The risk of coronavirus transmission from sharing sports equipment is “lower than once thought”, a study suggests. Researchers, led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, applied live virus particles to nine types of sports equipment and a control material. They concluded it “seems unlikely” that sports balls and accessories are a major cause for transmission. […] Read more
The formal restrictions on sport will soon begin to be lifted, but many clubs still face an existential threat TheAustralian Sports Foundation will attempt to quantify the funding challenges facing community clubs as they attempt to recover from the coronavirus shutdown. Photograph: Michael Dodge/AAP Community sport is facing a “crisis” as Covid-19 restrictions slowly ease, […] Read more
