I have no clue what’s anticipating me, or what will happen when this all closures. For the second, I know this: there are wiped out individuals, and they need restoring.” Those expressions of Albert Camus, from his novel ‘The Plague’, have come back to turn out to be incredibly pertinent, as the world battles a health-related crisis of catastrophic extents – the COVID-19 pandemic. Sparing lives has appropriately overshadowed each other’s recognizable thing, including sport that has gone to a crushing end more than ever.
In any case, in his equivalent novel, Camus additionally expounded on proceeding to battle in an undertaking to recover what you love the most. “Nothing on the planet merits walking out on what one loves,” composed the Nobel laureate in ‘The Plague’.
The battle for the game to return, and everything else that has ground to a halt due to the coronavirus, is comparable.
Be that as it may, it won’t be simple. All things considered, however, endeavors are being made for a type of regularity to return on the field of play. However, is it conceivable at all with a COVID-19 antibody still potentially years away? Won’t it leave competitors defenseless against an undetectable foe? Will fans come back to the stands like previously? Will fans even be permitted to enter the arenas?
LiveHeed.com got these questions to a host of sportspersons former and current, as well as coaches and sports administrators.
PULLELA GOPICHAND
Chief National Badminton Coach : Tough times for sports and sportspersons, but in my opinion sports shouldn’t stop.So let us look at television and online mediums of broadcast to have the next level of sport. But I would love to see local sport grow in these times of restrictions.”
VISWANATHAN ANAND
Five-time world chess champion : I believe every sport must start planning ahead for when they can take place again.For the sportspersons, it is important that they are able to start competing again, and hopefully, in that case, the sport will be ready when the situation normalises fully.”
ABHINAV BINDRA
Olympic gold medal winning shooter : Sport can only make a comeback when authorities deem it safe , The health of athletes and everybody involved in delivering a sporting event must be paramount and until that can be assured we must exercise a degree of patience.”
ELENA NORMAN
CEO, Hockey India : “It’s always best to have a positive outlook, no matter what the circumstances are. I believe sports is resilient and there is always a place for sports in the world and we are confident it will flourish again like everything else
MICHAEL NOBBS
Former India hockey coach : “It is critical that sport is brought back to the community as soon as it is safe. With our lives taken up with – how do we survive and make a living? how do we look after our sickness? it’s depressing and sport can give a moment of relief to what is happening at the moment. Obviously it’s going to make it difficult without a vaccine.”
AJAY SINGHANIA
General Secretary, Badminton Association of India : “There is no clarity right now. We have to wait for BWF (World badminton Federation) to release the calendar before we work out the domestic schedule and the exact dates of start. We also need to understand the Government protocols related to social distancing and various other precautionary measures before we finalise our future course.”
