Bleak winter ahead for British sport as fans kept out of stadiums


FILE PHOTO: La Liga Santander - Real Sociedad v Real Madrid - Reale Arena, San Sebastian, Spain - September 20, 2020. Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos in action with Real Sociedad's Mikel Merino. REUTERS/Vincent West

LONDON (Reuters) - British sport faces a bleak winter, and for some a fight for survival in the cold months ahead, after the postponement of plans to allow a limited number of fans back into stadiums from October.

What had been seen as a glimmer of light at the end of a tunnel now looks like another long stretch of darkness for clubs and sports already in crisis-management after being forced to do without their ticketing income stream.

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