This summer's biggest sporting event has become the latest victim of the coronavirus pandemic.

No, not the Olympics, Euro 2020 or Wimbledon, but the Marine Challenge Cup, that traditional fixture of the English summer organised by shipping lawyers from the Americas.

In a letter to participants, main sponsor Chaffe McCall bowed to the inevitable this week and called off what would have been the 22nd edition of the five-a-side football tournament in July.