Global sporting industry in holding pattern
Sport may shrink in significance in these unprecedented times but the sight of empty stadiums and speculation over the fate of previously ‘untouchable’ events as the Olympic Games and European Championships hammer home just how serious things have become.
Haruyuki Takashi, a member of Tokyo’s organising committee, has been quoted as stating that a delay of one or two years would be the most likely course of events for the Games if the event were to be dragged off course by the global coronavirus outbreak.
