The European Championship tournament has been known by the nomenclature of ‘Euro’ plus the year since the 1996 iteration, which was hosted by England and won by Germany. That was also the same year that the number of teams participating was increased to sixteen. It was a name the stuck, but there’s debate over what the next Euros will be called. The postponement of the quadrennial iteration of the competition because of the global pandemic that began in December of…
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When shutdowns began to happen around the world as a result of the 2020 Coronavirus outbreak, one of the most immediate casualties was mass gatherings. Anything that could result in the virus being spread became a ‘no-no’, with the Cheltenham Festival in horse racing becoming one of the final examples of a large crowd gathering to watch sport (although that almost didn’t happen either). Football started to cease all over Europe, with the Premier League, Championship and Leagues One and…