 to climb back to the 3rd spot with 14 points, 2 behind Manchester City.&nbsp;Jamie Vardy&nbsp;scored a brace taking his goal tally to&nbsp;14 in 17 appearances. It was also the 10th top-flight win in 18 games for the Foxes since Brendan Rodgers took charge in February. Leicester City next take on Premier League leaders Liverpool on Saturday.&nbsp;

Leicester City continued its strong start in the new English Premier League season as they hammered Newcastle United 5-0 to climb back to the 3rd spot with 14 points, 2 behind Manchester City. Jamie Vardy scored a brace taking his goal tally to 14 in 17 appearances. It was also the 10th top-flight win in 18 games for the Foxes since Brendan Rodgers took charge in February. Leicester City next take on Premier League leaders Liverpool on Saturday.

The home of Wales rugby, Principality Stadium in Cardiff, is being turned into a 2,000-bed field hospital to deal with the coronavirus outbreak.&nbsp;The Welsh Rugby Union offered the stadium this week to the government, and a revamp has started.

All Juventus&nbsp;players including their star performer Christiano Ronaldo and coach Maurizio Sarri have agreed to a 4 month pay cut to help the Italian club during the coronavirus crisis. The players will receive slashed salaries for the month of March, April, May, and June. The Serie A club on Saturday announced that the reduction in salaries will help the club save 90 million euros in the 2019-2020 financial year.&nbsp;

The executive chairman of Madison Square Garden Company and owner of the New York Knicks and NHL's New York Rangers, James Dolan, has been tested positive for the coronavirus. The 64-year-old is now in self-isolation and is experiencing little to no symptoms.&nbsp;Dolan is the first U.S. major pro sports owner known to have tested positive for the virus.

After taking pay-cuts to help the club during coronavirus&nbsp;pandemic, Spanish football giants Barcelona on Sunday&nbsp;delivered 30,000 masks to the Catalonia government to help fight the deadly virus.&nbsp;The cub announced that the daily use masks will be distributed to nursing homes. Barca also said that the club was&nbsp;working through its foundation to do as much as possible to help with this crisis, both locally and internationally.

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday donated his one month salary over and above Prime Minister Narendra Modi's directive to all BJP MPs to contribute Rs one crore from MPLAD funds in the country's fight against COVID-19 pandemic. "Let us contribute to make India healthier and more prosperous for our future generations. I've donated my one month salary," Rijiju wrote on his Facebook page.
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BCCI&nbsp;president Saurav&nbsp;Ganguly on Saturday announced that the richest cricket board in the world is donating&nbsp;₹51 crores for the fight against Covid-19 to Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund. The amount will be put together by BCCI&nbsp;and all it's state units and was approved by the board members as well as the state associations. In a statement, BCCI&nbsp;said that it is a public health emergency and the board has a firm resolve that the nation gets all possible help to cope with the testing times.&nbsp;

Akhil Kumar&nbsp;who represented India twice at the Olympics in boxing is now stepping into a new ring. The 38-year-old who now works for Haryana&nbsp;Police is picking up his fight against the coronavirus. Akhil&nbsp;has urged his fans to help each other in the time of need. Akhil&nbsp;himself&nbsp;is out in the field and is helping set up food camps for the needy in Gurugram. Speaking about the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics, the boxer said that the event can take place later but the priority right now is to help save lives.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Spanish footballer Toni&nbsp;Antonio Rodriguez Dovale&nbsp;has swapped his football boots with a lab coat as he helps in the pharmacy shop in his city&nbsp;La Coruna. The 29-year-old who has been on Barcelona's youth team and has played for East Bengal &amp; Bengaluru&nbsp;FC in India is a certified pharmacist but never worked in the field due to his football commitments. Dovale&nbsp;now works in his family-run pharmacy shop and also helps his neighbours by delivering medicines.&nbsp;

As International cricket is on a&nbsp;forced coronavirus&nbsp;break, Team India coach Ravi&nbsp;Shastri&nbsp;has found something positive. Shastri&nbsp;feels the players and support staff can use this break to re-energise themselves as they barely got any moment to rest in 2019. With continuous cricket in 2019, Shastri&nbsp;called this break a welcome rest for not just the cricketers but also the support staff. The Indian Premier League is already postponed and is likely to get cancelled and this might just extend the break for Indian cricketers.&nbsp;

As the world battles the Coronavirus&nbsp;pandemic, West Indian cricketer Dwayne Bravo who is also a musician has released a song to boost your mood.&nbsp;

Virat Kohli who is in quarantine due to the Covid-19 pandemic got his latest haircut from his new stylist, who is none other than his wife Anushka Sharma. The actress took to Twitter and shared a video where she is giving&nbsp;Virat&nbsp;a hair cut while he&nbsp;holds the camera. Looks like the adorable couple is making the most of the&nbsp;lockdown.

