The show must go on. Whatever hardships we’ve had to endure, that simple phrase has always been there to provide comfort and give us an excuse to continue with our favourite distractions. But this time the cliché may be insufficient.
The show must go on. Whatever hardships we’ve had to endure, that simple phrase has always been there to provide comfort and give us an excuse to continue with our favourite distractions. But this time the cliché may be insufficient.
In England, Liverpool haven’t even ascended the throne but now have the sword of Damocles hanging over them. The good news for them is the country has adopted their World War II mantra of “keep calm and carry on” and will probably do anything to keep the multibillion-dollar Premier League industry going. So far the primary measure has been to suspend pre-game handshakes. Instead, players will awkwardly nod at each other before skirmishing in a full-contact sport for 90 minutes.
A sportsman who has tested positive is Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz in the National Basketball Association . On Wednesday night, the match referees huddled just before tip-off and then called off the game with the Oklahoma City Thunder. The NBA announced soon after that it would suspend the league until further notice.
The clock is also ticking on Euro 2020. The quadrennial event is due to go ahead in the middle of June — a date not in keeping with some experts prediction of successful containment of the disease. This also just happens to be the year Uefa had planned to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the competition by hosting it across 12 countries.
Should their hand be forced in the coming weeks or months, the Olympics will probably be moved to two years from now and will potentially set Japan back billions of dollars.The prestigious ATP and WTA tournament was cancelled as California health officials declared a public health emergency in the Indian Wells-Palm Springs area after a confirmed case of Covid-19, the first major sports event in the United States to be shelved because of the outbreak.
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