Jack Anderson: Why are Olympic Games immune from shutdown?

As many parts of the world move to self-isolated, one major sports organisation, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), remains isolated in its resolve to hold what will be the world’s most significant sporting event of 2020, the Tokyo Games, writes Jack Anderson.

Romania’s Paul-Andrei Aradoaie, right, throws a straight left to the face of Bulgaria’s Blagoy B. Naydenov in their Men’s Light Heavyweight preliminary round bout of the Road to Tokyo European qualifier in London. Picture: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

In American sports the term shutout is usually associated with a comprehensive victory over an opposition that has failed to score.

Last week, the spread of the coronavirus was such that it almost secured a shutout of sporting events globally.