Key officials from Beijing 2022 and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) held a video conference to discuss preparations for the next Winter Games.

The Tokyo Marathon organisers have cancelled the mass participation race due to the ongoing coronavirus problem in Japan, restricting the entries to the elite races.

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Qualifying Tournament for 3x3 basketball will go ahead as planned, it has been confirmed, despite the coronavirus outbreak.

Plenty of players will fancy themselves as unlikely contenders for titles in the absence of the dominant Chinese at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Hungarian Open in Budapest.

China international Zeng Cheng has donated masks and respirators to Wuhan to provide support those impacted by the coronavirus outbreak in the city.

China's women will be forced to play the home leg of their crucial Olympic play-off with South Korea abroad because of the coronavirus outbreak, according to the Chinese Football Association (CFA).

Two Asian sailing qualifiers for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics have been moved from China to Italy because of coronavirus.

The European Tour has postponed two golf tournaments due to take place in Asia in April due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Minister of Sports of Russia, Oleg Matytsin, has said the country are ready to host any sporting events that are affected by the coronavirus, with so many already cancelled or postponed in China. 

The XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship for off-road triathlon has been cancelled due to health and travel concerns associated with the coronavirus outbreak.

China has withdrawn from next weekend's Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Melbourne because of travel restrictions imposed by the Australian Government due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Three qualifiers for the 2021 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Asia Cup have been postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak.

The University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) has postponed all sporting events due to the coronavirus outbreak.

A group of Olympic Winter Sports Federations have expressed their support for the work in China in the fight against the coronavirus epidemic.

The Hong Kong Amateur Swimming Association (HKASA) says its upcoming Festival of Sport - Long Course Time Trial will go ahead as planned, but warned it may need to hold the event behind closed doors if the coronavirus outbreak is not contained in the city.