WThe COVID-19 pandemic has caused the most significant disruption to the worldwide sporting calendar since World War II. Across the world and to varying degrees, sports events have been cancelled or postponed. The 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo were rescheduled to 2021. Spectators have no games to watch and players no games to play. Only a few countries and territories, such as Hong Kong, Turkmenistan, Belarus, and Nicaragua, have continued professional sporting matches as planned.
WBlood and Guts was a scheduled professional wrestling television special episode to be produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It was previously scheduled to air live from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on TNT on March 25, 2020, but was postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was to feature the first-ever Blood and Guts match, which was originally announced to have Matt Hardy team with The Elite to face The Inner Circle.
WThe Sixth Asian Beach Games is due to be held in Sanya, China. Sanya would be the second Chinese city to host the Asian Beach Games, after Haiyang 2012.
WThe 2021 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, officially known as the 6th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games and also known as Bangkok–Chonburi 2021, is scheduled to be a pan-Asian multi-sport event in indoor and martial arts sports held from 10 to 20 March 2022 in the Thai capital city, Bangkok and the province of Chonburi. Originally due to take place from 21 to 30 May 2021, the event was postponed in January 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) officially awarded the games to Bangkok and Chonburi Province and signed the hosting rights contact in April 2020.
W2020 Bandy World Championship will be held in Irkutsk, Russia, between men's national teams among bandy playing nations. It is the fortieth Bandy World Championship. The Division B tournament was held from 1 to 6 March 2020. The Division A tournament was supposed to be held from 29 March to 5 April 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Division A tournament was cancelled on 15 September 2020. The FIB later announced that the 2020 Division A tournament in Irkutsk will be finalised in October 2021, and the subsequent World Championship in Syktyvkar will be played in 2022.
WThe 2020 Belmont Stakes was the 152nd running of the Belmont Stakes and the 109th time the event took place at Belmont Park. It was run June 20, 2020, and was won by Tiz the Law, the first New York-bred winner of the event since Forester in 1882. The race is one of the three legs of the American Triple Crown, open to three-year-old Thoroughbreds.
WThe Fifth Annual Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup Tag Team Tournament, also known as the Crockett Cup, was a cancelled Professional wrestling tag team tournament produced by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). The event was going to take place on April 19, 2020 at the Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Georgia but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
WThe 2020 European Judo Championships were held in Prague, Czech Republic from 19 to 21 November 2020.
WThe 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup will be the ninth FIFA Futsal World Cup, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will be held in Lithuania. It will mark the first FIFA tournament ever hosted by Lithuania and the first Futsal World Cup in Europe since 1996, which was held in Spain.
WThe 2021 FINA Diving World Cup was scheduled to take place in Tokyo, Japan, from 21 to 26 April 2020. It was to be the 22nd edition of the biennial diving competition, and the first time this specific FINA event was to be held in Tokyo and Japan. The venue was to be the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, and the final qualifying diving event for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
WHomenaje a Dos Leyendas (2020) is a planned professional wrestling supercard event, produced and scripted by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, originally scheduled to take March 20, 2020. On March 14, CMLL announced that due to guidelines issued by the Mexican government, the Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show would be postponed to a future date. The show, like all of CMLL's major shows will take place in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico, CMLL's home venue. The event is to honor and remember CMLL founder Salvador Lutteroth, who died in March 1987. Starting in 1999 CMLL honored not just their founder during the show, but also a second lucha libre legend, making it their version of a Hall of Fame event. For the 2020 show, CMLL commemorated the life and career of wrestler Sangre Chicana. This will be the 22nd show held in March under the Homenaje a Dos Leyendas name, having previously been known as Homenaje a Salvador Lutteroth from 1996 to 1998.
WThe 2020 Kentucky Derby was the 146th Kentucky Derby, and took place on Saturday, September 5, 2020, in Louisville, Kentucky. The race is one of the three legs of the American Triple Crown, open to three-year-old Thoroughbreds. The Kentucky Derby was originally scheduled for the first Saturday of May, but the 2020 running was rescheduled to September 5, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. It was won by Authentic.
WLockdown (2020) was a scheduled professional wrestling Impact Plus event produced by Impact Wrestling in conjunction with Border City Wrestling, on March 28, 2020 at the St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It will be the thirteenth event in the Lockdown chronology and the first since 2016. The event was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
WThe 2020 Summer Olympics , officially the Games of the XXXII Olympiad , and also known as Tokyo 2020 , is an upcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to be held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Originally due to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the event was postponed in March 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite being rescheduled for 2021, the event retains the Tokyo 2020 name for marketing and branding purposes. This is the first time that the Olympic Games have been postponed and rescheduled, rather than cancelled.
WThe 2020 Summer Paralympics are an upcoming major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee. Scheduled as the 16th Summer Paralympic Games, they are scheduled to be held in Tokyo, Japan between 24 August and 5 September 2021. Originally due to take place between 25 August and 6 September 2020. On 24 March 2020, the IOC and the Tokyo Organizing Committee officially announced that the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Paralympics would be postponed to 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, marking the first time that the Paralympics has been postponed. They will still be publicly marketed as the 2020 Summer Paralympics, even with the change in scheduling to one year later. The new dates were later confirmed as 24 August to 5 September 2021.
