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Major sporting events cancelled in China

People wearing protective face masks arrive at a railway station in Shanghai PHOTO [NOEL CELIS AFP]

The coronavirus exposes an ignorance of China's lucrative sports market and poor contingency planning, experts say, after Formula One became the most high-profile casualty of a mass pullout from the country.

The Formula E Grand Prix, badminton, skiing and Olympic qualifying events have all been cancelled, postponed or moved elsewhere in recent weeks.

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