Juventus' star footballer Paulo Dybala on Friday revealed his coronavirus nightmare as he shared how he struggled to breathe even after a movement of just 5 minutes. The Argentine international though said that he was much better now. The 26-year-old&nbsp;added that since he no longer has symptoms of the deadly virus, he will&nbsp;try to train again. Dybala was one among the 3 other Juventus players who tested positive for the Covid-19.&nbsp;

7 UK-based Formula 1 teams which include leading outfits such as Mercedes and Red Bull Racing, have joined forces with 'Project Pitlane'. Under the project they will assist in the&nbsp;manufacturing of medical devices to help in the treatment of Covid-19 patients. The decision to start the production of ventilators and other respiratory devices was taken as a response to UK government's call for help in the hour of crisis.

English football club Manchester United on Friday offered their seasonal ticket holders a refund or a proportional rebate against their seasons ticket for the next year, if the games are scrapped or are played in closed stadiums due to the pandemic scare. The club also said that the deadline for season ticket renewal for the next year dated for the 1st of May was also indefinitely suspended. The Premier League in its next week's meeting will likely extend the suspension of English football that has been already called off until April 30

Following Barcelona's lead&nbsp;Atletico Madrid on Friday urged the labour authorities to allow them to cut salaries of the players and staff members due to the Covid-19 pandemic which has temporarily halted all sporting activities in Spain. The La Liga Club which will take a huge financial hit because of the indefinite suspension of football proposed a partial unemployment&nbsp;plan for its employees. On Friday, Spain announced that over 4800 people had died due to the virus.

In his bid to help the&nbsp;victims of coronavirus in Spain, Manchester United goalkeeper&nbsp;David de Gea&nbsp;has donated a sum of&nbsp;&pound;270,000.&nbsp;the funds will be utilized for providing medical&nbsp;equipment for vulnerable families in his hometown of Madrid, which is currently one of the worst-hit cities in Spain. Initially, it was an&nbsp;anonymous contribution by de Gea&nbsp;before it was made public by the&nbsp;by Community Madrid president.

As a delighting&nbsp;news for NBA&nbsp;fans,&nbsp;entire Utah Jazz team and backroom staff have been declared free of the coronavirus. The list inicludes&nbsp;Rudy Gobert&nbsp;who was the first NBA&nbsp;player to test positive for the deadly virus on March 12. 3 days before which&nbsp;Gobert&nbsp;had deliberately&nbsp;touched microphones and other recording equipment on his way out of a press conference in Salt Lake City, a joke that ruined the NBA&nbsp;season.

In his bid to join the fight against Covid-19 pandemic, Tennis World No. 1 Novak djokovic, his wife and their foundation on Friday pledged to donate 1 million euros to the medical authorities of Serbia. The money will be used to buy ventilators and other medical equipment required for the situation.&nbsp;Djokovic said that&nbsp;his foundation's staff will monitor everything to get the equipment in place.&nbsp;On behalf of his country the 32-year-old also expressed his gratitude towards China for helping his native country with medical aid. According to the authorities Serbia has more than 750 positive Covid-19 cases and at least 7 deaths.

Chelsea midfielder and England international Callum Hudson Odoi has who became the first English Premier League player to test positive for COVID-19 earlier in March has&nbsp;fully recovered from the deadly virus,&nbsp;Chelsea head coach Frank Lampard&nbsp;confirmed. The Blues were 4th in the standings of Premier League when England's top division was suspended indefinitely&nbsp;on March 13.

Paul Barber, the chief executive of the English football club Brighton on Wednesday confirmed that one of their players has been infected with Covid-19. Barber did not name the player but suggested that the player was ok and was getting the required care. Initially, 3 squad members were tested after showing symptoms of the deadly virus&nbsp;and one of them returned positive. Seagulls are currently practicing social distancing and isolation due to the outbreak of the global pandemic&nbsp;

EPL: Vardy shines as Leicester City hammer Newcastle 5-0

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