China will next week host its first major international sports event since abandoning strict Covid rules.
People pose for a picture next to an ATP sign before the Shanghai Masters launch ceremony in Shanghai this week.SHANGHAI - China will next week host its first major international sports event since abandoning strict Covid rules, heralding the return of elite competition to the country after more than three years.
But China abruptly lifted its"zero-Covid" policy in December and world sport organisations will be eager to relaunch lucrative tournaments in the world's second-largest economy. Women's WTA and men's ATP tennis makes a full-throttle return to China later this year while the Asian Games in Hangzhou -- postponed from last year -- will take place in the autumn.
"The pandemic years have not been easy for any of us," Badminton World Federation president Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen said, calling the return a"significant moment".
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