While the football fraternities face a tough time due to the Covid-19 pandemic, UEFA&nbsp;on Monday announced that it will be releasing 236.5 million euros to help its 55 member associations. UEFA&nbsp;has decided to give 4.3 million euros to each organisation and has also allowed them to set their own priorities in regard to their circumstances. UEFA&nbsp;also discussed possibilities for resuming the Champions League and Europa&nbsp;League amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

While the football fraternities face a tough time due to the Covid-19 pandemic, UEFA on Monday announced that it will be releasing 236.5 million euros to help its 55 member associations. UEFA has decided to give 4.3 million euros to each organisation and has also allowed them to set their own priorities in regard to their circumstances. UEFA also discussed possibilities for resuming the Champions League and Europa League amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.

As the Spanish football league La Liga&nbsp;nears resumption, a total of 126 top tier and second division referees have been called for the UEFA&nbsp;fitness tests.&nbsp;Javier Alberola&nbsp;who will be the referee for the Valencia-Levante&nbsp;match on June 12th also appeared for the test.&nbsp;&nbsp; After a break of nearly 3 months, La Liga&nbsp;is all set to restart behind closed doors on Thursday,&nbsp;June 11 with Seville-Betis&nbsp;derby.

As Spanish football returns from the forced Covid-19 break, Barcelona has got some headache after their star Lionel Messi picked up a thigh muscle injury and missed training on Friday. The rest of the squad trained but Messi&nbsp;was missing from action. According to reports, the Argentine trained separately but this will give the Barcelona management plenty to worry about. Messi&nbsp;missed 2 months of pre-season training last year due to a calf injury and this time he is taking precautions to not aggravate his thigh muscle issues.&nbsp;

As the Italian football league Serie&nbsp;A approaches resumption Juventus'&nbsp;Gonzalo Higuain&nbsp;has injured himself while training, the club confirmed on Thursday. In an official statement, the club stated that the Argentine Footballer has strained his thigh muscle &amp; his conditions will be monitored in the coming 10 days. 32-year-old Higuain&nbsp;is the latest&nbsp;Serie&nbsp;A player to suffer an injury, others being Zlatan&nbsp;Ibrahimovic&nbsp;and&nbsp;Sergej Milinkovic. The league&nbsp;is set to resume from June 20 after a break of nearly three months due to the virus scare.&nbsp;

Amid the virus scare, the Italian football annual cup competition&nbsp;Coppa&nbsp;Italia&nbsp;has locked the dates for the semi-final and final match. Italian Sports minister Vincenzo&nbsp;Spadafora&nbsp;on Thursday confirmed that the semis will be held on 12th and 13th June followed by the final on June 17. On June 12, Ronaldo led&nbsp;Juventus is set to play against AC Milan and on the next day,&nbsp;Napoli will host Inter Milan in the 2nd semifinal.&nbsp;Serie A&nbsp;said that Italian football will resume with the Cup Competition and they will go-ahead to resume the league from June 20.

Spanish clubs Real Madrid and Atletico&nbsp;Madrid have decided to come together through an initiative called Madrid for Madrid in a bid to fight against the Covid-19 crisis. The 2 clubs from the same city have launched a&nbsp;fundraiser that aims to help the vulnerable families of Madrid hit by the global pandemic. With more than 27000 deaths, Spain is one of the worst affected nations due to the pandemic.&nbsp;

As sports stars across the world show their support for Black Lives Matter movement, Bundesliga&nbsp;side Borussia&nbsp;Dortmund too joined the movement by bending a knee during practice on Thursday. Defender Mats&nbsp;Hummels posted a photo on social media which shows the entire squad bending a knee. This comes after the Bundesliga&nbsp;management didn't charge Jadon Sancho&nbsp;and Achraf&nbsp;Hakimi&nbsp;for their support George Floyd celebrations during the matches and didn't consider it a political statement.&nbsp;

As the United States of America struggles to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, Major League Soccer teams have been given a go-ahead to restart training for the rest of the season which will restart very soon. There will be strict medical protocols and tests will be carried out on players and staff every 48 hours as they come out of a 3-month long hibernation to restart training. The MLS&nbsp;season was suspended in March and is expected to resume next month under strict supervision and in empty stadiums.&nbsp;

English Premier League giants Chelsea are closer than ever in signing Timo&nbsp;Werner. According to reports in the English press, Werner who comes with a 54 million pound exit clause from&nbsp;RB Leipzig is close to signing with the Blues. Werner who scored a stunning 25 goals this season in Bundesliga&nbsp;is 24 years old and had previously attracted interest from Liverpool and even Manchester United. The deal which is reportedly agreed will be for 5 years and will make Werner one of the highest-paid footballers in English football.&nbsp;&nbsp;

English Premier League side Tottenham has been forced to take a 175 million pound loan from the Bank of England to continue the operations and pay the salaries of non playing staff. After posting a massive 200 million pound loss, Spurs were forced to take the loan as they also qualified for the government's Covid Corporate Financing Facility during the times of the pandemic. The amount given by the bank will be used to keep running the operations but can't be used to buy more players.