WThe 2020 Preakness Stakes was the 145th Preakness Stakes, a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of 1 3⁄16 miles. The race is one leg of the American Triple Crown and is held annually at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. The Preakness Stakes is regularly scheduled to be held on the third Saturday in May, two weeks after the Kentucky Derby, but the 2020 running was rescheduled to Saturday, October 3, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. On September 2, it was announced that the race would be held without spectators. The race was won by filly Swiss Skydiver in the second-fastest time ever.
WRey de Reyes (2020) is an upcoming professional wrestling supercard event produced by the Mexican Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) promotion. The event was originally scheduled to be held at the Poliforum Zamna in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico on March 21, 2020. On March 13, Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide announced that they are postponing the 2020 Rey de Reyes show due to precautions around the COVID-19 pandemic. They will announce a new date for the event in the future. The 2020 event will be the 24th year in a row that AAA has held a Rey de Reyes show and tournament. Wrestlers from the American promotions All Elite Wrestling and Impact Wrestling - with which AAA has partnerships - are scheduled to appear on the card.
WThe 2021 Summer World University Games, the XXXI Summer World University Games will be held in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province, originally scheduled from 8 to 19 August 2021. Delayed twice due to scheduling change and was rescheduled to 18 to 29 August 2021, ten days after the rescheduled 2020 Summer Olympics.
WThe 2021 Thomas & Uber Cup will be the 31st edition of the Thomas Cup and the 28th edition of the Uber Cup, the biennial international badminton championship contested by the men and women's national teams of the member associations of Badminton World Federation (BWF). The tournament will be hosted by Aarhus, Denmark.
WTriplemanía XXVIII was a professional wrestling event produced and scripted by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide. The event was originally scheduled to take place on August 22, 2020 at Arena Ciudad de México in Mexico City, but was moved to December 12 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It marked the 28th year in a row that AAA has held a Triplemanía show, and the 34th overall show held under the Triplemanía banner since 1993. The annual Triplemanía show is AAA's biggest event of the year, serving as the culmination of major storylines in what has been described as AAA's version of WrestleMania or their Super Bowl event.
WThe 2019–20 UEFA Futsal Champions League was the 34th edition of Europe's premier club futsal tournament, and the 19th edition organized by UEFA. It was also the second edition since the tournament was rebranded from "UEFA Futsal Cup" to "UEFA Futsal Champions League".
WThe 2020–21 UEFA Futsal Champions League is the 35th edition of Europe's premier club futsal tournament, and the 20th edition organized by UEFA. It is also the third edition since the tournament was rebranded from "UEFA Futsal Cup" to "UEFA Futsal Champions League".
WUFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on May 9, 2020 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. It was originally planned to take place on April 18 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was eventually postponed (see section below). On April 21, the UFC confirmed that UFC 249 would be moved to May 9 and take place in Florida.
WUFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on June 6, 2020 at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. It was originally planned to take place on May 9 at Ginásio do Ibirapuera in São Paulo, Brazil. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was eventually postponed (see section below). On April 21, the UFC confirmed that UFC 249 would be moved to May 9 and UFC 250 was pushed back to June 6. In late May, the promotion confirmed the event would take place in Las Vegas.
WUFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on July 12, 2020 at the du Forum on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It was originally planned to take place on June 6 at Perth Arena in Perth, Australia. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was eventually postponed on April 9 (see section below). In early June, it was confirmed that the event would instead take place in Abu Dhabi.
WThe 2021 Winter Universiade, the XXX Winter Universiade or XXX Winter World University Games, is scheduled to take place from 11 to 21 December 2021 in Central Switzerland as a joint project of the City of Lucerne and the six cantons of Central Switzerland: Lucerne, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Schwyz, Uri, and Zug. The programme includes ten sports, which will take place at seven venues. Students between the ages of 17 and 25 from over 540 universities and more than 50 countries will participate.
WThe 2021 WNBL–Philippines draft was the league's draft for the 2021 WNBL–Philippines season which is also the first season of the WNBL as a professional league. It is the first ever draft of the league. Delayed by restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the draft was held on February 13, 2021.
WThe World Chess Championship 2021 will be a chess match between the reigning World Chess Champion, Magnus Carlsen, and a challenger to determine the World Chess Champion. It will be held under the auspices of FIDE, the world chess federation, and played in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, between 24 November and 16 December 2021. The match was originally scheduled for the latter half of 2020, but was postponed until 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
WWrestle Peter Pan 2020 was a two-night professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT). The event took place on June 6 and 7, 2020, at the DDT TV Show Studio, in Tokyo, Japan. It was the 12th DDT Peter Pan show and the 2nd promoted under the Wrestle Peter Pan name; it was also the first time the event was held over two days. The event aired on DDT's video on demand service Wrestle Universe with the second night of the event also airing on AbemaTV.