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Going viral: Sport's winners and losers from COVID-19

Napoli beat Juventus behind closed doors in the Italian Cup final as football returned to the country on Wednesday

It's March and as the coronavirus halts global sport, the media team at Juventus, the Italian football champions, are scrambling to react.

After close discussions between Turin and their satellite office in Hong Kong, a plan emerges: tailored social media campaigns, targeting different countries, to keep locked-down fans engaged even when there are no live games.

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