Michel d'Hooghe, the head of FIFA's Medical Commission, has suggested governing bodies should begin preparing for next season amid the coronavirus pandemic.

present.Several other top European leagues have expressed hopes of resuming their seasons, with the Bundesliga in Germany

The International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) European Zone President Christoph Werner has resigned from his position after seven years.

Werner promoted new growth during his tenure.He organised several IWRF Division B and C Championships in Germany

Thankfully the days are long gone when old boxers retired to Palookaville along with their slurred speech, twisted noses and fading memories. Advances in safety measures and medical science mean that the fight game is no longer a repository for washed-up pugs. Indeed, as I have mentioned before, these days you will see more rugby players with cauliflower ears than boxers.

Kazakhstan-born Klitschko brothers, brought up in Ukraine under the old Soviet regime and coached in Germany

The World Minigolf Sport Federation (WMF) has announced it has cancelled all of its remaining WMF International Minigolf Championships in 2020. 

start with the Under-23 Nations Cup in Murnau and the Seniors Nations Cup in Wanne-Eickel, both in Germany

Lillehammer is set to host the historic first International Ski Federation (FIS) Women's Nordic Combined World Cup after the draft calendar for the 2020-2021 season was unveiled by the Nordic Combined Sub-Committee for Rules and Control.

4 to 5, Otepää in Estonia is scheduled to host the second stop between January 2 and 3.Schonach in Germany

UEFA has released €236.5 million (£206.2 million/$256.1 million) to support its member associations as they deal with the financial consequences of the coronavirus pandemic.

than others.The coronavirus pandemic has brought almost all European football to a halt, but club in Germany

wants its members to make every effort to complete seasons.Players are being allowed to train again in Germany

The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) says the time is right to resume certain organised sporting activities in the country.

Government figures.DOSB President Alfons Hörmann says sport can make "a valuable contribution to getting Germany

moving".Germany has in excess of 158,000 confirmed coronavirus cases - more than all but five other

Football Federation Australia (FFA) has named a "starting XI" panel of experienced football minds to come together to help develop the sport in the nation.

and were knocked out in the group stage in 2010, 2014 and 2018.Their best performance came in 2006 in Germany

The 2020 edition of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Masters World Championships in Orlando has been cancelled, the governing body has confirmed.

States Masters Committee agreed to the proposal to remain as hosts but in 2022, the IWF said.Obrighem in Germany

As a superlative scrumhalf for Argentina’s rugby union team from 1995 to 2008, Agustín Pichot was known for his ability to run a game. Now this 45-year-old player-turned-administrator may be on the brink of earning the right to run the world game.

has already killed continental European rugby because Georgia, Russia, Spain, Portugal, Romania and Germany

World ParaVolley has marked 40 years since sitting volleyball became part of the Paralympic Games programme by recognising a series of players, coaches, referees and administrators for their contribution to the sport.

contribution by World ParaVolley ©World ParaVolleyWorld ParaVolley was created at a meeting in Bonn in Germany

Spain’s Rafael Nadal and Britain’s Andy Murray will be among the players competing in a virtual Mutua Madrid Open competition.

Madrid champion Kiki Bertens of The Netherlands and three-time Grand Slam champion Angelique Kerber of Germany

Canada and the United States will meet in the first stage of the men's tournament at Beijing 2022 after the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) announced the groups for the Winter Olympic Games.

dI2wNkppMV— IIHF (@IIHFHockey) April 24, 2020The US, Canada, China and Pyeongchang 2018 silver medallists Germany

The International Handball Federation (IHF) has confirmed the dates for rescheduled Olympic qualification tournaments next year.

having been due to take place from March 20 to 22.The men’s Olympic tournaments will remain in France, Germany

World Championships.The IHF Beach Handball Global Tour, which was scheduled to take place in Poland, Germany

The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has postponed a number of World Cup events and rescheduled its European Championships to October. 

those in Meiringen in Switzerland, Wujiang and Chongqing in China, Seoul in South Korea, Munich in Germany