FIFA urges clubs and players to reach wage agreement

LAUSANNE: FIFA on Monday urged clubs and players to reach agreement on wage reductions to protect clubs suffering financial damage due to the coronavirus crisis, sources said. The call from world football’s governing body comes as Premier League clubs are locked in talks with players about taking pay cuts after government called on players to “play their part”. FIFA is also recommending that players’ contracts be extended until the end of the interrupted football seasons and that the transfer window does not open until that time. schedule to shreds, the event has became the first of the sport’s four majors to be cancelled this year. Golf’s oldest major will now be hosted at the same Sandwich venue in July 2021. “The Open was due to be played in Kent from 12-19 July but it has been necessary to cancel the championship based on guidance from the UK Government, the health authorities, public services and the R&A’S advisers,” organisers R&A said in a statement on Monday. Both this year’s Masters and the PGA Championship were postponed in March because of the health crisis. The PGA Championship, which was initially due to be held in May, is now set to be staged from August 6-9 at Harding Park in San Francisco. The US Open has been moved from June to September 17-20, the week before the

Ryder Cup clash between Europe and the United States. The Masters, which usually takes place in April, is slated to go ahead from November 12-15 at Augusta National.

English cricket county to announce they had put their players and coaching staff on the British government’s furlough financial aid scheme. With the English domestic season delayed until May 28 because of the coronavirus and further postponements likely, talks have been ongoing between the 18 first-class counties and the Professional Cricketers’ Association over questions of pay deferrals and wage cuts. Under the scheme, the British government pays 80 percent of wages up to £2,500 ($3,070) per month.