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LN- All roads lead to you

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

-----------------------------------------------------------Last chapter! I made a little text in the end, please read it. Also, I found a song I used to listen to when I was younger and it fits perfectly to the story. I will link it at the end (so there're no spoilers) if you like to listen to it.

Without further ado, enjoy :)

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Chapter 8 (final): Austin... again (feat. Mexico City)

October, 10th, 2022

Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, Guangzhou, China:

10:38 PM

Since Suzuka, she hasn't heard about Lando. He said he would text her but he didn't. At first, she didn't even notice cause she woke up late and almost lost the start of the race. After that, she went out with Pierre and Yuki, some Yuki friends, and Daniel for a round (or many rounds) of sake. As a result, she ended up with a bad hangover and an early flight to Amsterdam with a stopover in China. And of course with an Australian lad on her hair.

She was sitting next to Daniel with a chai latte in her hands. She had her hoodie on and sunglasses for the hangover "I should have never drank that amount of sake" "Me neither, Dan. Me neither" in that moment, in that cold airport in China with a Starbucks cup burning her fingertips, she remembered she had a phone. She opened Whatsapp and looked into her messages, she scrolled down the screen and stopped at Lando's contact. The last message from him was October, 8th at 6:18 PM: 'I'm already here :)'. Which took her to the question mark expression on her face. 1 day, 17 hours, and 20 minutes and Lando didn't say a word to her. He said he would text on the race day. "Son of a bitch" "Hey, Dan" he hummed "Do you know about Lando?" "What do you mean?" "Don't hear about him since classification day" "Do you talk frequently?" "No, but... What do you know about him?" "Well, the last time I saw him was at Suzuka on race day. He was a little off, you know?" "Off?" "Yes, like his head was in another place". She turned white like a ghost. Just as he was when left the hotel room. Fuck. "Oh! Do you think he is okay?" "I've no idea. Why?" "He told me he was going to text me, but he didn't" "Did you fall on his web?" "I... No! He was supposed to text me about a resort in Mexico. I told him the other day I will spend a week in Cancun and two in Punta Cana, he already has been there so he told me he was texting me some tips". Daniel looked at her and nodded his head "Did you sleep with Lando, didn't you?" She took off her sunglasses and looked into the Aussie man's eyes "Yes, twice" "Nooo, darling! You weren't supposed to sleep with Lando! He's in his fuckboy era" "Exactly why I slept with him" she wore the sunglasses again "You are not expecting him to be romantic are you?" She kept silent "What have he told you?" "It's not what he said, it's what he did" "What?" "He took me to a winter Sakura festival in Tokyo" "But it's not winter" "exactly, he paid for it" he widened his eyes "You were naive. People like Lando right now would do anything to have sex with their current target" she thought about Abu Dhabi but Daniel didn't have to know about it "Especially him that have a lot of money to spend and a lot of targets to hit" she was about to retort but Daniel probably was right "Should I text him?" "You can do it but then you will be just one more girl who doesn't know how to have a casual relationship based on sex for him". she looked at his contact "Probably yes" and blocked her phone again. She sipped on her chai and laid her head on Daniels's shoulder "I just want to go to drain all the sake from my bloodstream" He chuckled "did you imagine Yuki drank like that?" "Not in a thousand lives" "We should have taken him to Amsterdam with us" Daniel huffed "The kid would go crazy".

A week later

October, 23th, 2022

Circuit of The Americas, Austin, Texas.

She watched from distance Lando giggling with a group of giggly girls. "Does he think I am cool?" She asked herself "Because it's been 14 dias since we texted the last time. And he doesn't seem to care". In her opinion, they were just both too proud for it. But apparently, he still had the same habits. When the girls dispersed, she approached the McLaren's driver and touched his right shoulder without saying a word. He turned and a silly smile on his face seemed to fade away. He took a moment to fake another smile "Oh, hi!" "Hi, Lando" "How are you? I... I am sorry for not texting you. I was going to but..." He hoped she would complete his phrase so he wouldn't need to invent an excuse himself but he got nothing but silence "I was busy, you know?" "Really?" she said with an incredulous tone "You were busy? For 2 weeks? So busy you couldn't even send me a voice message?" "Well... Yes!" "Like right now?" "Hum?" "The girls" "what about them?" "You have been busy like you were with them?" He didn't have to say anything, he couldn't hide the truth. At least not from her. "If you wanted to talk to me, why didn't you just text?" "I had the feeling I wouldn't get anything but an empty answer after 5 days of an agonizing wait" "I don't know why are you acting like that. If you came here to be rude with me you should have stayed home" wow. How rude could Lando be when he was defensive? She decided to act like an adult because one of them needed and clearly Lando was not going to be the one "I just wanted to talk, didn't mean to be rude" she said in the most neutral voice tone she could find. He took a few seconds to listen to the words he had said to her and took a deep breath to calm himself. "What do you want to talk about?" "What happened? I mean, you felt distant when you came back to the store in Tokyo. I thought it was just an initial shock and you were tired but you just missed. You always do that when we finally get along. Why?" She knew he was afraid of commitment but she wanted to hear his perspective "I was going to text you in Suzuka but I was not good and I knew I would make you feel upset too, so I just took some time to myself to think" "In which conclusion did you get?" "None really" "none?" "I mean, I know I want you. I just still struggle to make it only the two of us. Then you come and get jealous because I was with some girls and it becomes even more difficult" he was pissed "I just don't like when you flirt with other girls in front of me. It makes me feel insecure" "No worries, next time I'll flirt with them out of your sigh" She took a deep breath, she was opening herself to him, talking about her feelings, and being vulnerable and he was making jokes about it"I was just flirting, what's the matter?" "What's the matter?" she chuckled, almost without patience already "yeah, I was not touching anyone or doing anything but flirt. What's so bad about it? Also, if you feel insecure, that's your problem, not mine" "What do you think a relationship is about?"

"You're aware we are not a couple, right?". She had enough. She asked Lando to talk not to fight but he was crossing all the fine lines that existed between them already "Yeah. I was good with living with that but when you came to my house and said you wanted to be in my life again, or when you asked me to a 'second first date' as you denominated it, and paid for having a damn festival only because I wanted to see the fucking sakura, when we were so intimate..." her voice failed fue the tears she was holding back "I thought you at least wanted to be one" "You know what?" Lando licked his lips and started "you used to make things lighter but now every time we are together it's the same shit about other girls and relationships, and it turns out you just make everything even heavier now!" When he finished the last word, all he could see were wavy eyes and hurt feelings. She turned bet back to him and started to distance herself from him. Both physically and emotionally. Then she stopped to say one more thing to the British man "You are being an asshole. If you want me to walk away, you should say it. It would make things way easier" She said seriously and rawly, and continued to walk. Lando crossed too many lines with her already. He threw his head back and sighed, frustrated "Fuck".

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Later that day:

"Can you, please, eat something?" "You know I don't like eating before racing," he said, nihilistically "Lando" he had an arm stretched on the table with his head laying on it. Without giving himself the effort to move an inch, he grumbled something that should sound like a "Hum?" "Are you alright, love?" Charlotte asked, sincerely concerned with the younger one "I am just not in the mood for eating" he had been like that since the fight. It didn't make him any better person. To get even worse he couldn't take her out of his mind. "Are you sure?" "Yeah. I'm fine" "I understand you don't want to eat, but you must do it" The blonde lady did not get any answer "If you don't, you can faint in the car and cause a big crash". Not a single word left the Britishman's lips. "I ain't going to let that happen" he sighed, knowing Charlotte was not only right, but wasn't going to let that go till he ate something.

