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SPORTS Friday 14 February 2020
List of sports events affected by the Judge orders open hearing on NFL
coronavirus outbreak

By The Associated Press HANDBALL team’s emails with church
ATHLETICS Olympic women's qualify-
World indoor champion- ing tournament in Monte- By KEVIN McGILL
ships in Nanjing from March negro from March 20-22: Associated Press
13-15 postponed to March China withdraw. Hong News outlets and the pub-
2021.Asian indoor champi- Kong declines invitation to lic will be able to attend a
onships in Hangzhou from attend. hearing next week in New
Feb. 12-13 cancelled. ICE HOCKEY Orleans on the confidenti-
AUTO RACING Chinese clubs in Supreme ality of emails between Ro-
Formula One's Chinese Hockey League playing man Catholic officials and
Grand Prix in Shanghai on home games in Russia. the city's NFL franchise con-
April 19 postponed. New Women's Challenge Cup cerning clergy sex-abuse
date not set. of Asia in Manila, Philip- scandals.
Formula E's Sanya E-Prix in pines, from Feb. 23-28 can- A state judge in New Or-
Sanya on March 21 can- celled. leans ruled Thursday that
celled. JUDO the Feb. 20 hearing will be
BADMINTON Paris Grand Slam on Feb. open, although she cau-
China Masters in Hainan 8-9: China team withdraw. tioned attorneys that they In this Oct. 23, 2016, file photo, a New Orleans Saints helmet rests
from Feb. 25-March 1 post- RUGBY must not disclose the con- on the playing field before an NFL football game in Kansas City,
Mo.
poned. New dates not set. Hong Kong Sevens moved tents of the emails at that Associated Press
Asian team championships from April 3-5 to Oct. 16-18. hearing.
in Manila from Feb. 11- Singapore Sevens moved As The Associated Press A court-appointed spe- Picayune/The New Orleans
16: China and Hong Kong from April 11-12 to Oct. 10- reported last month, vic- cial master is to determine Advocate, WVUE-TV, WWL-
withdrew. 11. tims' lawyers allege that whether they may be re- TV and WDSU-TV filed a
BASKETBALL SKIING hundreds of Saints emails leased and will preside motion for access to the
Women's Olympic quali- Alpine World Cup in Yan- show team executives did over next week's hearing. hearing. A lawyer for the
fying tournament moved qing from Feb. 15-16 can- behind-the-scenes public The AP has been allowed local news outlets said the
from Foshan to Belgrade, celled. relations damage control to intervene in the effort AP should not be the only
Serbia from Feb. 6-9. SOCCER amid the Archdiocese of to get the emails released media outlet present at the
Asian Cup qualifier be- Asian Champions League: New Orleans' clergy abuse and lawyers for the news hearing.
tween China and Malay- Matches involving Chinese crisis. The team has gone cooperative are being al- Judge Ellen Hazeur agreed.
sia on Feb. 24 postponed. clubs Beijing FC, Guang- to court to keep the emails lowed to participate in ar- "All the public has a right to
Matches scheduled for zhou Evergrande, Shang- from being made public, guments for release of the it," she said, ruling from the
Hong Kong moved to op- hai Shenhua, and Shang- saying court rules would emails. Until the judge ruled bench after a brief hearing.
ponents' homes. hai SIPG postponed to ordinarily keep them under Thursday, the Feb. 20 hear- Lawyers for the Saints and
BIATHLON April-May. seal and that the plaintiffs' ing before the special mas- the Archdiocese of New
Olympic test event in Asian women's Olympic lawyers want them re- ter was to be closed to the Orleans argued that spe-
Zhangjiakou from Feb. qualifying Group B tourna- leased "for publicity pur- public. cial master hearings are
27-March 2 cancelled. ment relocated from Wu- poses." The owners of The Times- routinely closed. q
BOXING han to Sydney from Feb.
Asia-Oceania Olympic 3-13. AFC Cup: All group Sablikova, Bloemen win world
qualifier moved from Wu- stage and playoff match-
han to Amman, Jordan es in east zone delayed speedskating titles
from March 3-11. to April 7. Chinese Super
EQUESTRIAN League, due to start Feb. By JOHN COON
Hong Kong showjumping 22, delayed. Associated Press
leg of Longines Masters SWIMMING KEARNS, Utah (AP) — Mar-
Series from Feb. 14-16 can- Diving world series event tina Sablikova of the Czech
celled. in Beijing from March 7-9 Republic and Ted-Jan Bloe-
FIELD HOCKEY cancelled. men of Canada won indi-
Hockey Pro League TENNIS vidual gold medals Thurs-
matches by China against Fed Cup Asia-Ocea- day on the first day of the
Belgium and Australia in nia Group I tournament ISU World Single Distances
March postponed. moved from Dongguan to Speedskating Champion-
India women's tour of Chi- Dubai, United Arab Emir- ships at the Utah Olympic
na from March 14-25 can- ates, from March 3-7. Oval.
celled. OTHERS The Netherlands set a world
Ireland women's tour of Chinese Anti-Doping record in women's team
Malaysia in March-April Agency suspends test- sprint, finishing in 1:24.02.
cancelled. ing from Feb. 3.Winter X The previous record was Carlijn Achtereekte, of the Netherlands, reacts after competing
GOLF Games events in Chongli 1:24.84, set by Russia in during the women's 3,000 meters at the world single distances
US LPGA Tour from Feb. 21-23 postponed. 2017. speedskating championships Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, in Kearns,
Honda LPGA Thailand in World Chess Federation's Bloemen claimed gold Utah.
Pattaya from Feb. 20-23 presidential council meet- in the men's 5,000 meters Associated Press
cancelled. ing moved from China to with a time of 6:04.37. Sven won gold in the 10,000 me- the Olympics in two years is
HSBC Women's World United Arab Emirates on Kramer of the Netherlands ters at the Pyeongchang so far away, so you've got
Championship in Singa- Feb. 28-29. Association of took silver with a time of Olympics in 2018 and took to set goals along the way.
pore from Feb. 27-March 1 Southeast Asian Nations 6:04.91. Graeme Fish of silver in the 5,000. This oval for me is really
cancelled. (ASEAN) Para Games in Canada earned bronze, "Going into the season, I special. I skated two world
Blue Bay LPGA on Hainan the Philippines from March finishing in 6:06.32. made this race really im- records here and I thought
Island from March 5-8 can- 20-28 postponed. New It was the first world title for portant for myself," Bloe- that might be a possibility
celled. dates not set.q Bloemen, a rising star who men said. "Working toward again today."q