A push to start the Chinese Basketball Assocation (CBA) season again by mid-April has been rejected by the country's authorities. 

The CBA is the top-tier league of men's professional basketball in China, and has been suspended since

not yet known when the new season will be able to begin, however.The coronavirus pandemic began in China

Unusually, it seems appropriate to start this week's column in the same place as last: Athens in June 2021 at the scheduled International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session where IOC President Thomas Bach is expected to come up for re-election.

like the Olympics.World Taekwondo has announced, meanwhile, that next year's World Championships in China

Augusta National Golf Club has announced it is donating $2 million (£1.6 million/€1.8 million) in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

coronavirus outbreak.Yesterday, the coronavirus death toll in the United States passed the figure reported in China

Organisers of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics have claimed they are ready for the "special situation" of back-to-back Games, following the postponement of Tokyo 2020 to next year.

Preparations for Beijing 2022 are reportedly on track, despite China being in lockdown since February

in an attempt to contain the pandemic.Coronavirus originated in China, with more than 80,000 infected

countries such as the United States, Italy and Spain have now reported more cases, however, with life in China

While weightlifters around the world have been unable to train properly because gyms are closed during the coronavirus crisis, Chinese athletes have been in record-breaking form.

three are clear leaders in their weight category in Olympic qualifying.A fourth clear favourite from China

the Beijing competition because of injury, as did Lu's rival Li Dayin.As if to emphasise its strength China

Next year's World Taekwondo Championships will be moved to later in the year following confirmation of the new dates for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in 2021.

Wuxi in China had been due to stage the World Championships in May but the event is now set to take place

USA Weightlifting received 500 masks from the Chinese Weightlifting Association and is donating them to University of Colorado Health (UCHealth) to help battle the coronavirus pandemic.

 Thanks to China Weightlifting, we at @USWeightlifting will be able to pass 500 masks to @uchealth

The Chengdu 2021 Summer World University Games have been rescheduled to between August 18 and 29, 2021. 

 "We remain deeply grateful to our friends and colleagues in China for their continued support of

China have announced their 23-player squad for their vital women's football Olympic qualification playoffs

 South Korea will face China to join fellow AFC team Australia at the Tokyo Olympics ©Getty ImagesCFA's

from April 2 to 30 with the two ties scheduled to take place on June 4 in South Korea and June 9 in China

The Festival of International Extreme Sports (FISE) have postponed all events before June including the World Series fixture in Montpellier in France due to the ongoing spread of COVID-19.

date in August.It now joins the first two events of the season in Hiroshima in Japan and Pu Yang in China

confirmed cases worldwide.The only event still going ahead to date as scheduled is the finale in Chengdu in China

International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) European Championships could be postponed for the second time due to the coronavirus pandemic.

respectively.Also postponed due to the outbreak was the IFSC Asian Championships, due to take place in Chongqing in China

Some of the world's best tennis players have donated large sums of money to help aid the relief of the pandemic surrounding coronavirus.

People from the Republic of China have given us tremendous help and support, we cannot thank them enough

People from the Republic of China have given us tremendous help and support, we cannot thank them enough

Just under two months ago, I wrote a blog on the emergence of coronavirus as a new challenge for the organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Back then, just under 8,000 people had been infected, with the majority from China.

A request from the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) to Congress for $200 million (£161 million/€181 million) of a relief package designed to help with the coronavirus pandemic has been rejected.

The US has reported the largest number of cases of COVID-19 in the world, surpassing China, where the

G20 leaders have commended Japan’s determination to host the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games as a “symbol of human resilience” following the postponement of the event until 2021.

discuss the coronavirus pandemic yesterday.The G20 is comprised of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China