Hong Kong Sevens Canceled as Virus Thwarts Rugby’s Big Party

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June 30, 2020 at 10:27 AM UTC

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Hong Kong’s traders and bankers will miss out this year on one of the city’s biggest parties: the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens, a three-day rugby tournament, has been canceled for the first time since its debut in 1976.