Plans for fans to return to watch live sports in England from October 1 will not go ahead, said Cabinet Minister Michael Gove.

The UK’s Covid-19 alert has moved to level 4, meaning the infection is “growing higher or faster”.

New arrangements Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set up On tuesday.

Speaking to the BBC Breakfast, Gove confirmed that plans to return tourists in phases would be given a “break”.

“We were looking at more people coming back to the stage program – it didn’t happen that we would gather the stadiums with the fans.”

“We’re looking at how we can stop that program for the moment, but what we want to do is make sure that when the situation allows, more people get back.

“The virus is less likely to spread outside the home but again it is the nature of large sporting events where there is a lot of mixing.”

The pilot program will also be discontinued.

Most of England’s sports have played behind closed doors in March, including Premier League football, the FA Cup final, England’s Test cricket match and two Formula 1 races in Silverstone.

Sports events with the entire crowd in March came under investigation before all fixtures were suspended and shortly before the UK was locked out.

Coronavirus outbreak affects Liverpool’s Champions League with Atletico Madrid The city council investigated, It also called for an investigation into whether the Cheltenham Festival took place Should have gone ahead.

The government protested the decision to allow such events to proceed before the ban was introduced in public.

“People start looking back at some big sports events at the beginning of the epidemic and question why they were allowed to go ahead,” Gove added.

“All we need to do now is look carefully at sporting events, but we also recognize that sport is an important part of this nation and we’re looking at everything we can to support our athletes, our great clubs, which will be for us.” Challenging times. “

Leaders of more than a hundred sports organizations appealed to the Prime Minister for emergency funds,Warning of a “lost generation of activity” Due to coronavirus.

Sports England has provided 200 200 million for emergencies, but many in the sector believe more is needed.

Richard Masters, chief executive of the Premier League, told BBC Sport earlier this month It was “absolutely critical”. Fans were allowed to return to the stadiums as soon as possible, and its failure could cost the club m 700 million in the 2020-21 season.

English Football League clubs lost m 50m last season and at the receipt of the gate Estimate a 200 200 loss If there are no fans this season.

The Rugby Football Union is set to lose £ 50 million in revenue, while England’s men’s team Accept a 25% pay cut For the next 12 months

Ralph Reimer, chief executive of the Rugby Football League Urges the government not to delay the return of the crowd, The clubs are having a potential impact on revenue of “2 million per week.

In late August, the Siegels saw 25,000 friendly matches between Brighton and Chelsea at the Amex Stadium – for the first time in almost six months, fans were allowed to enter the Premier League field.

About 300 visitors Was allowed to see Although the World Snooker Championship final between Ronnie and Sullivan and Karen Wilson took place at the Crucible Theater in Sheffield last month, the original plan to acknowledge fans all day of the tournament was reversed.

One thousand fans took part in Arsenal’s 9-1 win over West Ham in the Women’s Super League on 12 September.

More than 22,000 spectators bought tickets for the first day of the St. Lager meeting in Doncaster in September, the first crowd at a British horse race scene in six months – but the rest of the meeting was Then put behind closed doors.

Analysis

The BBC’s sports editor Dan Run

This is bad news for a British sport, which is on the verge of an unprecedented crisis.

On the one hand, it is not surprising that the government has criticized the growing lawsuits of Kovid-19, strict restrictions and the fact that events such as the Cheltenham Festival continue in March and do not close soon.

The optics of allowing thousands of fans to travel to the field while encouraging people to work from home are also seen as offensive.

But it would encourage sports administrators to insist that it is safer for fans to stay in a controlled, socially spacious, often open-air venue and stadia than to watch TV in pubs.

They are not aware of any data or research that proves that transmission will increase in return for fans. And they point to the fact that countries like Germany allow thousands of fans to return to the field.

Sports have been warned for months now not to become fans and to return to DCMS officials what the impact will be on their finances.

Especially for EFL and rugby clubs, where match day earnings are crucial, the answer will probably be potentially devastating. From non-league football and Olympic sports to grassroots club and community entertainment facilities, the sector is facing a non-existent crisis that could cost thousands of jobs and reduce participation.

The সে 1.57 billion bailout handed over to the art sector over the summer will put pressure on the government with similar emergency funding. Calls from the Premier League to help the football pyramid will also intensify.