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Pandemics and sport: From foot-and-mouth wrecking England's Grand Slam bid and cancelling Cheltenham to Zika ending the 2016 Olympics for some athletes... how coronavirus joins a long list of outbreaks causing sporting chaos

The world of sport is a quiet place right now, as competitions spanning all disciplines across the globe have slammed shut their doors amid the growing pandemic that is coronavirus (COVID-19).

As containment measures intensify and provisional plans change on a daily basis, fans are getting used to how the immediate future could look in the world of sport.

Cancellations are almost certainly on the horizon, as history shows us. This is not the first time a pandemic has impacted sport, and it won't be the last. Sportsmail takes a look back through recent years to observe how things unfolded.