Injured Any Murray withdraws from Australian Open
British tennis star and former world number one Andy Murray has announced he will not be participating in the ATP Cup, due to commence this Friday, or the Australian Open which is scheduled to start in January, citing problems with his physical recovery. Murray is still convalescing from the hip injury and resulting operation that resulted in his first round elimination from the Australian Open last January.
injury tennis british operation andy-murray atp-cup australian-open hip recovery january elimination
TheGuardianRelated Articles
A $60 billion hit on the global sports industry
According to David Lampitt, managing director of sports partnerships at Sportradar, the global sports industry will take a massive hit due to the coronavirus pandemic as most of the matches across different sports are either canceled or postponed. “Impact will be felt across the year with an estimated downturn of probably between 50% and 60% on the global sports economy,” “That’s a hit of probably $60 billion globally,” he added
sports football tennis covid19
CNBC
Wimbledon canceled for the first time since WW2
The organizers of Wimbledon, the oldest tennis Grand Slam tournament in the world, have announced that this year's Wimbledon tournament, due to be held this summer, has been canceled due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. Ever since its founding in 1877, Wimbledon has only been canceled from 1914 to 1919 for World War 1, and from 1939 to 1946 for the second World War.
tennis oldest world-war grand-slam summer coronavirus canceled tournament pandemic wimbledon covid-19 organizers
NewYorkTimes
Prince Charles in quarantine after being diagnosed with coronavirus
Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales and the heir apparent to the British throne has tested positive for the COVID-19 infection after experiencing mild symptoms for a few days. Authorities report the prince is in good health and is now in quarantine in Scotland according to the guidelines provided by the health officials.
health british prince scotland infection duchess coronavirus prince-charles covid-19 isolation symptoms wales cornwall throne heir apparent mild
SkyNews
Tiger Woods drops out of tournament due to injury
Golf star Tiger Woods has been forced to drop out of the Player's Championship due to a back injury. Woods has missed every tournament in the last 3 weeks due to this injury saying that he needs to rest in order to properly heal. He last played the Genesis Open where he came 68th.
injury golf tiger-woods tournament players-championship woods tiger
BBC