Barry Hearn: 'The mental health of a nation is strengthened by sport'

The promoter says the balance sheet feels irrelevant amid a pandemic but hopes snooker will lead live sport's return "It's a strange thing about this Covid epidemic," Barry Hearn says, in a contemplative mood. "I find it really stimulating in a bizarre way. We're against the odds, everything's in bits, everyone's nervous. It's a dreadful thing for so many people. And yet life must go on. And sport in particular." Perhaps it will not remotely surprise you that even in our darkest hour, Hearn has ...