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Coronavirus hits sporting events

As sports events are cancelled over the coronavirus we consider the consequences.

As sports events are cancelled over the coronavirus we consider the consequences. Sports business expert Simon Chadwick says this is the biggest development for sport since the Second World War. We also hear from Ferdinando Giugliano, business journalist in Milan for Bloomberg, on Italy’s decision to fully halt their professional football league. Du Mingrui of ZX Tour explains how the cancellation of marathons around the world has already cost him more than a million dollars. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ reporter Alex Capstick reports back from a meeting of the International Olympic Committee, about the odds of that event being cancelled. And the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Rahul Tandon goes to speak with some of his fellow Leeds United fans in Northern England. Also in the programme, following yesterday's oil market gyrations as a result of a price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia, we consider the impact on the rouble with Sergei Kozlovsky, business correspondent with the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Russian Service. Plus we ask why central banks around the world are predominantly led by men, with Danae Kyriakopoulou, chief economist at the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum, which is a think tank which studies central banking.

(Picture: Some Italian matches were played behind closed doors. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

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Tue 10 Mar 2020 15:32GMT

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  • Tue 10 Mar 2020 15:32GMT