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Football’s big hitters will emerge largely unscathed – but minor sports, gyms and recreation centres face a struggle to surviveAt some point in the coming days, the government’s scientific group for emergencies will receive proposals to get sporting life in Britain back on its feet. And while I understand that the finer details are still being sketched out by a cross-sport working group, the broader brushstrokes – restarting the Premier League, horse racing and cricket behind closed doors, with frequent testing for Covid-19 and appropriate physical distancing measures in place – have been teased and trailed for weeks.Whatever happens next in these discombobulating times it is probably safe to assume that the Premier League will emerge relatively unscathed. True, players...

The woeful lack of images of female athletes in the media is undermining the fine efforts to increase participationA mother runs through the park pushing a baby in a buggy, chatting away as she does: “Come on, baby, not far now.” Then we see a young woman learning to swim, one exercising in an outdoor gym, another hula-hooping in the kitchen, a group of friends on a trampoline. The images come thick and fast: black, white, pony-tailed, hijabed, older, younger, somewhere in the middle, to the glorious strains of Barbra Streisand belting out Don’t Rain on My Parade.Do you notice any wrinkles, any dimples in their thighs? Hell, no! And if you do – this ain’t for you. This is...