He lifted his head and stretched his arm and spine "You're right! I'll eat, ok?" "Can I trust you?" "Can you start to really trust me? Cause I know you don't really mean when you say you do" "It would be easier if you acted as someone I can really trust" "It would be easier if you really trusted me!" Why none women trust him? "Lando!" "I'll eat" "Good! Thanks". Charlotte was going to enter another topic when his peripheric vision caught her frame. Should he invite her for lunch? Yeah! That's the best way to make amends: eating in a nice restaurant with good company. He stood up in a sudden move "Okay, okay. See you later, Charlie" "I didn't finish talking!" but he wasn't listening anymore.

He walked toward her and touched her right shoulder, lightly. Just like she did with him before. She turned to him, and her smile faded away. Just like he did with her before. He hadn't noticed before, but she was dressed as a cowgirl. Like those girls who go to rodeos. She had a pink glittery tank top, denim shorts, in a pocket the words cowboy pillow laid with humor on her left glute, long black cowboy boots, and a black hat with some pink details on the sides. She looked amazing and he could handle not having her again. "Hey... You look beautiful. I mean you always are but this outfit makes you look..." She cut him "What do you want?" "What are you doing here?" "Going to watch the race. Last year I missed it cause someone made me very upset. But this year I won't let anyone get in my way" he knew what she was talking about "I know that. But... right now. Did you have lunch already?" "Yes, with Dan" "Oh! What about dinner can I take you out to dinner?" "No" "Why not" "I don't want to. And I am going to have dinner with someone already" "You what?!" "What's wrong?" "With who?" "A guy I know" "Is it because of what I told you?" "Why else would it be about?" "You're acting childly" she leaned forward and said close to his face "You know we are not a couple, right?" "Sorry for that" "No, you're right. We are not a couple. So you can flirt with your girls and I can have dinner with this guy". For the first time, he understood how she felt during all the period they'd been together "But..." her phone started to ring: 'Giaro 💛💛'.

"The hot Italian model?!" he thought "And he has two hearts?!" "I should pick this up before I make you feel even heavier. Excuse me". Was he her date? She must be kidding him. He could feel the vendetta running in her veins, this could be the only reason she would do something cheeky as it. "You're not going to win this one," he said to himself while staring at her laughing at the phone call.

"Have you eaten already?" Charlotte asked him out of the blue "Fuck! Don't show up like that!" he placed a hand on his chest "Not yet. I'm going now" "I'll join you just for assurance" "See? You don't trust me!".

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At night:

He was going crazy alone in that hotel room. He was sitting on the edge of the bed, all dressed up to go out, in his hand was his phone. He waited desperately for a call or text from her. "She's crazy" he mumbled to himself "I am the one looking like crazy" he stopped to shake his leg "Fuck it!" he stood up, grabbed his wallet, and hotel key, and walked out the door. Now he had a free pass from her to flirt with other girls "Why am I still here?" he mumbled to himself inside the elevator. Hoping he would forget all of this when he first stepped into the club.

But nothing really changed. Even with all the alcohol in his bloodstream. He was trying to think about the models around him but his mind went back to her. When a blonde lady "accidentally" touched her fingertips on the back of his hand, he couldn't stop thinking about her hand touching another guy's hand over the table. When a brunette touched his knee softly, all he could think was about her knee touching another man's knee under the table. The worst one was when a freckled redhead brushed her ass on his pelvis and he only imagined the Italian's bodies colliding together in bed. Damn. How could he party with those thoughts in his mind? So he decided to call it a night and went back to the hotel. He lost the count of how many times he thought about calling her. Or send that voice message she wanted him to send so much. Or how many drinks he pushed down his throat thinking about her. He even thought he was hallucinating when he passed by a restaurant near the hotel and saw her. It was her and a very handsome guy.

They were all giggly to each other and without his control, a jealous, furious, and drunk version of himself walked toward the table, grabbed her wrist, pulled her against his chest, ignored all her protests, jumped in the pool, and then kissed her. Kissed her fully, desperately, possesively. His tongue danced on her mouth, and his grip on her waist felt so perfect, that he was shivering. Maybe because of the cold water but mainly because of her body. They had no air anymore but his numb neurons didn't care. She felt another hand pulling her from against Lando and bringing her to the surface. Then the same hand pulled Lando to the surface and punched him in the nose. She took the biggest breath of the whole weekend and separated Giaro from Lando before the British man could punch him back "Stop!". She realized how that scene was looking: two grown-up men punching each other like two high school boys, one of them bleeding in the pool of a fancy and expensive grilling restaurant, and a girl who was almost crying in between them. She looked around: everyone looked catatonic.

"Why did I do this, stupid?" he asked himself, now he's going to kill me "Lando! What the fuck?" He tried to touch her wrist but she splashed some water on him and went out of that pool "Ti chiamo dopo, Giaro" "Vuoi un aiuto, bella?" "No, lasciami stare. Si? E anche lui, per favore" "Okay" the Italian man nodded, without agreeing but he would respect her decision. Lando also got off the pool to chase her. "E io mi occupo di tutto questo disordine. Solo" Giaro complained to himself.

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"Hey!" Lando shouted "Please, wait!" She stopped, impatient "So. Explain yourself, idiot! What the fuck do you have on your mind?" "Did you see what your guy did to me?" she couldn't believe he was victimizing himself. She looked into his eyes "You deserved! You deserved even more! What's wrong with you?! What was your plan? Throw me in a pool and then kill both of us asphyxiated? So we would die together and kiss for eternity" "I don't know why I've done this, sorry!" "I'm tired of it! You keep on this 'want me, don't want me' game. 'Want to be with me and 7 more girls at a time, want to be with me only'. You tell me we are not a couple, I go out with a friend I've known since I was 7, you freak out and now your nose is bleeding, Giaro's fist is hurt and my dress is wet!" "I already apologized!" "You are such a confusing person that you are turning me into a confusing person as well! Do you know that?" A friend. They are friends. "I just don't want you to be with other guys" he said, ashamed of himself the same way she did before when they first fought "But you can be with everyone you want to?" "Yes. I know that's fucked up but... it's how I truly feel" "Fuck it! I don't want to be next to you right now. Or ever again" She turned her back to leave, but he held her arm " Wait!" "No!" she retreated with her arm "I'd enough of you already. Please, don't look out for me anymore", then she walked away from him.

Lando ended the night drunk, alone, with blood on his new white shirt and with water on his trainers. The opposite of what he thought it would be. He stared at his phone, her name with a pink heart in front of it. He never had the opportunity to show her. Or to confirm if she liked pink. He scrolled to his contacts and called Max Fewtrell "I think I fucked up everything this time".

October, 31st, 2022

Mexico City, Mexico

Lando thought she was going to be in the race but he was mistaken, cause when Sunday came and she did not appear there. She posted a picture from the airplane and wrote right above Mexico City. It turns out she was there for other business.

