With sport cancelled for the foreseeable future due to coronavirus, professional sports clubs are eyeing off the Federal Government's JobKeeper package to help keep players and administrators on the books.

Stephen Mott, the author of a new book about a tiny north-west Tasmanian town, is hoping to capture "the atmosphere of 50s motor racing".

The sporting fallout from the coronavirus pandemic continues, with The Open cancelled and golf's three other majors rearranged.

After two failed attempts to leave Victoria during a week of border closures, players and staff from Melbourne Victoty, Melbourne City and Western United finally arrive in Sydney.

Hundreds of teary-eyed mourners paddle out in tribute to Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin at the site of his death on a Gold Coast beach as the Olympian's girlfriend, Ellidy Vlug, leads family and friends in a ceremony.