The AFL reduces the men's competition to 17 rounds as it responds to the coronavirus pandemic, but it is yet to decide whether it will postpone the start of the season.

Even wealthy sports are going to take a massive hit, and the only guarantee is that someone will have to pay, writes Richard Hinds.

The AFL and NRL will both play matches this weekend, but both leagues are taking different approaches to dealing with the coronavirus outbreak.

Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cricket Australia calls for a halt to all community and grade cricket, cancelling the Sheffield Shield final and handing the title to New South Wales.

South Australia's premier football league forced into tough call and the prospect of drastic reductions to Adelaide Oval revenue.

The NBL have yet to confirm a winner of the now cancelled Grand Final series between Perth and Sydney but the Wildcats are adamant that they deserve the title, not the Kings.

Japan's plans to hold a "complete" Olympics despite the advent of coronavirus may have taken a hit after one of its top Olympic committee officials was diagnosed with COVID-19.

With the major sports leagues in Australia facing an extended shutdown, the financial impacts could be severe, if not devastating for clubs and sports as a whole.

It is not just the major national sports leagues and events being stalled by coronavirus, with everyone from semi-professional all the way to junior athletes across the country caught up in the storm.

UEFA postpones the European football championships, with the French Open tennis tournament and cycling classics also delayed as European sport continues to deal with the fallout of the coronavirus outbreak.

Titta Secombe says it's time the origins of Australian Rules football — which she says involved Indigenous mobs playing for pride with a possum-skin ball — are properly recognised.

The impact of coronavirus is not just being felt in the NRL, as community and junior rugby league clubs struggle to stay afloat because of the current health crisis.

Australia's toughest off-road motorsport event is called off for the first time in its 44-year history amid concerns competitors or visitors might spread coronavirus to remote communities.

The league's commission decides to go ahead with at least the first round of the men's 2020 season after days of doubt over the fate of the season.

The Wildcats are awarded the NBL championship, with the league announcing their decision two days after the grand final series against the Kings was cancelled because of the coronavirus crisis.

Racing is hoping to buck the trend of sports shutting down during the coronavirus pandemic, even if a jockey tests positive.

The NRL is introducing a self-isolation program for its players, as it looks to continue the premiership amid the coronavirus pandemic.

This autumn, for the first time since World War II, footy fields across Victoria will be empty on Saturdays, which could spell the end for some struggling regional clubs.

While major events are being cancelled and postponed around the world, those behind the Tokyo Olympics say they don't have to make a decision about the games with just four months to go.

The NRL season still has 16 teams, as the New Zealand Warriors make the call to remain based in Australia for the foreseeable future.

AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan says the competition will shut down for at least 30 days — not 14 — if a player tests positive to coronavirus.

A suburban Melbourne community cricket competition's finals matches are going ahead this weekend against the advice of the sport's state and national governing bodies and despite the concerns of some teams and players.

The Warriors go down to the Raiders during their indefinite NRL road trip in Australia caused by the coronavirus pandemic, while the Storm and Sea Eagles manage wins.

Fremantle shows why it is tipped to win its first AFLW flag with a 70-point thrashing of Gold Coast, as the Kangaroos and Demons also progress to the preliminary finals.

The AFL calls a halt to games until at least May 31 in response to the coronavirus outbreak, but the NRL says it is proceeding until told to stop.

Over the course of four days of football, the new AFL season went from being totally surreal to almost normal — then back to flat-out weird, writes Al Nicholson.

Australia's Olympic athletes are told to plan for the Games to be delayed until next year, amid growing calls to postpone the event in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

The NRL announces the 2020 season will be suspended after two rounds after state border closures make continuing the competition impossible.

As ever the NRL's flea-infested tail wagged the dog but when it comes to professional sport taking place, those of us in the industry in this country have all let Australians down.

Eight years ago Simone Offord took up kickboxing for mental health and exercise. Now the mother of three has claimed her second Australian title.

It was welcomed by athletes around the world, but the decision to postpone the Tokyo Olympics until 2021 was easy in comparison to what comes next, writes Tracey Holmes.

Neither of the major football codes seem likely to emerge from the coronavirus outlook unscathed and nor do the free-to-air television networks that broadcast their matches.

AFL players have been accused of being greedy and selfish during talks with the league over pay cuts now that the season is suspended, but the Cats coach says it is unfair.

Footy brings people together and it's an escape from the daily grind. But life without it starts this weekend, so how are the fans going to deal?

There is no baseball being played in the US because of coronavirus, but a manufacturer of the uniforms worn in the Major League is now using the same fabric to make protective clothing in the fight against the pandemic.

The ugly stand-off between the AFL and its players is finally over, with the two parties agreeing to a pay deal while the men's 2020 premiership season is suspended because of coronavirus.

The NRL is being hit hard by the financial effect of coronavirus, which is why one of the game's greatest players wants the league to consider reducing its number of teams from 16 to 12.

Australian Davis Cup star John Millman doubts the ATP and WTA Tours can resume at all in 2020 due to the extent of the coronavirus pandemic.

The A-League club, which played Melbourne City before the A-League postponed its season amid the coronavirus pandemic, says the correct procedures have been followed.

Coronavirus has changed sport forever. But what will it look like when it comes back?

Steve Smith is now free to captain Australia again if called upon, with the leadership ban arising from the ball-tampering scandal expiring quietly over the weekend.

Raelene Castle agrees to have her salary cut in half, as rugby union's governing body in Australia braces itself for the financial impact of coronavirus.

The NRL hands out a $40 million rescue package to help clubs stay afloat as the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic hits home.

In what it describes as a "relief", the AFL receives a line of credit with two major banks that will help the league continue operating during the coronavirus pandemic.

Jo Brigden-Jones was planning to retire after the Tokyo Games, but with her Olympic farewell delayed, she is back on the frontline as a paramedic with NSW Ambulance.

Professional sports clubs are desperately reaching out to fans and members during the coronavirus epidemic out of fear they may lose their financial support once competitions resume, writes Richard Hinds.

The closure of gyms and fitness centres across Australia is taking a massive toll on the industry, but trainers are utilising new apps and running classes online to connect with clients in a bid to remain viable during the coronavirus pandemic.

The WA branch of the Australian Medical Association says horse and greyhound races should be put on hold during the coronavirus outbreak out of respect for the community.

From today, new masks and protective boxes are being shipped out to Australian medical staff to help protect them while treating coronavirus patients — and they're coming from an unlikely source.

Rugby Union is facing a deepening financial crisis in Australia due to the coronavirus pandemic, with the governing body announcing it is standing down 75 per cent of its staff in an attempt to stay afloat.