Hosts England started their World Cup campaign with a bang as they thrashed South Africa by 104 runs in the 1st game of the 2019 World Cup. Riding on half-centuries by Jason Roy, Joe Root, skipper Eoin Morgan and Ben Stokes, England as expected posted 311/8 in 50 overs. In reply, South Africa went down without a fight as they were bowled out for a mere 207 as the hosts registered an emphatic 104 run win. 

Brazilian footballer Neymar has donated $1 million to his country to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic according to some local reports in Brazil. While the world's third highest-paid footballer's office declined to comment about it, the report further confirmed that half of the money was donated to UNICEF and the rest to a charitable fund in Brazil. The 28-year-old Paris Saint Germain star followed the example of his teammate Kylian Mbappe, who last month donated an undisclosed major amount to a French charity to help fight the deadly pandemic.

As the entire world is engulfed in the Covid-19 pandemic, Indian Football club Real Kashmir's coach David Robertson is stranded in Srinagar&nbsp;&amp; is&nbsp;still trying to get back home to his ailing mother who has undergone chemotherapy in Aberdeen. The Scottish coach is stuck in India with his family as the country is under a 21-day&nbsp;lockdown. Although, Real Kashmir FC co-owner Sandeep Chatto said that he was in constant touch with the government&nbsp;but that does not suffice Robertson's worries who is not even able to connect with his family through video calls as the internet&nbsp;network in the valley is still restricted.&nbsp;

In the hour of need, England's star cricketers have agreed to make an initial donation worth 500,000 pounds to the England and Wales Cricket Board. The contribution which came in response to the financial crisis that has taken hit the sport is equivalent to the 20 percent reduction in the monthly retainers of the cricketers for the next three months. Meanwhile, women's team also volunteered for salary reduction for the next three months and ECB's chief executive Tom Harrison opted for a 25 percent pay cut.

As Covid-19 death toll continues to mount, the English&nbsp;Premier League on Friday also extended the suspension until it is safe and appropriate. The officials said that any return to play will only be with the full support of government and when medical guidance allows. Premier League clubs have also decided to ask their players to opt for a combination of pay-cuts and deferrals amounting to 30 percent of their salary to ease the financial burden due to Covid-19. League's highly paid players have also come under enormous pressure by the government officials in recent days asking them to take reduced salaries.

The FIFA&nbsp;Under-17 Women's World Cup also fell victim to Covid-19 on Saturday as it was postponed by the football's world body. India is the host of the event which was originally scheduled for November this year but now remains postponed indefinitely. The FIFA Confederation working group also announced that the Under-20 Women's World Cup scheduled in August- September in Panama is also postponed but&nbsp;no new dates for the events have been announced.&nbsp;

Bundesliga&nbsp;champions and German powerhouse Bayern&nbsp;Munich have extended their coach&nbsp;Hansi Flick's contract till 2023. The 55-year-old joined the club as&nbsp;Niko Kovac's assistant coach but was made the interim boss when the Croatian was sent backing by the management. Flick was then offered a permanent role and since then have been successful in winning 18 of the last 21 matches as the head coach of Bayern. The results have been in Flick's&nbsp;favour and that has earned him a permanent contract for 3 years.&nbsp;

Germany's largest football&nbsp;stadium and the home of Borussia&nbsp;Dortmund is converted into a temporary medical facility as the Covid-19 pandemic haunts Germany. The Signal Iduna&nbsp;Park in&nbsp;Dortmund which has a capacity of over 81,000 fans has a temporary medical facility that will help medical staff to examine people with virus symptoms. As the centre opens on Saturday, Germany struggles to fight against the pandemic with over 91,000 infections and close to 1300 deaths.&nbsp;

With several stadiums are being converted into hospitals to treat the coronavirus&nbsp;patients, authorities in Rio de Janeiro are also turning the iconic Maracana&nbsp;football&nbsp;stadium into one of 7 field hospitals to join the fight against the deadly virus.&nbsp;The new hospitals will add 1,800 beds to the health system in Rio de Janeiro, which is the state with the second highest number of deaths and confirmed cases in Brazil. The hospitals are likely to be ready at the end of April.

All the South African cricketers who returned home on March 18 after their ODI tour of India got cancelled had no symptoms for COVID-19 and all have tested negative for the virus. Although all the Proteas cricketers had completed their necessary 14 day self-isolation period on Thursday but will remain under lockdown for the next two weeks as South Africa is under a 21-day lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19. The first match of the 3 ODI series in Dharamsala got washed out and the next two were cancelled amidst the virus scare.

The American football team, New England Patriots' team plane on Thursday brought 1 million N95 masks from China to the United States to help the country in their fight against Covid-19. Patriots team owner Robert Kraft came to the rescue of the governor of Massachusetts who had secured the N95 masks from China but required help to transport them back to the United States for distribution. The National Football League club's team plane was then sent to collect the shipment for China.