The day before race, Lando was following Daniel around the hotel "Daniel, you must tell me" "Bro, I don't know what you are talking about" "You do know. I know she's in Mexico, she posted on her social media" "Why don't you simply ask her?" "She wouldn't pick up the phone, or text back. And even if she does, she wouldn't tell me where she is" "So I shouldn't tell you" "Daniel" he stopped in front of the Aussie man, forcing him to stop walking, and held his shoulders "I am trying to fix the shit I've done. Can you, please, help me?" "You should have texted her when you told you would" "I know that but I decided to change, to fix everything. But I need you to tell me where she is" Daniel could see the despair in Lando's eyes. He could see he was up to do anything to find her, with or without Daniel's help. He huffed "She's at Costa Esmeralda" "Where?!" "Is in Veracruz" Lando grabbed his phone and started to search "La Guadalupe beach, you'll find her there" "4 hours?! Shit. Thanks, Dan" Daniel held his wrist "Don't do more damage than you already have done" "It's what I intend to"

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October , 31st, 2022

Playa La Guadalupe, Costa Esmeralda, Veracruz, Mexico

She was standing looking at the ocean, she knew he was coming, Daniel warned her. And when the time came, when a hand found its way to her left shoulder, she knew it was him. She turned around and protected her eyes from the Sun with her forearm"You really can't do what people tell you to, can you?". He remembered the phone call with Max in Austin:

' "Max?" "It's pretty early here in the UK just for you to know and maybe consider calling another time. Just maybe" "I think I really fucked up everything this time" Max could feel the sadness in his voice "Have you been crying?" "Yes" his voice failed "Yes, I did" "What happened?" "I told her I would text but I didn't, today we met in Austin, and she came to talk to me, I said very rude things, such as "You make my life even heavier than already is" and she went out with a guy to make me jealous but they were just friends, I went out, got drunk, jumped in a restaurant pool with her, almost killed her drowned, her friend punched my nose and she said she never wants to see me again" Max definitely needed more information about the chaotic 24 hours Lando had in Austin but he didn't need to hear anything more not even a syllable for getting into the conclusion he already has gotten back in last year's Austin: they were no good to each other "Lando..." he took a deep breath " What do you want me to say?" "What do I do now?" "You leave her alone" "What?!" "You stop calling, texting, chasing her. You stop appearing in her house and you stop following and stalking her on social media. That's what you do now" "Why should I do that if I love her?" it was the first time he admitted that out loud "You do even if you love her, you guys can only hurt each other. You know that, I know that, and she knows that too". How could Max tell him something like that? He got angry with his roommate "You are a very shit adviser. Good night, Max" and hung up on the British lad's face. Max already expected that behavior from Lando. He also knew he would realize it was the right thing to do, sooner or later.'

Lando's head went back to the present "No, I can't" "What now, Lando? What rude things will you tell me now?" "You were right. I've been acting confusingly. I'm sorry, I'll do better from now. I'll be better for you" "No, you won't. We both know you won't" his eyes started to get wavy "Don't do this" She placed her hand on his face "We both will go crazy like that" he placed his hand over hers "It must have another way. I'll..." he tried to think but his mind was in shortcircuit "...stop going out, I won't..." Everything was a blank space in the moment he realized the reality "...even look to other girls, I'll do everything you tell me to do, be only yours..." "Will you change yourself entirely just to fit in my standards?" then he heard himself, she was right. She shouldn't diminish her standards for him, she didn't deserve any less than what she demanded from him since they first met. And he shouldn't change himself to be with her. They were simply incompatible "Please..." he whispered "We need to" she smiled with her lips "But don't worry. If we're meant to be, all roads will lead me to you" he smiled, a tear rolling down his face "By now we must follow different paths, yes?" He dried the tears that rolled down and swallowed the rest of them "I believe it's the best" she smiled "Come here" She opened her arms for a hug and he pulled her against his bare chest. He held her tightly, he breathed all of her in. Intoxicating himself for the last time. When he let her go, she held his hand "Good luck in Brazil" and started to walk away. He held her hand till the last finger slipped away "Thanks" "Bye, Lando" she waved "Bye bye" he waved back and watched her fade away to the shore.

He took a deep breath and switched his gaze to the ocean, he saw the waves come and go but never die. Maybe they were waves and maybe now that he let her go he could be a better person, a better version of himself, and so does she. Till fate join them together again, if it was meant to be.

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First of all, the song I mentioned ;)

In second place, I want to show you guys who Giaro is. I know him from Martin Garrix's music video lions in the wild but I don't know if Lando and him actually know each other in real life. I just think he is handsome enough to cause jealousy and he's Italian, so it fitted perfectly.

So, I know most of you expected a happy ending for them. I confess it was the plan when I first started to write this story but it happens that during the process I fell in love with someone with whom I had a complicated relationship, quite very similar to the relationship I wrote for them. Very ironic, no? I will never write about a toxic relationship again lol But the thing here is: I suffered so much till the moment it was decided to call it an end and when I started to work again on ARLTY I couldn't simply put a happy ending to it cause I couldn't let other people read it and maybe have the empty hope that everything was going to be alright at the end (like I did for so long). If you are in a situation like that or know someone who is in a situation like that DO NOT postpone something that is too broken and bruised already. You can't be happy if you have to change yourself or your standards completely to be with someone. So if you all take a time to reflect you'll see that the end was happy. For both, they were free to pursue relationships that would make them truly happy and meet their needs.

It was so good for me to write this one. It's so personal to me (and also has some parts in which I literally narrated my life) that it healed me and it freed me during the process. I can only thank everyone for the support and, of course, please don't send me death threats because of the end lmao

Also, I want to reinforce that I really like Lando, I'm a big fan of him, and this is only fiction and I really hope he's not like this in real life haha

I look forward to writing more fics, maybe about Charles now 🤭 what do you think?

Anyway, thanks for your company till the end and I really hope you liked the story and learned something with it. Lemme know!

A warm hug,

Tees 💜

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dawesautomotiveservice · 1 year

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BIBU Pet Store, Guangzhou China

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BIBU Pet Store in Guangzhou

6 Apr 2022

Architect: One Fine Day Studio & Partners

Location: Ground Floor Gaode Mansion, No.53 Huacheng Road, Guangzhou, China

Photos by yuuuunstudio

BIBU Pet Store, China

An ark built in the city for you to wander in a dream However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light. — Stanley Kubrick

Driven by young consumers, China’s pet industry has been booming and thriving in recent years. Especially in the time of pandemic, the emotional value of pets has been increasingly recognized. On the other hand, the Millennial and Gen Z, who are leading today’s consumer trends, are more individuality-oriented and leaning into bricks-and-mortar shops which could represent their cultural identity. Both paved a strong demand for pet boutiques.

BIBU Pet Store, a new project of One Fine Day Studio & Partners (refer to as ofD), is set within a high-end condo Gaode Mansion. Located in the core area of Guangzhou, Gaode Mansion is adjacent to K11 Art Mall and International Financial Centre, as well as renowned cultural venues such as Guangdong Museum and Guangzhou Opera House. Respecting the celebrated community which gathers commercial, living, fashion and cultural landmarks, the primary challenge for ofD is to highlight the uniqueness and aesthetic of BIBU, while also meet its functional demands of space.

