In a letter to the 55 federations in UEFA, president Aleksander Ceferin wrote that any league cancelling its season would need to produce a list of teams that have qualified for European club competitions, also by May 25.
* Spain's professional footballers can start training again from next week, prime minister Pedro Sanchez said on Tuesday as he announced plans to relax the country’s COVID-19 lockdown and bring the country back to normality by the end of June. Players can begin individual training from Monday and could be training together in small groups a week after that as part of a four-phase plan to lift one of the toughest coronavirus lockdowns in Europe.
* FIFA's medical committee chairman Michel D'Hooghe has said football should not be played until at least the start of September to limit the spread of the new coronavirus and when it does resume that yellow cards be handed out for spitting.
* The Korean FA Cup will kick off on May 9, a day after the top-flight K-League begins its 2020 season which was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Yonhap news agency reported on Tuesday.
* World Athletics and the International Athletics Foundation (IAF) have come together to launch a US$500,000 (£400,448.50) fund to help athletes in financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the global governing body said on Tuesday (Apr 28).
* French professional soccer, rugby and other league sports will not be allowed to return before September, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Tuesday, in comments that appeared to call an end to their 2019-20 seasons.
* Tottenham became the latest Premier League club to open their doors to players on Tuesday (Apr 28) as part of the "Project Restart" plan to finish the English top-flight season. Resuming matches on Jun 8 is reportedly among the ideas set to be discussed when the Premier League's key stakeholders meet on Friday.
* Brighton & Hove Albion's players and directors have come together to collect 263,939 pounds (US$328,472) which will be donated to assist charities that have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Premier League club said on Tuesday.
* The Tour de France may have to limit spectators during the first days of the race in order to comply with a ban on major events gathering more than 5,000 people before September, the French sports ministry said.
* Paris St Germain will look at playing Champions League home matches in another country after the French government on Tuesday decided to end the 2019-20 domestic season, the Ligue 1 club's president Nasser Al-Khelaifi said on Tuesday.
