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Jonathan White

The Chinese Football Association has indefinitely suspended domestic football with immediate effect, it announced in a statement on Thursday.
Football at all levels has been called off in response to the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus that has spread across the world from Wuhan.
The CFA said it will liaise with the relevant authorities to determine if and when football will resume and any announcements will be made in due course.
The news means the Chinese Super League does not yet have a start date, with the Daily Mail reporting that some of the CSL’s foreign stars are looking to return to Europe before the transfer window closes on Friday night.

CFA officially announced all domestic football matches (including leagues, CFA cup, Super Cup, etc) are postponed. When football matches resume will depend on the update of coronavirus control, as claimed in the statement. CSL was initially planned to kick off on Feb. 22nd. pic.twitter.com/vhKlNMXjIF
— Titan Sports Plus (@titan_plus) January 30, 2020

China’s top flight had been planned to start on February 22 but had been moved back to April, in line with the response from other sports to the virus. Before the Lunar New Year the CFA had already called off the Chinese Super Cup scheduled for February 5.
The Asian Football Confederation announced on Wednesday that Chinese clubs would play their opening three AFC Champions League games away from home. A decision on whether the home games will be played in China will follow.
China’s Tokyo 2020 women quarantined in Brisbane hotel
Shanghai SIPG played their AFC Champions League play-off against Thai side Buriram United behind closed doors at Yuanshen Stadium on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the players and staff from China’s women’s football team are in quarantine in a hotel in Brisbane ahead of their Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualifiers in Syndey.
The qualifiers were originally set for Wuhan and the Chinese team trained in the city.
Wuhan Zall, the city’s CSL side, are training in Spain under the watchful eye of authorities.


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Indefinite suspension of football at all levels by Chinese FA comes amid reports foreign star signings want out of China
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Chinese Super League called off by FA over coronavirus amid reports foreign star signings want out of China.
