Volleyball championship to go ahead in Mexico
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — A high-profile women's volleyball championship will go ahead this summer in Mexico despite concerns about the recent outbreak of swine flu.
The outbreak has been blamed for 68 deaths in Mexico and 10 elsewhere.
The FIVB, volleyball's governing body, said Monday that its women's junior world championship would be played in the border cities of Tijuana and Mexicali on July 16-25, as scheduled.
"The FIVB's crisis management unit has been closely monitoring the situation regarding the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, in Mexico and elsewhere around the world and ultimately decided the health and safety of the players and others involved in the tournament are not at risk," the FIVB said in a statement.
The swine flu outbreak forced the cancellation or postponement of almost all sports events in Mexico.
For several weeks many of Mexico's football teams played in empty stadia, but things have slowly begun to return to normal.
In another development, the volleyball body said Mexico has declined to hold the men's and women's beach volleyball junior world championship in September. It was not clear why Mexico pulled out of the event.
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