Coronavirus: sport industry faces wage cuts, bailouts and financial ruin

Football and rugby clubs among those fearing for their future

The gates are locked at stadiums all across the United Kingdom
The gates are locked at stadiums all across the United Kingdom 
(Image credit: Stu Forster/Getty Images)

With the sports industry in lockdown across the world the ramifications of the coronavirus crisis are only now beginning to be discussed.

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