An Ark ofD intended to create a “groundbreaking” pet space. The aim was not only to make a striking contrast with previous functionalism confined design approaches for pet shops, but also to inform our considerations on current issues through spatial expression: post-pandemic world, zero-sum race, Tiangong space station, SpaceX… The road ahead of us is fogged with uncertainties. ofD hopes to look beyond current time and space spectrum, and connects with the past through a retrospect of the Space Age, to seek new hopes for the future.

Introducing “Space Age” as the design motif, ofD deployed “Ark” — a symbolic spatial structure concept to plan internal layout. Within its two-storey structure and 600-square-meter volume, ofD carefully divided the venue into multiple zones for pet food and supplies retail, boarding and caring, training and vet clinic, all based on functional purposes and spatial logic of each space.

More than being a full-equipped pet service center, BIBU has been slotted with a semi-enclosed cafe DOPPIO on its ground floor. DOPPIO is next to display area where guests could interact with cute pets, and opens for anyone who wants to enjoy coffee and play with their cats or dogs. The idea is to connect “Pet” with “Ark” notion for expanding BIBU into a “P+ark” by transforming parts of its private commercial area into a community platform for more interpersonal communication.

An Odyssey Consumption space should enchant guests with a rich and inviting journey. This is a design essence for ofD. Walk into BIBU, perceptible design details and subtle story lines reveal that a time and space odyssey will be unfolded inside.

The sci-fi classic “2001: A Space Odyssey” is the main inspiration for ofD to set a theatrical atmosphere for the venue. Some visual elements serve as conjunctions to the spatial narrative. For instance, LED lights with a nod to the iconic glowing floor in the film, stretch out from the first floor, sprawl through the stairway, and finally reach the ceiling on the top floor, linking the entire venue. Meanwhile, ofD also explored the masterpiece’s spatial aesthetic: colliding and melding of classic and modern, using reinterpreted vintage tables and chairs as insertions — which may leave people with a chaotic space-time impression — to create a poetic setting.

If “the curved line belongs to God”, the precept matches with people’s imagination of the future in the Space Age as well. Arcs and circular forms are symbols of the universe. Architecture on earth could be also free from constraints of frames, evolving into irregular and curved shapes.

Hence, ofD deployed monolithic dome lights to symbolize interstellar orbits. A spiral staircase, which is a blend of brutalist style and symmetrical aesthetics, anchors the focal point of the atrium.

In regards of details, ofD avoided visual-oppressive sharp corners, instead drawing upon ergonomically rounded corners and anti-collision soft convex surfaces. Naturally, those designs are also pet-friendly.

An Ode Before space exploration in the 20th century achieving a “small step”, the butterfly effect deriving from it had already triggered continual movements in culture.

Retrofuturism is one of those aesthetic movements flourished in the Space Age. Defining the style of the venue as “looking back to see how yesterday viewed tomorrow”, ofD sought to reimagine the aesthetic looks of that period.

Basic tone of the site is defined by color. Various bright and dark hues weave into a rhythmic trio, imbuing the venue in a nostalgic mood. On the first floor, herringbone tile floor syncing with multi-layered forest green, renders a classic atmosphere resembling European upmarket department stores. Moving upward, there is the eggshell white mezzanine consisting of a hallway and meeting rooms. While a touch of grey-tone-blue has been added in the second floor to fit with the quietness and cleanliness that a pet hospital requests.

Metallic lines in matte texture serve as a dynamic bond that brings all spaces together, outlining futuristic frame of the venue. And spaces are accessorized by arranged square compartments, slim leg tables and the tulip chairs which are often featured in sci-fi films. Those minimalistic and streamlined forms, which fascinated mid-century designers, have been captured by ofD, being combined with functional purposes and integrating into each area.

Advanced by pioneering imagination, the Space Age aesthetic holds a timeless appealing. Through the BIBU project, ofD has brought a mixed space-time “ark” into reality and a brand new vision of pet commercial space to fruition. Juxtaposing old and new, past and future, BIBU is designed as a sustainable container which could store memories and good times for visitors.

BIBU Pet Store in Guangzhou, China – Building Information

Design Company: One Fine Day Studio & Partners – MOK Design Project: BIBU Pet Store Location: Ground Floor Gaode Mansion, No.53 Huacheng Road, Guangzhou, China Year: 2021 Area: 630 Square Meters Architects: One Fine Day Studio & Partners (http://www.ofdsp.com/) Lead Architect: Jump LEE Design Team: Chun-jie HE, Yong-jie LAO

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Coronavirus: What sporting events are affected by the pandemic? | News

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus, which as of May 21 has killed more than 329,000 people globally, has affected sporting events across the world.

As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide has surged past five million, major sporting events have been cancelled or postponed.

The most significant one that was due to take place in Japan this summer was the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

However, the International Olympic Committee and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have postponed the event to next year, where it will now take place from July 23 to August 8, 2021.

Football

In South Korea, the football league season restarted on May 8 after several weeks of postponement, with reigning champions Jeonbuk Motors hosting Suwon Bluewings in an empty World Cup Stadium in Jeonju.

The Major League Soccer (MLS) top-tier football league in the US has extended its postponement of matches in the country until at least June 8 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

On April 12, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced the postponement of the two-legged semi-finals of the African Champions League that were supposed to take place in May.

“In light of growing concerns and evolving nature on COVID-19 (that has led to a) lockdown in most countries, the CAF Emergency Committee has decided to postpone the matches until further notice,” a statement said.

The CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) Nations League Finals, which were scheduled for June 4 to June 7, have been suspended. The finals, due to be contested by Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico and the United States and held in the Houston and Dallas areas of Texas, will be rescheduled for a later date in venues to be determined.

Football in Russia has been suspended until April 10. The Russian league was the best-attended sports competition still operating in Europe last weekend, with more than 33,000 fans at one of its games, but the Russian Football Union agreed to immediately suspend all competitions at a meeting on March 17.

In Germany, the top-flight Bundesliga resumed its season on May 16 behind closed doors after a two-month hiatus.

The African Nations Championship 2020 tournament scheduled for April in Cameroon has been postponed indefinitely, the African Football Federation said in a statement on March 17.

This year’s Copa America has been postponed until 2021, the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) said on March 17. The 12-team tournament had originally been scheduled to take place from June 12 to July 12 in Colombia and Argentina.

The Euro 2020 tournament has been postponed until 2021, European football’s governing body UEFA said in a statement on March 17. UEFA said that the 24-team tournament, which was due to be staged in 12 nations across the continent from June 12 to July 12 this year, would now take place from June 11 to July 11, 2021.

On April 23, UEFA also postponed the Euro 2021 Women’s championship, and it will now be played in England from July 6 to July 31, in the same venues that were originally proposed to host the event.

Meanwhile in England, all elite football has been suspended until at least April 30.

Europa League match between Inter Milan and Ludogorets was played in an empty stadium in Milan, Italy [Emilio Andreoli/Reuters]

UEFA on April 1 suspended all Champions League and Europa League matches “until further notice”.

All national team games scheduled for June have also been postponed.

FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation have agreed to postpone the Asian World Cup qualifying matches in March and June.

New seasons in the Chinese, Japanese and South Korean professional leagues have been postponed.

