This Sunday was a ‘bloody Sunday’ for world football. One after the other, leagues got postponed, but Uri managed to cover the Angolan Girabola matchday and the thrilling Hong Kong FA Cup semifinal. Football is bleeding but still breathing.
Wu Lei became the first Chinese footballer to be tested positive for COVID-19, while he is living far away from his homeland. In China, teams start to prepare for the league’s kickoff.
Australia announced today that there are over a 1000 coronavirus detected cases. It didn't cause anyone to revert the decision play major sports events in the country. Of course, under the current circumstances, all matches are played behind closed doors.
Although still battling fiercely with the coronavirus pandemic, Singapore leads the way for Asian football with a slow and steady return to routine. Although still playing behind closed doors, they try and get creative.
As more leagues across the globe halt their operations, Australia has chose to take a different approach: Speed up and condense the schedule, so the league will finish before the coronavirus will pause all sport activities in the country.
