No int'l sport events in China in 2020 except Beijing 2022 trials

Beijing, July 9 (IANS): China will not hold international sport events in 2020 except for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic trials, the General Administration of Sport of China announced the decision on Thursday.

The Chinese sport authority released a program named "plan of resuming sport events based on science and order", due to which lots of international sport events will be affected, reports Xinhua news agency.

The men's Alpine Ski World Cup had been the first test event of the Beijing 2022, which was originally scheduled on February 15-16 in Yanqing District, Beijing and had to be cancelled on January because of the outbreak of the COVID-19.