An X-Games event scheduled for next month in Chongli in China’s northern Hebei province has been postponed due to the outbreak of a new coronavirus, organizers have said. The outbreak has killed 132 people with almost 6,000 others affected by the flu-like virus that emerged late last year in Wuhan in the central Hubei province. “Due to the ongoing coronavirus concerns, the X Games Chongli 2020 event will be postponed until a later date,” organizers said in a statement. Sports officials have already moved a women’s Olympic soccer qualifying tournament from China to Australia, while a tennis regional Fed Cup tie in Dongguan has been switched to Kazakhstan. An Olympic boxing qualifying tournament has also been moved from Wuhan to Jordan and an Olympic women’s basketball qualifying competition due to be held in Foshan has been transferred to Serbia.

Source: National Post January 29, 2020 02:26 UTC