Whenever there's a countdown for the top goals of 2020,&nbsp;Lucas Fernandes'&nbsp;magical strike against&nbsp;Gil Vicente will surely stand out. His 30-metre wonder strike marked the first goal of Portuguese Primeira Liga's&nbsp;return from the coronavirus&nbsp;suspension. It also proved to be the lone goal if the game as it helped&nbsp;relegation-threatened Portimonense&nbsp;claim a 1-0 victory on Wednesday.

The Turkish League leaders Trabzonspor have been handed a 1-year ban from the European competitions by the UEFA&nbsp;on Wednesday. UEFA said that the Turkish club will be barred from competition once the team qualifies for the UEFA&nbsp;Champions League or the Europa&nbsp;League.&nbsp;The ban came after the club broke UEFA's&nbsp;financial&nbsp;monitoring&nbsp;rules. The club has confirmed that it will appeal against the UEFA&nbsp;sanction within 10 days.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Following the footsteps of NBA, America's Major League Soccer too might head to Disney World facility in Florida to finish the remainder of their season. According to reports in the American press, the MLS&nbsp;had signed a new collective bargaining agreement with the players' association which will run through the 2025 season.&nbsp;Once the final plans are approved, the teams are likely to make their way thought to Florida where they will spend 2 weeks in Quarantine before playing the matches in empty stadiums for the television audience. MLS&nbsp;was suspended in March this year as all teams have played just two games each.

Premier League giants Tottenham confirmed on that one person in their club has tested positive for Covid-19. The club chose not to reveal the identity fo the person as the league plans a restart on 17th June after a 3-month break due to the global pandemic.&nbsp;Almost 1200 players &amp; staff in the Premier League teams were tested earlier this week and only 1 result has come out positive. The League returns without fans in the stadium as defending champions Manchester City play Arsenal on 17th June along with Aston Villa playing Sheffield United.&nbsp;

Portuguese side FC Porto's fans were out in huge numbers as they supported their team in&nbsp;Primeira Liga. No social distancing was maintained as the fans also set off flares to support their team which travelled to rivals&nbsp;Famalicao's home ground. Despite&nbsp;being an away fixture for Porto, almost 300 fans turned up outside the stadium. Porto&nbsp;eventually lost the match which slashed their lead on top of the&nbsp;Primeira Liga&nbsp;to just 1 point.&nbsp;

On Tuesday the Spanish football club Barcelona announced an initiative called 'We all Play' to fight against&nbsp;the negative socio-economic impact of the&nbsp;Covid-19 crisis. The club&nbsp;has decided that 15000 Barca jerseys with special inscriptions will be put on sale on the official website from June 15. While each jersey will cost 65 euros, a part of the sales proceedings will be contributed to the club's charitable foundation. The initiative will coincide with the game at home against Atletico&nbsp;Madrid in early July 2020.

English club Manchester City's footballer Phil Foden&nbsp;was seen breaking social distancing norms amid the pandemic scare reported the local British media. While he was spotted playing football on the Formby&nbsp;beach on&nbsp;Merseyside, the 20-year-old clicked pictures with his fans as he violated the government guidelines. Manchester City has confirmed that it will remind the player of his responsibility and will ask him to strictly follow the guidelines. Premier League players have returned to contact training as the league prepares for the restart of the season from June 17.&nbsp;

Ukrainian football club Karpaty&nbsp;Lviv&nbsp;has witnessed 25 new positive cases of Covid-19 as the entire team along with staff has been put into isolation. Since the Ukrainian&nbsp;league restarted just last week after 2 months, Karpaty&nbsp;Lviv's next 2 games have been cancelled as the club has gone into a 2-week quarantine.&nbsp;Ukraine has seen over 24 thousand cases and 727 deaths till Tuesday from Covid-19.
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Brazilian veteran footballer Fred on Monday started a long and tiring journey from&nbsp;Belo Horizonte to Rio de Janeiro, where on Saturday he will be unveiled by his former club Fluminense as their new signing. Usually, footballers take chartered flights but this 36-year-old will ride a bicycle for 600 km to raise money for charity. The sponsors have pledged to donate 4 food supply packets for every kilometre&nbsp;he rides on this journey for families struggling with food due to the global pandemic. The striker is aiming for almost 150 km a day which will help him finish the journey in 4 days.&nbsp;

Spanish football giants Barcelona have started to sell face masks in their official team colours as fans are shelling out as much as $20 to buy them from the club shops in Spain. The shops are lined up with mannequins with masks as Barcelona have released 3 designs which represent the colours of their various jerseys. It isn't just Barcelona, many other teams in La Liga have released their official masks as the league prepares to return to action from 11th June after a gap of almost 3 months.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

English Premier League side Liverpool's 29 players on Sunday took a knee at the Anfield&nbsp;in a bid to protest the death of Geroge&nbsp;Floyd who died in police custody in the United States. Many players shared this image on social media. Meanwhile, Manchester United's stars Marcus Rashford&nbsp;&amp; Paul Pogba&nbsp;shared emotional posts on social media urging the fans to unite against racism. This show of solidarity came after a couple of Bundesliga&nbsp;stars including English footballer Jadon&nbsp;Sancho&nbsp;joined the protests against racism&nbsp;

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