Tag: COVID-19


COVID put UEFA fans on the back foot

Budapest Supercup news Sept. 2020

With COVID-19 showing no signs to abate, fear writ large on several football fans’ faces. Though 6,000 spectators are expected to attend the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Supercup, but the fact is that many fans do not even want to go to Budapest as coronavirus is rearing its... » Read more


MLS Canadian teams to play in US stadia

MLS Canadian clubs play games on US soil

The Canadian teams of Major League Soccer (MLS) will all play their next three matches of the league’s return-to-play plan on United States soil in the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic which continues to plague the world. Major League Soccer is a men’s professional soccer league sanctioned... » Read more


NFL kicks off most fixtures sans fans

NFL start with overview fans or no fans

One simply cannot conjure up images of football stadia sans fans. Football players and football aficionados could not even think of such a scenario even in their wildest dreams in a pre-COVID world. But, as the COVID-19 curse struck in 2020 laying siege to the world, football stadia without fans... » Read more


Fans grace Parma-Empoli friendly in Italy

Italy Parma Tardini Stadium

After six months of severe lockdown in Italy due to COVID-19 which took a huge toll on lives in the country and is still causing wrenching pain to the world, around 1,000 supporters came to the Tardini Stadium in Parma, Italy, for the pre-season friendly match between Parma Calcio and FC Empoli... » Read more


Brisbane event scripts success in COVID world

Australia Brisbane Convention re-opens

One of the first venues in Australia to reopen since all hell broke loose with the COVID-19 scourge striking the world is the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre (BCEC). It has held its first events since reopening earlier this month. Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre is a... » Read more


Gabba Stadium gets the AFL Grand Final pie

Australia The Gabba Grand Final

The Australian Football League (AFL) will host its Grand Final outside the State of Victoria for the first time this year. Brisbane’s Gabba Stadium has been picked up to reward Queensland’s assistance to the League during COVID-19 which has taken the world by storm. It’s the first time a... » Read more


Will UEFA keep its date in Budapest?

Hungary Puskás Aréna - Sept. 2020 update

The chaos which COVID-19 has created in the whole world is simply not stopping. The fatal respiratory disease has now cast its long shadow on the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Super Cup. The reason – Hungary is closing its borders to foreigners from Tuesday due to rising cases of... » Read more


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