The Slovenian Olympic Committee (OKS) has welcomed the proposed fiscal stimulus package, while noting that sport organisations in Slovenia have so far recorded a drop in expected revenue of more than EUR 25 million. A survey has also shown that around 800 full-time jobs in the sport industry are at risk.

Participants of a video conference organised on Friday by the STA agreed that the coronavirus crisis can also present an exercise in modesty for big sport and be used as a chance for a new beginning.

During the coronavirus lockdown, a new sport has emerged in Slovenia to entertain basketball enthusiasts in self-isolation or those practising social distance - mini indoor basketball. The first mini basketball league, an official tournament of the Slovenian Basketball Association (KZS), is starting on Monday.

Slovenian basketball player Luka Dončić, one of the key players of the Dallas Mavericks and former member of Real Madrid, has been named to the EuroLeague's 2010-2020 All-Decade Team, being a third pick after Spanish Juan Carlos Navarro and US Kyle Hines.

Slovenian Olympic Committee (OKS) president Bogdan Gabrovec welcomed the decision to postpone the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, which had been scheduled for 24 July-9 August. He said that common sense had prevailed and that it was athletes who would benefit the most from the decision, which took a huge burden off their backs.

The Slovenian Olympic Committee (OKS) has called on the government to include sport in its measures to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus epidemic. Noting that sport has suffered a great loss with the cancellation of competitions, it says it would be very hard to kickstart things again after the crisis without appropriate aid.

The Slovenian Olympic Committee (OKS) has expressed puzzlement over the International Olympic Committee's continuing refusal (IOC) to postpone the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, which are scheduled to take place between 24 July and 9 August.