If you thought sport would die down now that football isn’t coming home – think again

There is now the small matter of an Olympic Games beginning in a matter of days. There’s no rest for the wicked... or sports journalists, writes Ben Burrows

Team GB had six self-isolating at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics (PA)

If you thought sport would die down a bit now football isn’t coming home for the foreseeable future, you can think again.

While many fans across the country would quite like not to think about it for a little while after England’s agonising Euro 2020 final defeat a week ago, no one told the sporting calendar – which is as jam-packed as ever this summer.

This was no truer than Sunday, when a number of huge events reached a dramatic climax at the same time. First came The Open Championship at Royal St George’s in Kent, where American Collin Morikawa would eventually come through to win a first Claret Jug after a hugely impressive week on his debut.