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2022 Omicron surge: Sports tournaments face uncertainty again - Live blog, Updates
With the arrival of 2022, the omicron virus has also started causing a rampage and affecting sports events again. Follow all LIVE updates here.
How harsh will the impact of the omicron virus be on sports?
The newest variant of the COVID-19 virus - omicron, is wreaking havoc in the world and just like 2020, a lot of sports events are facing uncertainty once again. The original COVID-19 virus had caused the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics to be postponed by a whole year given the strong impact it had, among other key events. The omicron virus, first detected in South Africa, has now slowly spread and India is currently seeing a spike in the COVID cases - that is already taking a toll on the sporting events that lie immediately ahead.
In any case, 2022 is supposed to be a packed year for sports with the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games on the plate aside from the World Championship events. However, the start of the year may not be so perfect with several sporting events facing uncertainty.
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- 2 Jan 2022 6:34 AM GMT
Football - I-league suspended after bio-bubble breach
The last week of 2021 saw the prestigious I-League facing suspension after a breach in the bio bubble in the team hotels during the Christmas week celebrations. The league was already underway but matches for two rounds have been suspended and will have to be rescheduled.
“The next round of matches (on December 30 and 31) will be rescheduled. We will review the situation on January 4,” I-League Chairman Subrata Dutta told PTI after an emergency meeting. The first-round matches were played on Sunday and Monday while the third-round games are scheduled for January 4 and 5.
Further updates are awaited.
