BEIJING - China's soccer authorities may suspend the Super League after an outbreak of swine flu on one team.
Players and staff of Chongqing Lifan, including Dutch coach Arie Haan, were confined to their training base in western China after 11 players tested positive for the H1N1 virus, the newspaper Titan Sports reported Friday.
Chinese Football Association organizers are considering a series of contingencies for further outbreaks, including suspending the season, Titan said, citing association documents.
Such quarantines are usually lifted after one week if no one else tests positive for the virus. Chongqing's confinement began on Thursday, it said.
Game schedules will merely be adjusted if only one or two teams are affected, the paper said.
China has not been particularly hard hit by swine flu, although officials warn the virus is continuing to spread. A total of 6,968 cases, out of a population of 1.3 billion people, have been reported as of Thursday, none of them fatal.
