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Golf, cricket and rugby became the first major sports to be affected by the new COVID-19 variant amid renewed travel restrictions. European golfers and cricket and rugby teams were scrambling to catch flights out of South Africa.

European golfers withdrew midway through the season-opening DP World Tour tournament in Johannesburg and were scrambling to catch flights out of South Africa. Visiting cricket and rugby teams were doing the same.that was initially identified in South Africa and is causing concern over fears that it may be more transmissible than current variants and resistant to vaccines.

The Joburg Open was scheduled to be the first of three events in South Africa to start the new season on the circuit formerly known as the European Tour. But next week’s South African Open will now only be a South African tour event with international players likely to head home to beat travel restrictions. The Alfred Dunhill Championship set for Dec. 9-12 was canceled.

“Most of the British players have all decided to head home and that’s totally understandable if you’ve got a wife and kids at home,” Drysdale told the Scotsman newspaper. “There wasn’t a seat to be had by the time we found out what had happened. A lot of the guys were panicking, but we thought, ‘what’s the point?’

“With the situation in South Africa having changed so quickly, we are now looking to repatriate our staff ASAP,” Welsh club Cardiff said.

 

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