China-Korea women’s Oly q’fier to be postponed until June amid COVID-19

Beijing: The Chinese women's football team is to fly back to China from Sydney, Australia later on Thursday after its Olympic qualification playoffs against South Korea were proposed to be postponed to June amid COVID-19 concerns.

The two-legged playoffs were scheduled to take place in April. However, due to the escalating spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in South Korea, the Chinese Football Association (CFA) and its South Korean counterpart agreed to put off the two ties until June in a proposal submitted to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for approval, a CFA source told Xinhua. IANS

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