Summer sport - what's still on?

Updated 19/03/2020 at 16:09 GMT

As sporting events continue to drop off the calendar, Freddie Clayton takes a look at what's still on this summer.

Novak Djokovic of Serbia shows off the trophy after winning his Men's Singles Final match against Roger Federer of Switzerland at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, July 12, 2015. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

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Coronavirus continued its unprecedented assault on the sporting calendar on Tuesday as Roland Garros was cancelled, UEFA EURO 2020 postponed and Paris-Roubaix hit the bricks.

Everyday now sports fans are hit with cancellations. Events have been cancelled or postponed that barely even seemed on the horizon.

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What’s clear now, if it wasn’t already, is that the coronavirus has had an impact on sports that will be felt 12 months from now, and quite possibly beyond as a structure and routine we are so used to is squashed together and jumbled around.

So as we enter a dark age of sport, what's still on?

Wimbledon, Roger Federer of Switzerland and winner Novak Djokovic of Serbia embrace at the net at the end of thee game during the Men's Singles Final on Centre Court

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Wimbledon

With Roland Garros postponed, Wimbledon is now the next slam up and as things stand it’s still set to go ahead.

This is good news. Last summer saw Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic play a classic five-set final with the Swiss botching two match points before a steely Djokovic see out the match. Another one of these would not go amiss in a sparse summer of sports.

But be warned, organisers announced on Tuesday that they are monitoring the situation, which has become code in recent weeks for impending cancellation. With British sun a liability, itself the weather does not suit a postponement.

Tour de France and Vuelta de Espana

Two of cycling’s big three remain, with the Giro d’Italia postponed already.

Though Thomas de Gendt has already commented on a 'weird' Tour due to a riders lack of racing, cycling fans can hold on to the good news that for now, they’ll still have a summer of sport ahead.

Egan Bernal is the reigning Tour de France champion

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These mammoth events are among the hardest to reschedule, so organisers will be keen to keep them alive until the very last minute.

Snooker World Championship

The crucible has closed its doors until April 5 but the snooker World Championship remains on course.

Judd Trump confessed that his record-breaking win at the Gibraltar Open could be the last event of the season, but it's not cancelled until it's cancelled.

Snooker's biggest tournament is due to start in Sheffield on April 18. Watch this space snooker fans.