Asian Champions League matches involving Chinese clubs Guangzhou Evergrande, Shanghai Shenhua and Shanghai SIPG have been postponed. The start of the knockout rounds has been moved back to September.

The Confederation of African Football has postponed two rounds of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers scheduled for March 25-31.

An exhibition match between Mexico and Colombia on May 30 at Denver has been cancelled.

The three divisions of England’s National League have also been suspended indefinitely.

The rest of the Dutch football league has been cancelled and leading team Ajax will not be declared the champion.

Marathons

The London Marathon, which was scheduled to take place on April 26, has been postponed until October 4.

The Boston Marathon, originally scheduled for April 4, is now expected to take place on September 14.

Amsterdam, Paris and Barcelona marathons have also been postponed.

In Japan on March 1, the Tokyo Marathon, which usually attracts 300,000 participants, was restricted to only 200 elite runners.

Combination photos show how runners fill the street at the start of the Tokyo Marathon 2019 in Tokyo, Japan in this March 3, 2019, right, and runners start at the Tokyo Marathon 2020 in Tokyo, Japan on March 1, 2020 [Kyodo/via Reuters]

Olympic Games

The International Olympic Committee and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have concluded the Tokyo 2020 Olympics must be postponed.

The decision was made after holding out for weeks as local organisers and the IOC came under increasing pressure from athletes, national Olympic bodies and sports federations.

The event will now take place from July 23 to August 8, 2021.

Athletics

The traditional Berlin athletics meeting, ISTAF, will not take place without spectators later this year if coronavirus restrictions remain in place, organisers have said. The 79th edition of the event is scheduled for September 13, but meeting director Martin Seeber said he is planning a potential cancellation and wants a decision by mid-June.

The World Athletics Championships scheduled to take place in Oregon in August 2021 have been pushed back to July 2022 to avoid clashing with the rescheduled Olympic Games, the sport’s governing body said on April 8.

The Diamond League postponed its first five meetings of the 2020 season due to be held in April and May in Qatar, China, Stockholm, Naples and Rabat.

World Athletics said in a statement that it “approved the new dates this week after extensive discussions with the sport’s stakeholders.”

The World Athletics Indoor Championships, scheduled for Nanjing from March 13-15, have been postponed until next year.

Formula 1

The Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix, which was scheduled originally for August 2, can only take place without spectators, organisers said

Formula One plans to start its season behind closed doors in Austria from July 3-5, followed by the British Grand Prix at Silverstone under similar conditions, but has yet to publish a revised calendar.

The Azerbaijan Grand Prix became the latest postponement in the calendar, meaning there will be no Formula One races until the middle of June at the earliest.

The race at the Baku City Circuit was scheduled for June 7.

Formula 1 cancelled the season-opening Australian GP after a McLaren team member contracted the coronavirus. The race was scheduled to take place on March 15.

The Bahrain Grand Prix and the Vietnam Grand Prix have been postponed. Those events were first scheduled to take place on March 20-22 and April 3-5 respectively.

The Bahrain Grand Prix in Manama was due to be held without fans before organisers decided to postpone the race [File: Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters]

The Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai, which was scheduled to take place on April 19, was also called off.

Races in the Netherlands, Spain and Monaco in May have all been postponed, the governing motorsport body FIA said on March 19.

Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix organisers announced on April 7 that the race in Montreal that was supposed to kick off the 2020 World Championship calendar will be postponed until further notice.

The French Formula 1 Grand Prix scheduled for June 28 at Le Castellet has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organisers said on April 27.

Racing

The Indianapolis 500 scheduled for May 24 has been postponed until August 23 and will not run on Memorial Day weekend for the first time since 1946.

The French MotoGP initially scheduled for May 15-17 in Le Mans, was postponed because of the “ongoing coronavirus outbreak”, organisers announced on April 2.

Tennis

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) said 900 tournaments across all its circuits had been postponed and that it was furloughing half its staff.

The ITF’s revamped Fed Cup Finals was one of the high-profile events postponed. It was supposed to have taken place this month in Budapest.

The 2020 Wimbledon tennis championships have been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic, the All England Club announced on April 1.

It is the first time the championships, due to take place between June 28 and July 11, have been called off since World War II.

The professional tennis tour – men’s and women’s – has been suspended until June 7, with all clay-court tournaments in Europe cancelled. ATP and WTA rankings have been frozen until further notice.

Joint WTA/ @atptour Announcement:

All ATP and WTA tournaments in the Spring clay court swing will not be held as scheduled.

The professional tennis season is now suspended through June 7, 2020 –> https://t.co/IYR6A2pI05 pic.twitter.com/qHOlmohWbq

— WTA (@WTA) March 18, 2020

The US Women’s Open in Houston has been postponed from the end of spring to the middle of December.

The USGA said that the rapid development of COVID-19 has led the Women’s Open at Champions Golf Club to be postponed. Instead of being held June 4-7, the new date is December 10-13.

The French Open has been postponed until September 20 – October 4, organisers said on March 17. The clay-court major was originally scheduled to be played from May 24-June 7.

There was also disappointment for tennis fans in California as the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells was cancelled.

Also cancelled were the Xi’an Open, scheduled for April 13 to 19, and Kunming Open, pencilled for April 27 to May 3. Both events were to take place in China.

In the United Kingdom, the Main Board of the All England Club (AELTC) and the Committee of Management of The Championships on April 1 decided to cancel the Wimbledon grasscourt Grand Slam, formally known as The Championships 2020. The 134th Championships will instead be staged from 28 June to 11 July 2021.

Boxing

The world boxing heavyweight title fight between Briton Anthony Joshua and the IBF’s mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev of Bulgaria originally scheduled for June 20 has been postponed, promoters said.

The Tokyo Olympic boxing qualifiers for Asia and Oceania were moved to Jordan from China.

However, the European, American and final world qualifying boxing tournaments for the Olympic Games have been suspended, the International Olympic Committee said.

Briton Anthony Joshua’s world heavyweight title defence against Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev would probably take place at the end of the year instead of June 20 at Tottenham Hotspur’s stadium in London as scheduled.

Basketball

On May 19, the German basketball league (BBL) has been given permission by the regional Bavarian government to conclude its season with a 10-team tournament in Munich’s Audi Dome in the first weekend of June.

The National Basketball Association (NBA) said on March 11 that it was suspending the season until further notice after a Utah Jazz player tested positive for the virus.

The WNBA draft will be a virtual event this year. The women’s league announced that its draft will still be held on April 17 as originally scheduled, but without players, fans or media in attendance due to the coronavirus pandemic.

WNBA postpones start of 2020 regular season

The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) postponed the 2020 regular season as coronavirus continues spreading rapidly across the US and the world.

“As developments continue to emerge around the COVID-19 pandemic, including the extension of the social distancing guidelines in the United States through April 30, the WNBA will postpone the start of its training camps and the tip of the regular season originally scheduled for May 15,” the WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said in a statement late Friday.

“While the league continues to use this time to conduct scenario-planning regarding new start dates and innovative formats, our guiding principle will continue to be the health and safety of the players, fans and employees,” she added.

Rugby

World Rugby’s governing body announced on May 15 it has postponed all test matches scheduled for July due to travel curbs and health protocols implemented to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus.

