This is how sports in China have hit:
  • The International Tennis Federation, ITF, has announced that the Fed Cup group game to be played in Dongguan on February 4-8 will be moved to Astana in Kazakhstan. Participating teams are China, Taiwan, India, Indonesia, South Korea and Uzbekistan.
  • Last week, the IOK set the Olympic qualifier in boxing that would take place in Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak, next month.
  • The Asian Football Association, AFC, has moved Olympic women's qualifying matches for Australia, Taiwan, Thailand and China from Nanjing to Sydney.
  • The alpine world cup competitions in men's speed races , the first to be arranged in the world cup in China, in Yanqing in mid-February is set. In addition, it was the first competitions in the upcoming Olympic slope 2022.
  • The women's Olympic qualification for basketball has been moved from Foshan to Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. This is for group four with China, Spain, UK and South Korea.
  • And so tonight; The indoor athletics World Cup in Nanjing, which should have been decided in mid-March, is moved forward one year in time.

At least 130 people have died in the virus and around 6,000 are infected. 56 million people are quarantined in China.

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