A look back at an unprecedented sporting year impacted by COVID-19

The 2020 sporting year started just like any other year, with the Australian Open and the visit of the New Zealand cricketing team kicking off the Australian sporting calendar.

But while many of the world’s best tennis players were battling it out for the titles at Melbourne Park, an unknown virus that causes a fever and breathing difficulties struck the Chinese city of Wuhan, sending the city into a strict lockdown for over ten weeks.

Nobody around the world would have forecast the impact that ...