It was too early to determine whether matches in the November window would be affected at this stage, it added, with a decision contingent on advice from governments and health organisations.

In France, the country’s rugby federation said on March 13 that it was suspending all of its competitions due to the outbreak.

At least three Six Nations matches have been postponed.

The women’s Six Nations game between Scotland and France was postponed after a Scottish player tested positive for coronavirus.

The Singapore and Hong Kong legs of the World Rugby Sevens Series have been postponed from April to October.

MotoGP

The opening two rounds of the season in Qatar, which were scheduled for March 6-8, did not go ahead. The Thailand race, due to be held on March 22, has been postponed.

April rounds in Texas and Argentina have been pushed back to November.

The Spanish Grand Prix scheduled for May 3 has also been postponed. It is the fifth MotoGP race to be cancelled or postponed due to the coronavirus.

Table tennis

The world championships in Busan, South Korea, have been pushed back provisionally from March to June.

The April 21 to 26 World Tour Japan Open in Kitakyushu has been postponed.

Golf

On May 14, the PGA Tour said testing for the novel coronavirus and daily temperature checks will be a mandatory feature of the return of professional golf in the US on June 11 with the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas.

The Saudi Ladies International, the first women’s professional golf event to be staged in Saudi Arabia, has been rescheduled for October 8-11 after it was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, organisers have confirmed.

The 2020 Masters Tournament has been provisionally rescheduled for November 12-15, Augusta National Golf Club has said.

The 149th Open Championship due to be played at Royal St George’s from July 16-19 has been cancelled. “The R&A has decided to cancel The Open in 2020 due to the current Covid-19 pandemic,” the governing body said in a statement, adding that “the Championship will next be played at Royal St George’s in 2021”.

The KLPGA Championship at the Lakewood Country Club in Yangju, South Korea was held without spectators [Lee Jin-man/AP]

The Trophee Hassan II in Morocco from June 4-7 was postponed and the Scandinavian Mixed tournament in Stockholm was cancelled and will now be played in 2021.

The Honda LPGA Thailand event and the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore have been cancelled.

The Maybank Championship in Kuala Lumpur and the China Open have been postponed.

The Indian and China opens have both been postponed.

The Evian Masters women’s golf tournament has been moved to August.

The Dubai Duty Free Irish Open announced on March 30 that it would be postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The European Tour confirmed that the event, scheduled for 28-31 May at Mount Juliet, has been postponed following “consultation with all stakeholders”.

Cycling

The road cycling European championships scheduled for September in the Italian province of Trentino have been postponed by a year, the Union Europeenne de Cyclisme (UEC) said on May 3.

The three-week Tour de France, scheduled for June 27, will now start on August 29 and will finish on September 20.

The Tour could not start as scheduled in the Riviera city of Nice because French President Emmanuel Macron cancelled all public events with large crowds through mid-July in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Top one-day cycling races Paris-Roubaix and Liege-Bastogne-Liege have been postponed, organisers said on March 17. Paris-Roubaix and Liege-Bastogne-Liege, which were due to be held on April 12 and 26 respectively, are two of the five “Monument” races of the cycling calendar with the Tour of Flanders, Milan-Sanremo and the Tour of Lombardy.

The Tour of Flanders and Milan-Sanremo have already been postponed. A new date has yet to be set for the races.

The final two stages of the UAE Tour were cancelled after two Italian participants tested positive for the coronavirus.

Four teams have pulled out of several cycling races in Italy.

The Giro d’Italia start on May 9 in Budapest has been postponed. A new start date will not be determined until at least April 3.

Meanwhile, British Cycling will furlough around a third of its staff in April and May due to the financial impact of the pandemic.

On April 13, the Turkish Cycling Federation announced all cycling competitions to be held in Turkey until June have been postponed.

All scheduled activities until June 6 are postponed to a later date because of the coronavirus pandemic. New racing calendar will be announced later, the federation said in a statement.

Baseball

The final qualification tournament for the Olympics in Taiwan has been postponed from April to June.

Japan and South Korea professional league has postponed the start of the new season.

Major League Baseball (MLB), the US’s professional baseball league, suspended its “spring training”, a period in the off-season that features practices and exhibition games that allow trainers to test new players on different teams.

The MLB also delayed its opening day, which was scheduled for March 26, for at least two weeks.

MLB games scheduled to be played in Mexico City and San Juan, Puerto Rico, are cancelled.

NCAA

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) cancelled scheduled games for both men and women on Thursday afternoon.

The NCAA organises all sports for athletes in university, an important league that showcases young talent to recruiters for professional sports in the US.

The cancellation extends to all championships scheduled in the spring, including hockey, baseball and lacrosse.

Cricket

England’s two-match test series in Sri Lanka, which has been postponed and rescheduled for January next year, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) CEO Ashley de Silva said. England were scheduled to play tests in Galle and Colombo in March before the coronavirus outbreak.

The men’s Cricket World Cup Challenge League A, scheduled to begin on March 16 in Malaysia, has been postponed.

The start of the Indian Premier League T20 tournament (March 29) was postponed until April 15.

The Pakistan Cricket Board announced that Pakistan Super League matches in Karachi will be played with no spectators in the stadium.

England’s two-match test series in Sri Lanka scheduled to start on March 19 was postponed.

Australia’s proposed test tour of Bangladesh in June has been postponed and both boards will work together to find new dates to reschedule the series.

Judo

The International Judo Federation cancelled all Olympic qualification events through to the end of April.

Weightlifting

The Asian Championships, scheduled to take place in Uzbekistan from April 16 to 25, have been cancelled.

Winter sports

The International Ski Federation cancelled the final races of the men’s Alpine skiing World Cup.

The World Cup finals in Cortina were cancelled along with the last three women’s races in Are.

The women’s world ice hockey championships in Canada were cancelled.

The Ice Hockey World Championship scheduled for Switzerland in May was cancelled.

The speed skating world championships in Seoul were postponed until at least October.

The March 16-22 world figure skating championships in Montreal were cancelled.

The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) has cancelled the remainder of its season after temporarily suspending its playoffs.

Australian Rules

The AFL game between St Kilda Saints and Port Adelaide Power scheduled for May 31 in China has been moved to Melbourne.

NHL

The National Hockey League, primarily based in the US but with teams from Canada, suspended its season indefinitely on March 12.

Wrestling

The Asian Olympic qualifying event from March 27-29 was moved from Xi’an, China to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

On February 29, Kyrgyzstan withdrew as host.

Horse racing

The Dubai World Cup, one of the world’s richest horse races and a premier annual sporting event in the United Arab Emirates, scheduled for March 28, has been postponed to next year, Dubai’s government media office tweeted on March 22.

The 146th running of the Kentucky Derby has been moved to September 5. It will be the first time the world-renowned horse race will not run on the first Saturday in May since 1945, when it was moved because of World World II.

Estimated revenue losses of various sports [Alia Chughtai/Al Jazeera]

Badminton

The final qualification tournament in Taiwan for the Olympics was put back from April to June 17-21, while the March 22-26 qualification event in Arizona was postponed.

Japan’s professional league postponed the start of the season.

Badminton’s Thomas and Uber Cup Finals being staged in Aarhus, Denmark, have been postponed from May 16-24 to August 15-23.

