This article examines the relationship between sports mega-events and the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic. Focusing primarily on the 2020 Summer Olympics and Union of European Football Associations Euro 2020 in football – representing two mega-events that were postponed due to the pandemic – this article explores the emerging discourses from sport governing bodies, and how these organisations communicated their initial responses to the pandemic between February and May 2020. The article takes a digital qualitative research approach and draws upon frame analysed media sources and public communications. As it proceeds, this article first illuminates how global sports entered a temporary standstill and, second, how sport governing bodies positioned themselves with regard to responding to the global crisis from within the sporting sphere. Subsequently, this article emphasises how the relevant responses, as communicated by sport governing bodies, reflected the broader reactive and adaptive pandemic responses apparent within socio-political fields.

本文探讨了大型体育赛事与 2019 年冠状病毒病大流行之间的关系。本文主要关注 2020 年夏季奥运会和欧洲足球协会联盟 2020 年欧洲足球赛——代表因大流行而推迟的两项大型赛事——本文探讨了来自体育管理机构的新兴话语，以及这些组织如何传达他们的初步反应2020 年 2 月至 2020 年 5 月之间的大流行。本文采用数字定性研究方法，并利用框架分析的媒体资源和公共传播。随着本文的继续，本文首先阐明了全球体育如何进入暂时停滞状态，其次，体育管理机构如何在体育领域应对全球危机方面进行自我定位。