Factbox: Sports events hit by the coronavirus epidemic
Here is a list of international sports events hit by the coronavirus outbreak:
Coronavirus ends Slovak hockey season without a winner
Slovakia’s top-flight hockey league will scrap the rest of its season without crowning a champion due to tightening measures to contain the spread of the new coronavirus in the country.
Alpine skiing: Shiffrin set for World Cup return after father’s death
Double Olympic gold medalist and overall World Cup champion Mikaela Shiffrin is set to return to competitive action in Sweden this week after taking more than a month out following the death of her father.
Suggestion Games delay is ‘feasible’ dismissed as ‘outrageous’
A delay of one or two years would be the “most feasible” option if the Tokyo Olympics cannot be held this summer due to the global outbreak of the coronavirus, a member of the organizing committee’s executive board told Reuters.
Motor racing: Virus fears cloud Formula One’s season-opener in Australia
Formula One’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix will get underway with an air of anxiety this week, with members of two racing teams quarantined and local health authorities battling to contain community spread of the coronavirus.
Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief: not considering changing plans for games
Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori said on Wednesday his team was not considering changing plans for the games and that the board member who had suggested a delay because of the coronavirus had apologized.
Japan to cancel high school spring baseball tournament over coronavirus fears: NHK
Japan will cancel its annual high school baseball spring tournament, public broadcaster NHK said on Wednesday, suspending one of the country’s most beloved sporting events because of the widening coronavirus crisis.
Haas, McLaren team members quarantined, tested for coronavirus
Two members of the Haas Formula One team and one from McLaren were quarantined in Melbourne on Wednesday as a precaution amid coronavirus fears ahead of Sunday’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix.
Weightlifting: European championship postponed to June
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) said it postponed the European championship from April to June due to the coronavirus epidemic.
Haas, McLaren Formula One team members tested for coronavirus
Two members of the Haas Formula One team and one from McLaren were quarantined on Wednesday as a precaution amid coronavirus fears ahead of Sunday’s season-opening race in Melbourne.
