SHANGHAI — The Chinese Football Association (CFA) said on Thursday it is postponing all domestic games due to the rapidly spreading coronavirus epidemic as the total number of confirmed deaths from the newly identified pathogen in the country rose to 170. The virus has had a major impact on China’s sporting landscape, with several events canceled and the country’s Olympic women’s soccer team quarantined in Australia. “The Chinese Football Association will continue to maintain close communication with national authorities … and make reasonable adjustments to the organization, schedule and scale of matches where necessary,” it said. The Chinese women’s soccer team had traveled to Australia to play in an Olympic qualifying tournament but will remain quarantined in a Brisbane hotel. (Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; Additional reporting by Reporting by Samuel Shen and David Stanway; Editing by Shri Navaratnam/Peter Rutherford)

Source: National Post January 30, 2020 05:03 UTC