The impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on sport and the sports industry

The subject of this paper is the impact of the kovid 19 pandemic on sporting events around the world and the sports industry as a whole. All major athletic races in the world, from marathons in New York, Boston, Paris, etc., have been canceled. Out of the planned 66 races called athletic stadiums in Serbia in 2020, only 12 were held, with a limited number of runners, due to the rules and recommendations of the crisis headquarters. In the time in which we live, sport is currently one of the most important and most important social activities, motivated primarily by economic reasons and opportunities for quick earnings, and then a positive impact on health. Certain branches of sports, such as football or basketball, have found a solution in games without an audience. Audiences at tennis tournaments are slowly returning, but it is still a big risk. It is not yet clear how the sports industry will overcome the problems caused by the pandemic, nor what kind of future awaits sports in the post - kovid era 19.