When the Australian Open ended in January last year, no player or official thought that the outbreak of the Corona epidemic would spread to the point that all games would be shut down. The impact was on all sports, but the most impact was seen on sports touching each other, wrestling, boxing, football etc. During this time, the most chess was raised.
Initiative was taken to field players by resorting to bio bubble. No player had heard of the bio bubble (special environment created for players) before Corona, but it has now become a major part of the game. It was first used in football. This also set expectations in the rest of the games. In many places, the audience has also returned to the ground and the biggest example of this is the Test series between India and Australia.
The credit for re-fielding big footballers goes to the organizers of the Bundeschliga, Germany’s football league, who carried out it with precise strategy. In the first quarter of 2020, the Bundesliga season had to be postponed due to Corona. It resumed on 16 May and became the first major league to begin in Europe. The organizers of the Bundischliga created a bio bubble with only players, organizers and support staff. Stringent rules were made.
Players were initially quarantined. Everyone’s corona tests were done. Players and staff could not meet each other in the quarantine period. He was also barred from leaving the hotel. The player found positive had to be quarantined again for 14 days after the corona report came negative. After so much hard work, the Bundishaliga League season was over.
La Liga, Spain, closed since March, Italy’s Serie-A, English Premier League, Uefa Champions League and Europa League ended their respective seasons. In Taiwan, during the Chinese League, fan cutouts and dummies were placed on the field to excite the players. Robots were seated instead of spectators. TV screens were installed at the stadium in Danish Superliga, Denmark. These featured fans watching live matches on the app.
Speakers were also installed in the stadium for voice. All this is not limited to just football. All countries and organizers adopted similar bio bubble rules to start the games. In addition to the bio bubble, betting of the games without spectators was also successful. The Wimbledon Grandslam was canceled last year. It was first canceled after the Second World War in 1945.
Cricket’s creator, England, played an important role in restoring the game under the shadow of Corona. England made its debut by successfully conducting a Test series with the West Indies at home. During that time the Caribbean team had to remain quarantined for 14 days. After England’s series, other series also started, but most eyes are World Cup
Was engaged on T20 and IPL. The International Cricket Council ICC made the IPL route easier by postponing the T20 World Cup. Subsequently, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) successfully organized the league in the UAE without an audience amid growing Corona cases.
Even after the Chennai Super Kings support staff found the corona infected before the tournament started, the tournament was successfully held.
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