2020 - the year that changed sport out of all recognition

Cardboard cut-outs of fans are seen before the Round 4 NRL match between the Gold Coast Titans and the Wests Tigers at an empty Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Sunday, June 7, 2020. (AAP Image/Dan Peled) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Cardboard cut-outs of fans are seen between the Gold Coast Titans and the Wests Tigers at an empty Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Sunday, June 7, 2020. Source: AAP

The COVID-19 pandemic has already cost the world's sporting industry billions of dollars. The impact will be long-lasting and some sports may never fully recover. .................... takes a look back at how 2020 changed sport forever.


2020 was a year of loss.

Basketball great Kobe Bryant, cricket legend Dean Jones and football icon Diego Maradona were just some of the iconic sporting figures to die this year.

 

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