Coronavirus and it’s impact on sporting events - please add

[Darker45]

Sadly, the impact of the virus to sports events does not only refer to cancelled or postponed games. So far, we have already athletes who are themselves infected with COVID-19. Earlier, we had Utah Jazz's player Rudy Gobert. It was immediately followed by a teammate in Donovan Mitchell who also tested positive of the infection.

Other than these NBA players, we also have COVID-19 victims in football. Daniele Rugani of Juventus tested positive of the virus. Arsenal has also reported that their manager Mikel Arteta is also infected with the same.

Even the 2020 UAE Tour is affected by this pandemic. The cycling race event has already started and was halfway when it was suddenly cancelled when two participants from Italy was found to be positive of COVID-19.

This is a time for sports to have a hiatus.  

[NavI_027]

Upcoming UFC fights are affected. Though it was not postponed but based on what I've understand the fights will continue however there will be no spectators on the given setting at all. All we can do is to watch it via computer or mobile devices. For more info check this out: https://www.facebook.com/176272595900226/posts/1247955375398604/?app=fbl

I'm a little bit worried on Khabib vs Ferguson fight. It seems that they are really meant to fight each other lol . The universe is not allowing them to do so.

[maydna]

I heard about from The Guardian news about The Juventus defender Daniele Rugani has tested positive for Coronavirus, the Serie A club said on Wednesday.

Here are the links:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/11/juventus-defender-daniele-rugani-tests-positive-for-coronavirus

Besides that, here is another news from Guardian.ng:

"A second division footballer was on Wednesday the first player to test positive for coronavirus in Germany as RB Leipzig became the last Bundesliga side to announce that they would hold their weekend match behind closed doors."

Source Links: https://guardian.ng/sport/german-footballer-contracts-coronavirus/

I found some interesting article about the impact of Coronavirus on sporting:

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2880569-timeline-of-coronavirus-impact-on-sports
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2020/03/12/coronavirus-impact-ncaa-nfl-nba-nhl-baseball-what-we-know/5030927002/
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/12/the-sports-world-grinds-to-a-halt-amid-the-coronavirus-outbreak.html

You can find it more on Google.

Many things have impacted the virus. Many countries canceled many events in their country, including sports, because they want to search for people who got an impact from the Coronavirus. We hope that it does not take a long time to see the cure for this virus.

[libert19]

Guess video gaming events also count? E3 which was scheduled on June this year has been cancelled.

[Chrystora123]

not only football and basketball were affected, Formula 1 was affected too https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/mar/13/formula-one-australian-grand-prix-melbourne-coronavirus. 

https://twitter.com/UEFA/status/1238092043278262275..  I hope the champions league continues and Madrid vs Man City matches can be played.

[Avirunes]

https://twitter.com/UEFA/status/1238092043278262275..  I hope the champions league continues and Madrid vs Man City matches can be played.

I think the Madrid vs City is postponed along with Juventus vs Lyon. Here how google shows me:



(News: https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/2020/3/12/21176936/uefa-postpones-two-cl-games-3-leicester-city-players-self-isolating-euro-2020-to-be-delayed)

However the google result shows that Barcelona vs Napoli and Chelsea vs Bayern might happen but I find it hard to believe especially when today one of the Chelsea players was found positive with the virus and training was cancelled. I have doubts in Barcelona vs Napoli too btw.

[kotajikikox]

this is the first time that almost all of the basketball event was cancelled ,there are many cases of virus comes from the past but only Corona Virus make all this happen.

the Media is bringing big part on this but it is Good so the Governments are now focusing in the safeties of all the people around the world.

even the biggest countries are now getting worried about this.

Hope this will be cured soon so we can enjoy Sports betting again.

[Meowth05]

This event postponing is the only way to go because the disease has been declared pandemic, plus this games could wait, they do not want to risk their personnel, players and attending audiences contracting and spreading the virus just for entertainment and sports. Safety is the number one priority right now. I think a lot of people could agree on the fact that this contagion is threatening. On the brighter side, this can help in making a rest and recuperation for the players because they are going to need that when this problem is over for millions of hyped fans who is excited for this events

[Ucy]

There are so many events that has been cancelled because of this virus,
But it was for the best because it is for the safety of everyone they should prioritize the health of everyone since those event could always continue once the virus is cured,
But the life of those who would be lost because of the virus could never come back.

Exactly. People shouldn't worry about the canceling, it's definitely for everyone's good. If this affect your favorite players, it will probably affect the club chance of competiting well. Hopefully the players/clubs and their huge fans don't get involved in other things that encourage the spread of the virus.

Lest I forget:
Buy sufficient foods, eat healthy, drink lots safe drinking water, avoid "bad things", change your bad ways(repent). If you believe in a true CREATOR, pray, humble yourself, and ask him for forgiveness, & to guide you to know the truth/the way, I strongly believe HE will guide you if you trust HIM. Don't allow fear ruin your life, though be cautious about harmful things.... You will be kept safe no matter how dangerous your surroundings is

[Haunebu]

In my opinion, all sports events around the world need to be halted for a period of time regardless of the losses that they could incur since health is 1st priority always. This virus has the potential to turn into the deadly Influenza virus of 1918 if we aren't careful.

IPL(India Premier League) 2020 is a million dollar league which is conducted annually and I am hoping that they suspend it this time around(Closed doors rumors). Major conferences like GDC 2020 and E3 2020 have been shuttered too.