The biennial event features national teams.

The 2021 badminton World Championships will move from its August slot and begin in late November to avoid a clash with the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics next year, the game’s governing body said on May 1.

The tournament will be held from November 29 to December 5 in the Spanish city of Huelva, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) said in a statement.

Sumo

The Summer Grand Sumo Tournament has been postponed by two weeks from its scheduled May 10 start due to concerns over the coronavirus, according to the Japan Sumo Association.

The annual 15-day tournament at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan is one of the six major sumo contests held in Japan every year. The Tokyo tournament is now scheduled to start on May 24, with the next competition to be held in Aichi Prefecture also delayed for two weeks.

Paralympics

The postponed Paralympic Games will run from August 24-September 5, 2021.

Canoeing

All events originally scheduled for May, including the Paracanoe World Championships, canoe sprint Olympic qualifiers, and the ICF canoe sprint World Cup have been cancelled.

Pre-Olympic canoe slalom training camps in Tokyo in May, June and July have all been cancelled.

The opening two ICF canoe slalom World Cups, set for June in Italy and France, have been postponed.

Swimming

The short course world championships, scheduled for December in Abu Dhabi, will now be staged from December 13-18, 2021, in the United Arab Emirates.

The 2021 aquatics world championships in Fukuoka, Japan, will now be held from May 13-29, 2022, swimming’s governing body FINA said in a statement on May 4.

Canada’s Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic swimming trials have been rescheduled for next April, Swimming Canada said.

The trials, originally set for March 30 to April 5 in Toronto, were postponed on March 13 as part of efforts to control the spread of the novel coronavirus. They were rescheduled after the International Olympic Committee and Japan organisers postponed the 2020 Summer Games for one year.

The meet will be held at the same venue, the Toronto Pan Am Sports centre, but will be condensed into a five-day program from the seven days originally planned.

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List of sports events affected by coronavirus from China - Times of India

A list of sports events affected by the viral outbreak which started in China and has been declared a global health emergency.

ARCHERY

ISSF International Solidarity Championships in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Feb. 22-28 postponed.

World Cup in Shanghai from May 4-10 canceled.

ATHLETICS

World indoor championships in Nanjing from March 13-15 postponed to March 2021.

Hong Kong Marathon on Feb. 9 canceled.

Asian indoor championships in Hangzhou from Feb. 12-13 canceled.

Asian cross-country championships in Hong Kong on March 29 postponed.

Tokyo Marathon on March 1: Restricted to elite runners.

Nagoya Women’s Marathon on March 8: Restricted to elite runners.

Pyongyang Marathon in North Korea on April 12 canceled.

AUTO RACING

Formula One’s Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai on April 19 postponed.

Formula E’s Sanya E-Prix in Sanya on March 21 canceled.

BADMINTON

China Masters in Hainan from Feb. 25-March 1 postponed.

Asian team championships in Manila from Feb. 11-16: China and Hong Kong withdrew.

German Open in Mulheim from March 3-8 canceled.

Polish Open in Krakow from March 26-29 postponed.

Vietnam International Challenge in Hanoi postponed from March 24-29 to June 2-7.

BASEBALL

Nippon Professional Baseball: All preseason games from Feb. 26-March 15, no spectators.

BASKETBALL

Women’s Olympic qualifying tournament moved from Foshan, China, to Belgrade, Serbia, from Feb. 6-9.

Asia Cup qualifiers postponed: Philippines vs. Thailand on Feb. 20; Japan vs. China on Feb. 21; China vs. Malaysia on Feb. 24. Matches scheduled for Hong Kong moved to opponents’ homes.

South Korean Basketball League: All games from Feb. 25-March 31 no spectators.

Women’s Chinese Basketball Association League: All games postponed.

BIATHLON

Olympic test event in Zhangjiakou, China from Feb. 27-March 2 canceled.

BOXING

Asia-Oceania Olympic qualifier moved from Wuhan, China, to Amman, Jordan, from March 3-11.

CYCLING

UAE Tour canceled on Feb. 27 after 5 of 7 stages.

SPORT CLIMBING

Asian Championships in Chongqing, China from April 25-May 3 to be relocated.

World Cup in Wujiang, China from April 18-19 canceled.

World Cup in Chongqing, China on April 22 canceled.

EQUESTRIAN

Hong Kong showjumping leg of Longines Masters Series from Feb. 14-16 canceled.

FIELD HOCKEY

Hockey Pro League matches between China and Belgium on Feb. 8-9 and Australia on March 14-15 postponed.

India women’s tour of China from March 14-25 canceled.

Ireland women’s tour of Malaysia in March-April canceled.

GOLF

LPGA Tour

Honda LPGA Thailand in Pattaya from Feb. 20-23 canceled.

HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore from Feb. 27-March 1 canceled.

Blue Bay LPGA on Hainan Island from March 5-8 canceled.

European Tour

Maybank Championship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from April 16-19 postponed.

China Open in Shenzhen from April 23-26 postponed.

Japan LPGA Tour

Daikin Orchid Ladies in Okinawa from March 5-8: Spectators banned.

GYMNASTICS

Artistic World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, from Feb. 20-23: China team withdrew.

American Cup in Milwaukee on March 7: Russia team withdrew.

HANDBALL

Olympic women’s qualifying tournament in Montenegro from March 20-22: China withdrew. Hong Kong declined invitation to attend.

HORSE RACING

Japan Racing Association: All races from Feb. 27 to have no spectators, indefinitely.

ICE HOCKEY

Chinese clubs in Supreme Hockey League playing home games in Russia.

Women’s Challenge Cup of Asia in Manila, Philippines, from Feb. 23-28 canceled.

US-Based Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association tour of Japan from March 4-7 canceled.

JUDO

Paris Grand Slam on Feb. 8-9: China team withdrew.

Dusseldorf Grand Slam on Feb. 21-23: China team withdrew.

MODERN PENTATHLON

World championships moved from Xiamen to Cancun, Mexico, from May 25-31.

World laser run championships moved from Xiamen in May to Weiden, Germany, in August.

ROWING

Asia and Oceania Olympic qualifying regatta in Chungju, South Korea from April 27-30 canceled.

RUGBY Six Nations: Ireland vs. Italy in Dublin on March 7 postponed.

Women’s Six Nations: Italy vs. Scotland in Legnano on Feb. 23, Ireland vs. Italy in Dublin on March 8 postponed.

Pro14 in Italy: Zebre vs. Ospreys, Treviso vs. Ulster on Feb. 29 postponed.

Super Rugby: Sunwolves vs. ACT Brumbies in Osaka on March 8 to be relocated.

Japan’s Top League: Round 7 on Feb. 29-March 1 and Round 8 on March 7-8 postponed.

Hong Kong Sevens moved from April 3-5 to Oct. 16-18.

Singapore Sevens moved from April 11-12 to Oct. 10-11.

Asia women’s championship in Hong Kong moved from March 14-22 to May 8-16.

SAILING

Asian Nacra 17 Championship in Shanghai from March 1-6 moved to Genoa, Italy, from April 12-19.

Asian 49erFX Championship in Hainan, China from March 20-29 moved to Genoa, Italy, from April 12-19.

