Nearly every sporting event, major and minor, has been canceled, moved or postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. The question now, to which no one really knows the answer, is when games will come back.
Here’s a look at where things stand with many of the top sports (last updated on Thursday, April 9).
The Sports Calendar Is a Moving Target
SUSPENDED/
POSTPONED
STARTING DATE /
DATE SUSPENDED
SPORT
CANCELED
UNCHANGED
NEW DATE
N.B.A.
W.N.B.A.
W.N.B.A. Draft
N.C.A.A.*
M.L.B.
M.L.S.
Champions League
N.H.L.
French Open
Wimbledon
U.S. Open (tennis)
W.T.A/A.T.P. Tours
L.P.G.A.
The Masters
PGA Championship
U.S. Open (golf)
British Open
Summer Olympics
Paralympics
N.F.L.
N.F.L. Draft
March 11
May 15
April 17
March 12
March 12
March 12
March 13
March 13
May 24
June 29
Aug. 24
March 12
March 12
April 9
May 14
June 18
July 16
July 24
Aug. 25
Sept. 10
April 23
Sept. 20, 2020
Nov. 12, 2020
Aug. 6, 2020
Sept. 14, 2020
July 23, 2021
Aug. 24, 2021
SUSPENDED/
POSTPONED
NO
CHANGE
CANCELED
SCHEDULED
N.B.A.
W.N.B.A.
W.N.B.A. Draft
N.C.A.A.*
M.L.B.
M.L.S.
Champions League
N.H.L.
French Open
Wimbledon
U.S. Open (tennis)
W.T.A/A.T.P. Tours
L.P.G.A.
The Masters
PGA Championship
U.S. Open (golf)
British Open
Summer Olympics
Paralympics
N.F.L.
N.F.L. Draft
Sept. 20
Sept. 20
Aug. 24
Nov. 12
Aug. 6
Sept. 14
July 2021
Aug. 2021
Sept. 10
April 23
Some more specifics:
Olympics
The Summer Games were postponed for a year, until July 23, 2021. The Paralympics were also pushed forward, to Aug. 24, 2021.
Baseball
Major League Baseball canceled the start of its season after a handful of spring training games had been played. There is no return date set.
The league said it had considered a plan to start the season in May with all teams playing in Arizona, among other ideas.
The South Korean league may be the first significant one to return; it is planning exhibition games beginning April 21.
Football
The N.F.L. has benefited from the calendar. With the first regular-season game scheduled for Sept. 10, hopes are high that the season can still be held.
The league’s draft, April 23 to 25, will be a TV event with no spectators.
The Canadian Football League postponed its season from its scheduled June 11 start.
Basketball
The N.B.A. suspended its season on March 11 with teams having played between 63 and 67 games of the 82-game season. There is no date set for a resumption.
The W.N.B.A. season, scheduled to start on May 15, was also postponed. The W.N.B.A. draft, however, is on as planned for April 17.
N.C.A.A.
The N.C.A.A. halted its sports on March 12, meaning winter sports did not finish and spring sports barely got started.
This included the men’s and women’s Division I basketball tournaments, which are the biggest source of income for the organization.
The organization awarded an extra year of eligibility to spring sports athletes, who missed out on their seasons.
College football is still scheduled for the fall.
Club Soccer
Major League Soccer halted its season on March 12 after each team had played two games.
The Champions League was halted on March 13 with 12 teams remaining.
All of the European leagues were shut down, with the exception of Belarus.
The German Bundesliga was on track to be the first major league to return. Players in the top two divisions returned to practice and the league’s chief executive said he hoped to be playing by sometime in May.
International Soccer
The major event of the summer, Euro 2020, scheduled at multiple sites beginning in June, was postponed by a year. As a result, the women’s event, set for England in 2021, was pushed to 2022.
The men’s World Cup is to be played next in 2022. Qualifying events in some parts of the world have already been postponed.
Hockey
The N.H.L. suspended its season on May 12 with each team having played about 70 games of the 82-game regular season.
The world championship, scheduled for May in Switzerland, was canceled.
Tennis
The French Open was moved from its usual May date to Sept. 20. Wimbledon, scheduled to start in late June, was canceled for the first time since World War II. The United States Open, scheduled for Aug. 31 to Sept. 13, was still on, although organizers said they were considering all options.
Golf
The PGA Tour halted its events after the first round of the Player’s Championship on March 15. The British Open in July was canceled, and the other three majors were rescheduled: The P.G.A. will begin on Aug. 6, the United States Open on Sept. 17 and the Masters on Nov. 12.
The L.P.G.A., which had planned several early tournaments in Asia, where the pandemic began, canceled its events beginning in February.
The Ryder Cup is still set for September in Wisconsin. A few minor league tours in the United States were proceeding.
Auto Racing
NASCAR held its last race on March 8. The IndyCar series did not start at all, and the Indianapolis 500 has been moved from its traditional Memorial Day weekend date to August. The Formula One season also did not start, and races have been postponed or canceled on a rolling basis.
U.F.C.
After canceling three cards, the Ultimate Fighting Championship pushed to have a card of 12 fights on April 18, shifting its U.F.C. 249 event from Brooklyn to a tribal casino near Fresno, Calif. But its bouts were postponed following a request from its broadcast partner, ESPN, and ESPN’s parent company, Disney.
Dana White, the U.F.C. president, said that he hoped to have fights regularly and that some future bouts might take place on an unidentified private island.
Running
The Boston Marathon was postponed to Sept. 14. and the London Marathon to Oct. 4 from their original April dates.
Horse Racing
The Kentucky Derby was postponed from its classic first Saturday in May date to the first Saturday in September. The Preakness, normally held two weeks later, was postponed. The Belmont, normally the third leg of the Triple Crown, is still scheduled for June 6.
Cycling
The professional cycling tour halted its season on March 24. The Tour de France, beginning June 27, was still on the schedule.
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