CHENNAI: Two squash events – the Asian Team Championships in Malaysia and the Asian Junior Individual Championships in China – have been postponed due to coronavirus outbreak.
The Asian Team Championships was scheduled to be held in Kuala Lumpur from March 25 to 29, while the Asian Junior Individual Championship was to be staged in Quingdao, China from June 29 to July 3, PTI reports.
The decision was taken at the executive committee meeting of the Asian Squash Federation.
The ASF said that fresh dates for both the events will be announced later.
The ASF stated: “In view of the current situation of COVID-19 across the globe as well as the recent assessment of World Health Organisation on the risk of spread and risk of impact of the coronavirus as very high at global level, the ASF EXCO, having discussed with the hosting nations, decided to postpone the 20th Asian Team Championships, the 40th ASF’s AGM as well as the 27th Asian Junior Individual Championships to prevent the risk of spread.
“When the new date of the events are confirmed, we will inform all members immediately and upload the new date onto the (ASF) website.”
The two tournaments are the latest sporting event to be hit by the deadly coronavirus, which has claimed more than 3,000 lives and infected 89,000 people across the world.
