Impact of COVID-19 on world sport

Restrictive measures in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic have led to changes in the usual life activities, including sports and physical activity. However, the pandemic also affected professional sports and all key stakeholders: athletes, coaches, instructors, administrative staff (employees of sports organizations), volunteers, officials involved in competitions (judges, members of delegations), enterprises, especially micro and small businesses (fitness clubs, gyms, retailers, event organizers, marketing agencies, sports product manufacturers). In the course of the study, the impact of COVID-19 on world sports was analyzed in the context of key dimensions of the sports industry: organization and conduct of competitions; social consequences; finance; personnel and functioning.