- Ireland Six Nations matches the first events to fall
- Giro d’Italia, Cheltenham festival and Olympics under threat
A large number of the year’s prestigious sporting events are at risk as the coronavirus continues to spread around the globe, with the organisers of the Six Nations, the Cheltenham Festival, the Giro d’Italia, Euro 2020 and the Tokyo Olympics all closely monitoring the situation after a significant increase in the number of cases worldwide.
Ireland’s men’s and women’s Six Nations matches against Italy in Dublin on 7 and 8 March were postponed on Wednesday on the recommendation of Ireland’s health minister and the National Public Health Emergency, with the possibility growing that the northern hemisphere’s rugby’s showpiece competition may not be completed for the first time since 1972.
Written by Ed Aarons
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/feb/26/sporting-events-holds-their-breath-as-coronavirus-threat-continues-to-spread under the title “Top sporting events at risk as coronavirus continues to spread”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