In a bid to help in the battle against COVID-19, the iconic&nbsp;Edgbaston cricket stadium in England will be used as a coronavirus testing centre by the National Health Service. Interestingly, the stadium&nbsp;will be used as a drive-through testing centre for NHS staff.&nbsp;Those requiring tests will drive in and undergo the procedure while remaining in their vehicles. All sporting activities in the UK have been suspended to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

Prime Minister Narendra&nbsp;Modi on Friday did a video call with top sports stars of the nation. Stars like PV Sindhu, Mirabai&nbsp;Chanu&nbsp;&amp; former cricketers Sachin&nbsp;Tendulkar, Sourav&nbsp;Ganguly, Yuvraj&nbsp;Singh&nbsp;were in attendance&nbsp;as the group spoke about the challenges of fighting the Coronavirus&nbsp;pandemic. A total of 40 sports tars attended the conference call as India battles the pandemic with a rising number of positive cases in the country. The Prime Minister&nbsp;gave a five-point mantra of &lsquo;Sankalp,&nbsp;Sanyam,&nbsp;Sakaratmakta,&nbsp;Samman &amp; Sahyog&rsquo; to tackle the lockdown. PM added that the&nbsp;sportspersons have brought glory to the nation &amp; now have an important role to play in boosting the morale &amp; spreading positivity.

McLaren on Wednesday became the first Formula one team to ask some of its staff to take an enforced absence and for the ones who were working, McLaren announced a temporary three-month wage reduction. This decision was a part of their wider cost-cutting measures taken due to the impact of COVID-19. McLaren drivers, Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz joined senior management in taking a pay cut. In a statement, the English racing team said that they were&nbsp;focussed on protecting jobs.&nbsp;&nbsp;

New Zealand Cricket on Friday admitted that their upcoming tours to Scotland, Ireland, Netherlands and West Indies slated in June and July are unlikely to take place. The Kiwis were to play 3 ODIs and 3T20Is in West Indies which will likely be cancelled due to the pandemic scare. Chief executive of New Zealand&nbsp;Cricket David White said that their August trip to Bangladesh was also in doubt. White also confirmed that the women's tour of Sri Lanka that was scheduled for later this month was postponed as the country goes under a 4-week lockdown to contain the spread of Covid-19.

In a bid to help the nation, India's lone woman&nbsp;Paralympic medalist, Deepa Malik has started an initiative 'Happy Janta Kitchen' to provide cooked food to daily wagers amid the ongoing lockdown. Her NGO, Wheeling Happiness foundation is actively involved in the initiative which has been serving food in Kanpur and is set to start operations in Amethi and Noida. With the help of local volunteers, the 49 years old who won a silver in shot put at the 2016 Rio Games said that they distribute a minimum of 100 packets daily in Kanpur with the help of authorities and is looking forward to doing the same in different cities.&nbsp;

With BCCI&nbsp;struggling to find a suitable window&nbsp;for&nbsp;the 13th edition of the IPL, former England captain Michael Vaughan&nbsp;has a suggestion. He proposed a shortened&nbsp;IPL of 5 weeks just before the T20 World Cup, which is set to take place in October-November.&nbsp;Vaughan further said that the short IPL will act as a great warm-up for the players leading up to the World Cup. However, India is scheduled to play the Asia Cup in September and will host England for 3 T20I and ODI matches after that.

Footballer&nbsp;Robin van Persie may have retired&nbsp;but the former Netherlands international has lost none of his skills.&nbsp;The 36-year-old showed off his fancy footwork and had a perfect partner in his son. The duo is clearly making good use of the lockdown for&nbsp;a nice father-son bonding time.

England Cricketer Ben Stokes' driving skills will be put to test as the 2019 World Cup hero is gearing up to race in Forula&nbsp;One's 2nd virtual Grand Prix this weekend. Stokes will team up with Red Bull's Thai racer Alexander Albon&nbsp;for his first esports competition and will race against&nbsp; 5 Formula 1 drivers, including Ferrari&rsquo;s Charles Leclerc. In the absence of any real life action due to the coronavirus pandemic, Formula 1 has come up with virtual Grand Prix to provide some light entertainment.

Atletico Madrid players have agreed to take a 70% pay cut to help&nbsp;supplement the salary of 430 non-playing staff during Spain's state of emergency amid the Covid-19 Pandemic.&nbsp;All the members of the first team, along with the women's team and Atletico Madrid B, have agreed to the reduction in the salaries during the crisis.&nbsp;

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach thanked Prime Minister Narendra&nbsp;Modi&nbsp;for his support for the Tokyo Olympics which has now been pushed to 2021 amid the coronavirus&nbsp;outbreak. In his letter to Modi&nbsp;dated April 1, Bach wrote that he was grateful&nbsp;to his&nbsp;support for the Games during the recent G20 Leaders' Summit which was held via video conferencing. PM Modi had&nbsp;commended the International Olympic Committee for contributing to the containment of the COVID-19 virus.
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