[Sanitough]

I first known about NBA being suspended but I knew other league and sports will be affected, and now here it is and definitely we can expect that more and more will be affected on this corona virus pandemic. A little suggestion, you can also add some link of the source info.

[carlisle1]

Guess video gaming events also count? E3 which was scheduled on June this year has been cancelled.

because crowded place/event is prone to this virus so organizer are cancelling the events or suffer the consequences .
and look at the bigger events above that has cancellation so what more event like this one.

I first known about NBA being suspended but I knew other league and sports will be affected, and now here it is and definitely we can expect that more and more will be affected on this corona virus pandemic. A little suggestion, you can also add some link of the source info.

yups and almost all the events are cancelling,maybe tomorrow or the next everything will be paused and will wait for further notice.

[AniviaBtc]

Basically, almost every major competition are getting stopped.

Not good enough, thought by now all major football tournament will be stopped since it's more of a contact sport filled with audience in their thousands creating a more favourable environment for the Corona virus to be distributed to as much individuals as possible but I'm not impressed. Seems like the governing body of this leagues are more interested in the profit to be made then the health of the fans, players and employees of the stadium this matches are been played in.

I know "the show must go on" but when human health are at risk, the number one priority of any body overseeing any gathering or event should be to keep we (humans) safe from harm. Irrespective of how negative such decision will have to their business our life's is more important.

Most of the gamblers are betting in the NBA because people really like watching and playing basketball. There are many fan of basketball that's why when they know that NBA will suspend all of its game, people are unhappy because of that. Covid-19 can be easily transmitted transmitted because the virus stay at any places and it is microscopic so it is not easy to notice. Gamblers can only bet in a game like dice, roulette, and etc., as of now because we need to understand the situation now. There are many option in gambling, we should not only rely on the sports betting if we really like gambling. Health is important than money, and what is the sense of money if your life is at risk. I believe that health first before anything else. Keep safe everyone.

[Mbitr]

Thanks for all the inputs guys .
I started making a little list and table this morning and the list has got rather large !!
To be perfectly honest - EVERY sporting event is going to be affected .
I think it’s GAME OVER for every sport for at least a couple of weeks .

Few more anyway 
Cricket - England’s tour of Sri Lanka postponed
Football - all Champions League and Europa matches postponed
Football - ligule 1 and 2 - suspended

LOL - might change the title of the thread to - CORONAVIRUS KILLS SPORT

[ralle14]

XFL's season also got suspended they're going to continue their operations next year.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2880607-xfl-suspends-2020-inaugural-season-amid-coronavirus-concerns

In hockey the NHL was also stopped after the NBA announced their suspension and same thing with the NCAA's March Madness.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/12/21177092/nhl-season-suspended-coronavirus-nba-pandemic-player-positive-test

Looks like someone already beat me to it, most of the suspensions can be found on the bleacher report page posted above by maydna.

Wow even The Players Championship was also cancelled even though golf doesn't require that much contact.

[Mbitr]

Premier League suspended and all English football

[Mbitr]

Here’s a couple of websites which are pretty comprehensive

https://www.sportinglife.com/other-sports/news/coronavirus-cancelled-sports/178274

https://inews.co.uk/sport/coronavirus-sport-events-cancelled-full-list-postponed-premier-league-six-nations-serie-a-fixtures-1995902

[tyKiwanuka]

Here’s a couple of websites which are pretty comprehensive

Maybe the other way round would do better - just list all the sports/leagues, that are still running From the sports I follow (a bit), only Snooker is still running. In cycling, Paris-Nice is still going, but most of the upcoming races have been cancelled as well. This will be some boring upcoming weeks, but on a positive note, once everything starts to resume again, we will have a very busy schedule. Every day will be full of sports to watch and bet on.

[Captain Corporate]

 Premier league did cancelled as well. I thought UK was handling it very well, that sounded a little premature to suspend right away but considering the exponential growth of the number of infected, it does sound like a good decision. I mean would you prefer to wait too late to suspend and have players with corona on the pitch running for 90 minutes or would you prefer everyone to be healthy and stay that way instead.

 What really will be interesting is the amount of money in sports. As we all know teams pay these players according to how much they make as well. Now that teams in almost all sports will play a lot less but contracts are already out there, I am pretty sure it will be reflected some other way. NBA teams even will pay for not played games for hourly workers let alone others, so people who are hourly will get paid even when they are not working, that has to come out of somewhere. I suspect there will be a lower cap space for next year as well.

[mindrust]

Sadly, the impact of the virus to sports events does not only refer to cancelled or postponed games. So far, we have already athletes who are themselves infected with COVID-19. Earlier, we had Utah Jazz's player Rudy Gobert. It was immediately followed by a teammate in Donovan Mitchell who also tested positive of the infection.

Other than these NBA players, we also have COVID-19 victims in football. Daniele Rugani of Juventus tested positive of the virus. Arsenal has also reported that their manager Mikel Arteta is also infected with the same.

Even the 2020 UAE Tour is affected by this pandemic. The cycling race event has already started and was halfway when it was suddenly cancelled when two participants from Italy was found to be positive of COVID-19.

This is a time for sports to have a hiatus.  

It is very bad right now. So many fad news from everywhere and it is impossible to track and read them all. This is catastrophic for everything not just sports. It is crazy.