The world of sports has been hit hard by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as athletes come into close contact with others of different nationalities, and not to mention the extensive travel their job requires them to do.

Here is a sports-wise classification* of all the athletes infected so far:

*Names in red indicate infected person has passed away. 

Cricket

Majid Haq (Scotland)

Basketball 

Kevin Durant (Brooklyn Nets)

Rudy Gobert (Utah Jazz)

Donovan Mitchell (Utah Jazz)

Christian Wood (Detroit Pistons)

Marcus Smart (Boston Celtics and Denver Nuggets)

Football

Lorenzo Sanz (Former Real Madrid President) 

Abdulkadir Mohamed Farah Biriq (Hiiraan/Somalia)

Pepe Reina (Aston Villa)

Rustu Recber (Former Barcelona goalkeeper) 

Fatih Terim (Galatasaray manager)

Marouane Fellaini (Shandong Luneng)

Paulo Dybala

Blaise Matuidi (Juventus)

Daniele Rugani (Juventus)

Eliaquim Mangala (Valencia)

Mikel Arteta (Arsenal manager)

Ezequiel Garay (Valencia)

Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea)

Manolo Gabbiadini (Sampdoria)

Omar Colley (Sampdoria)

Albin Ekdal (Sampdoria)

Fabio Depaoli (Sampdoria)

Morten Thorsby (Sampdoria)

German Pezzella (Fiorentina)

Patrick Cutrone (Fiorentina)

Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina)

Timo Hubers (Hannover)

Luca Kilian (Paderborn)

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Cycling

Dmitry Strakhov (Gazprom)

Fernando Gaviria 

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