China’s domestic football season – including its lucrative Super League – has been postponed as sporting bodies join efforts to control the spread of the coronavirus. The dramatic step follows the postponement of the World Indoor athletics championships, which were due to be held in China in March. In Australia, China’s women’s football team has been forced into quarantine at a hotel in Brisbane, Queensland, after the state recorded its first case of coronavirus. The China team had been due to open the Women’s Olympic football tournament qualifiers with a match against Thailand in Sydney on Monday. On Wednesday, World Athletics postponed the World Indoor Championships, due to be held in Nanjing in March.

Source: Express January 30, 2020 05:03 UTC