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Grassroots sports clubs face fight for survival amid coronavirus pandemic

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The chief executive of Sport England has vowed his organisation will do everything it can to stop community clubs going under during the coronavirus crisis.

Tim Hollingsworth revealed there have been over 6,000 worried clubs and local organisations asking for financial help amid fears the fabric of grassroots sport could be destroyed by the pandemic.

While Premier League clubs are involved in tricky negotiations over possible cuts to multi-million pound player salaries, no-one doubts it will survive and probably thrive in the long-term.

But up and down the country, local football clubs, cricket clubs, golf clubs, boxing clubs, tennis clubs and the like are fearful for their very existence.

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