Sport Events Cancelled due to Coronavirus Outbreak

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  On 2/7/2020 at 2:12 PM, heywoodu said:

Cancelling/changing the one in Singapore would be kind of weird and pure 'panic football' as it'd be called in Dutch  

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Well, Singapore is the only place with comparable infection rate (per capita, of course).

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  On 2/6/2020 at 5:51 PM, heywoodu said:

 

They shouldn't get a 'free pass'. They should, however, be allowed to freely compete - potentially after a certain amount in quarantaine. China messing up with Youth Olympic athletes (although them being 'youth' is of zero significance) shouldn't be a point of discussion in this issue.

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I would argue it should be taken into consideration. China shouldn’t set a precedent they themselves don’t want to follow.

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  On 2/7/2020 at 2:12 PM, heywoodu said:

Cancelling/changing the one in Singapore would be kind of weird and pure 'panic football' as it'd be called in Dutch  

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Singapore has already banned spectators from the National School Games going on currently. Obviously, that is different than an international event, but it shows where the government’s mindset is.

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Vietnam has now banned sports events from being held in the country until the novel coronavirus subsides. Malaysia and Singapore look ready to follow suit in the upcoming. 

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  On 2/8/2020 at 12:10 AM, Olympian1010 said:

Vietnam has now banned sports events from being held in the country until the novel coronavirus subsides. Malaysia and Singapore look ready to follow suit in the upcoming. 

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Vietnam had the ban since 3-4 days. 

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India has cancelled it's women's hockey tour to China. Ireland has cancelled it's trip to Malaysia in women's hockey.

 

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  On 2/8/2020 at 5:37 AM, Shravan Kumar said:

India has cancelled it's women's hockey tour to China. Ireland has cancelled it's trip to Malaysia in women's hockey.

 

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Well yeah, if they're going to cancel it anyway, why spend the money?

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  On 2/8/2020 at 8:09 AM, heywoodu said:

 

Well yeah, if they're going to cancel it anyway, why spend the money?

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it makes sense 

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https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3049135/coronavirus-hong-kong-badminton-stars-face-being-barred-next-weeks

 

Coronavirus: Hong Kong badminton stars face being barred from next week’s Asia Team Championships in Manila

 

Twenty-strong Hong Kong men’s and women’s squads, headed by Angus Ng and Cheung Ngan-yi, are chasing precious ranking points for Olympics

 

Philippines has banned all travellers from China, including Hong Kong, because of the spreading coronavirus

Hong Kong badminton authorities are seeking support from regional governing bodies as the city’s players face being barred by the Philippines from next week’s Asia

 

Team Championships in Manila because of the deadly coronavirus.

 

The team, comprising 10 men and 10 women and headed by newly crowned Thailand Masters champion Angus Ng Ka-long and Cheung Ngan-yi, are due to leave on Friday as they seek to secure Olympic qualification points.

 

“We hope this can be resolved swiftly,” said head coach Tim He Yiming. “As far as we understand, all relevant bodies are working hard on the issue, including the Asian Badminton Federation and the Hong Kong Badminton Association.

 

“Every tournament is important at this stage as the Olympic qualification is due to finish in two months and if we can’t take part in the event, it will cost some of the players dearly.”

 

The Philippines this week introduced travel bans covering all persons coming directly from China and its two special administrative regions, Hong Kong and Macau.

 

Hong Kong men’s number two Lee Cheuk-yiu is 15th on the qualification list and must hold his position in the top 16 position until qualification ends in April to be eligible as the second player from Hong Kong behind Ng for the 2020 Tokyo Games.

 

Ng and Cheung, who are almost certain to qualify, also want to strengthen their positions for a better draw in the Olympics, as does the mixed doubles pair of Tang Chun-man and Tse Ying-suet, the world number nine.
 

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Hong Kong is left fuming with anger as they might miss out from getting a chance to feature and play in Thomas and Uber Cup 2020. Badminton Asia Team Championship isvery important as those countries who reached the minimum quarter finals wqill be the 8 countries to represent Asia continent to play in Thomas and Uber Cup 2020. Countries such as China and Hong Kong have been barred from playing in this team tournament which will be held in Philippines next week. As for China team they have no problem as they have virtually qualified to play in Thomas and Uber Cup 2020 on merit based on their high team ranking. However the same cannot be said for Hong Kong team who have a low team ranking and they need to reach the quarter finals in BATC to enable them to qualify and play in Thomas and Uber Cup 2020. Not being able to play in BATC has jeopardised their hopes to qualify and play in Thomas and Uber Cup 2020. This has left the whole Hong Kong team fuming in anger over such unfair treatment.

 

The reason here is simple a lot of countries have started to bar China and Hong Kong citizens from coming to their country. Hence athletes for all the different sports in China and Hong Kong are at the receiving end as more countries have barred China citizens from entering their countries. China athletes will also have to skip all the tournaments held in European, American and Australia as these 3 continents have started to bar China citizens from entering their countries due to coronavirus that is spreading rapidly.