Sports Round-up during Lockdown

A weekly roundup and my take on what’s happening in the world of sport. By Alex (Year 5)

Sport Report

A weekly roundup and my take on what’s happening in the world of sport. By Alex (Year 5)

Football

The world of football has changed rapidly due to coronavirus. English Football League chairman Rick Parry has said the current season needs to be concluded before 31 July and that clubs face a"£200m hole" by September. All football matches and fixtures have been cancelled. I think the will be many more matches when we come out off lockdown to make up for all the cancelled matches.

Rugby  

Like football, Rugby has been affected greatly by covid19 cancelling all games due over the next few months. The news claims that the Rugby Football Union will be hit with revenue losses of £107m if the 2020 autumn internationals are cancelled. This could be a big problem for Rugby. I believe that this could be terrible for many players and fans.

Cricket

Cricket isn’t any different to other sports in the fact that coronavirus has affected it greatly. The governing body's cricket committee heard medical advice that suggests it is highly unlikely coronavirus can be transmitted through sweat, but there is an elevated risk through saliva meaning using saliva to shine cricket balls has been banned! Even though cricket is played with all the players spread out (apart from the batter and wicket keeper) the ball would still be touched by different players , so unless there is a way around that it won’t be aloud any quicker. I reckon that cricket will still be back slightly faster. 

So there you

have it!!

Coronavirus may have

taken sport away

but don’t lose hope

cause you never know 

when it might come back!!!!