Most national football association will heave a sign of relief as FIFA announced $1.5 billion covid-19 relief fund for all it’s national association. The relief fund of $1.5 billion will be made available as grants and loans as a relief fund to help associations impacted by the coronavirus, world football’s governing body announced on Thursday. […]
A total of 293 succesful athletes from various sporting codes have received their share of R150m in Covid-19 relief funding, according to sport, arts and culture minister Nathi Mthethwa. Mthethwa said on Monday that a total of 473 applications were received from 25 sporting federations including boxing, canoeing, football, golf, surfing, fencing, gymnastics, athletics, and […]
World Athletics, together with the International Athletics Foundation (IAF), has set-up a support fund worth $500,000 (£400,000/€459,000) to help athletes through the financial hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. IAF was established in 1986 to support charity in athletics and founded by Honorary President Prince Albert II of Monaco, the IAF has allocated resources from […]
In other to support its members to respond in ways that are appropriate to their specific circumstances during this coronavirus pandemic; the UEFA has come forward to release €236.5 million (£206.2 million/$256.1 million) . The money comes from UEFA’s HatTrick fund, an assistance programme usually used for the development of the sport and to help […]
Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) of America has launched the Golf Emergency Relief Fund to provide short-term financial relief to golf workers suffering as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The organisation has pledged $5 million (£4 million/€4.6 million) for the fund and will be matching third-party donations up to $2.5 million (£2 million/€2.3 million). Other […]
The chairperson of International Olympics Commitee Athletes Commission and Zimbabwe’s minister of Youth,Sports, Arts and Recreation Kirsty Coventry has lauched a relief fund for the Zimbabwe athletes. It is called The United Programme for Athletes and Artists in Zimbabwe (UPAZIM). It was aimed at providing support for both athletes and artists during this pandemic. “We […]