Sports News of Thursday, 30 January 2020Source: Graphic.com.ghGhanaian players affected as Coronavirus forces China to postpone start of football season indefinitelyThe start of the Chinese league has been postponedChina has postponed indefinitely the start of its domestic football season because of the escalation of the coronavirus. A host of sporting events in China have been affected by the crisis. The men's alpine skiing World Cup races in China, scheduled for 15 and 16 February in Yanqing, have been cancelled. The 2020 World Athletics Indoor Championships, due to be held from 13-15 March in Nanjing, have been pushed back 12 months after World Athletics sought advice from the World Health Organisation. Formula 1 says it is "monitoring" the effects of the outbreak in China in the context of the country's Grand Prix in Shanghai from 17-19 April.

Source: GhanaWeb January 30, 2020 09:56 UTC