Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Sport scheduled to go on this year

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THE football season is in limbo, Euro 2020 and the Olympics have been pushed back until next year while the worlds of golf, cricket, tennis, rugby, motor racing and countless other sports have been decimated by coronaviru­s.

Here, we look at which major events are still scheduled to go ahead this year...

The Oval on June 4. Australia and Pakistan are due to tour in July and August respective­ly. England women face India and South Africa, starting in June. Domestical­ly, the T20 Blast is currently scheduled to start on May 28, with the new Hundred tournament due to run in July and August. The 50-over One-day Cup begins in July.

WITH the Australian and Monaco Grands Prix cancelled and races in Bahrain, Vietnam, China, Holland, Spain and Azerbaijan postponed, the next scheduled Grand Prix is in Canada on June 14. The British Grand Prix at Silverston­e is on July 19.

ENGLAND are due to play in Japan on July 4 and again a week later, the same dates that two-Test series between Australia and Ireland, New Zealand and Wales and South Africa and Scotland begin. England’s autumn internatio­nals start against New Zealand at Twickenham on November 7. In rugby league the first Test between England and Australia takes place on October 31.

ANTHONY Joshua’s world heavyweigh­t title fight against Kubrat Pulev at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is currently due to take place on June 20. The London Marathon was moved from its April date to October 4. The Anniversar­y Games are at the London Stadium on July 4-5, the same time as the British round of the World Superbike Championsh­ip at Donington Park. The UK Snooker Championsh­ip in York runs from November 24 to December 6. The Tour de France is still scheduled to begin on June 27.

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