How do you cope when your sport is cancelled?

While others are plotting routes back to competition, netball could be postponed until 2021. London Pulse CEO Sam Bird tells Tom Harle about the ‘impossible’ situation her sport is facing

Netball is facing a blackout until 2021 (Getty Images)

Covid-19’s rapid spread in the capital was the key reason why London Pulse argued for the cancellation of the Vitality Netball Superleague, according to CEO Sam Bird.

While the UK celebrates the return of horse racing, snooker and football to our screens, netball is facing a blackout until 2021 with the domestic league terminated last week and the international Quad Series scrapped.

England Netball’s decision provoked hand-wringing in the sport with reigning champions Manchester Thunder claiming the call came too early.