PHOTOS: Stadiums without spectators, turned quarantine centres

2020 was meant to be a year with a hefty sports calendar—among other big-ticket events, the year of the Tokyo Olympics. Now, as most sporting events stand cancelled, prominent arenas are being converted to hospitals or emergency healthcare facilities, while in others, ghost games are being played, sans the cheers of fans
Curated By: Amit Verma
Published: Apr 16, 2020
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MILAN, ITALY: Giuseppe Meazza (also known as San Siro stadium), where FC Internazionale and AC Milan usually play home football matches. The Italian government imposed restrictions to halt the spread of Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak as the country was one of the hotspots of the pandemic with almost 1.5 lac confirmed cases.