SKIING

Alpine World Cup in Yanqing, China from Feb. 15-16 canceled.

Engadin Skimarathon in Switzerland on March 8 canceled.

SOCCER

Asian Champions League: Matches involving Chinese clubs Guangzhou Evergrande, Shanghai Shenhua and Shanghai SIPG postponed to April-May. Beijing FC allowed to play from Feb. 18. Matches involving South Korean clubs Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, Suwon Samsung Bluewings and FC Seoul to be played with no spectators from March 3. Matches involving Iranian clubs Esteghlal, Persepolis, Shahr Khodro, Sepahan on March 2-3 postponed.

Europa League: Inter Milan vs. Ludogorets on Feb. 27 behind closed doors.

Asian women’s Olympic qualifying Group B tournament relocated from Wuhan to Sydney from Feb. 3-13. China vs. South Korea playoff on March 11 moved from China to Sydney.

2022 World Cup qualifying: China vs. Maldives on March 26 and vs. Guam on March 31 moved to Buriram, Thailand. Spectators banned.

AFC Cup: All group stage and playoff matches in east zone delayed to April 7.

Chinese Super League, due to start on Feb. 22, delayed.

Serie A, B, C, D and Women’s Serie A matches in Lombardy and Veneto regions postponed from Feb. 22. Serie A: 5 matches on Feb. 29-March 1 postponed to May 13.

Iran Pro League: Spectators banned from all matches from Feb. 24.

K League in South Korea, due to start on Feb. 29, delayed.

J League in Japan: All matches from Feb. 25-March 15 postponed.

Swiss Super League and Challenge League from Feb. 28-March 15 postponed.

Asian men’s futsal championship in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, from Feb. 26-March 8 postponed.

Japan vs. South Africa men’s friendly on March 27 canceled.

FIFA Council meeting in Asuncion, Paraguay, on March 20 changed to video conference.

SPEED SKATING

Short track world championships in Seoul from March 13-15 postponed until at least October.

SUMO WRESTLING

Spring grand sumo tournament in Osaka, Japan from March 8-22 to have no spectators.

SWIMMING

Asian water polo championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from Feb. 12-16 canceled.

Diving Grand Prix in Madrid from Feb. 14-16: China team withdrew.

Diving world series event in Beijing from March 7-9 canceled.

China Olympic trials in Qingdao from March 28-April 4 moved to May 10-16.

TABLE TENNIS

World team championships in Busan, South Korea, postponed from May 22-29 to June 21-28.

South Korea Open in Busan on June 16-21 suspended.

Australian Open in Geelong on June 23-28 suspended.

TAEKWONDO

Asian Olympic qualifying tournament on April 10-11 moved from Wuxi, China to Amman, Jordan.

TENNIS

Fed Cup Asia-Oceania Group I tournament moved from Dongguan, China to Dubai, United Arab Emirates from March 3-7.

Davis Cup: China forfeited World Group I playoff vs. Romania in Piatra Neamt on March 6-7.

WTA: Xi’an Open from April 13-19 canceled.

TRIATHLON

Olympic mixed relay qualifier moved from Chengdu, China on May 9 to Valencia, Spain on May 1.

World Cup in Chengdu, China on May 10 postponed.

Asian Cup in Tainan, Taiwan on March 8, in Beihai China on April 5, and Dexing, China on April 11 postponed.

VOLLEYBALL

Beach volleyball World Cup in Yangzhou, China from April 22-26 postponed.

WEIGHTLIFTING

Asian Championships from April 18-25 moved from Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, to Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

WRESTLING

Asian Championships in New Delhi from Feb. 20-23: China, North Korea, Turkmenistan teams withdrew.

Asian Olympic qualifying event from March 27-29 moved from Xi’an, China to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

OTHERS

Iran suspends all sports events from Feb. 24 for 10 days, except Pro League soccer matches behind closed doors.

Tokyo Olympic training of volunteers in Japan postponed from February to May.

Chinese Anti-Doping Agency suspended testing from Feb. 3-21.

Winter X Games events in Chongli, China from Feb. 21-23 postponed.

Singapore athlete of the year awards on Feb. 26 postponed.

International Boxing Association’s European Continental Forum in Assisi, Italy on Feb. 29 canceled.

World Chess Federation’s presidential council meeting moved from China to United Arab Emirates on Feb. 28-29.

Association of Southeast Asian Nations Para Games in the Philippines from March 20-28 postponed. New dates not set.

Hong Kong sports stars awards on March 24 postponed.

XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championships (offroad triathlon, duathlon) in Taiwan from March 28-29 canceled.

Snooker’s China Open from March 30-April 5 canceled.

SportAccord summit in Beijing moved to Lausanne, Switzerland, on April 19-24.

International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation Congress on June 20 moved from Shanghai to Antwerp, Belgium.

Singapore bans spectators at National School Games from January-August.

University Athletic Association of the Philippines postponed all sports events.

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Maserati Lineup Will Never Go All Electric, U.S. Boss Says

Maserati is getting help. FCA’s Italian luxury brand struggled in the first quarter of 2019, but the brand is getting additional sales and marketing help globally, FCA CEO Mike Manley told investors today on a call to report first-quarter earnings.

Maserati shipments were down 41 percent, and net revenue fell 38 percent in the first three months. That’s on top of a 28 percent drop in sales in 2018. Those numbers are not a good trajectory for a brand that FCA’s five-year plan designated as a key pillar of the group’s future growth and success.

But improvements are coming in the second half of the year under new brand chief Harald Wester, who is also the company’s chief technology officer. And the brand is regaining momentum, said Manley, even as it awaits new products and battles the headwinds of slowing auto sales in China.

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The Maserati lineup will be replaced by the end of 2022, and the brand will add two new vehicles. The first piece is a new sports car that will be shown at the 2020 Geneva auto show, said Al Gardner, head of Maserati North America. Also coming is a midsize crossover to slot under the full-size Levante and compete in the fast-growing segment.

Maserati will have a full suite of hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and electric vehicles by the end of 2022 but has not released what form of electrification each model will get. Maserati will never go all electric. “This is a brand that needs combustion engines. It needs that raw emotion,” Gardner said.

Gardner says the Maserati brand needed to return to its roots. It was founded as a race car company in 1914 and remained race focused until 1947 when it introduced the first A6 grand tourer which was a mashup of performance and luxury with Italian sophistication and elegance. Today a hallmark is the twin-turbo V-6 and V-8 engines built by Ferrari.

In his eyes, the problem is not with product, but product awareness. The Levante SUV, launched three years ago, still has only 22 percent awareness and competes against performance SUVs with three times that awareness, Gardner tells MotorTrend. Maserati needs to get on people’s radar, and Gardner is convinced a test drive will make the driver fall in love with the Levante, especially the new 550-hp GTS and 590-hp Trofeo with the Ferrari V-8.

Maserati was just one factor in first-quarter earnings that saw FCA profit fall 29 percent. There were also losses in China and Europe and fewer deliveries in North America. Production in the U.S. was down about 90,000 units, half of it from phasing out the old Wrangler and selling the new model only. And there were some lost Ram sales as the plant prepares to launch the new heavy-duty trucks.

Manley said sales will get a boot in the second half of the year with the launch of the new Jeep Gladiator pickup and the Ram heavy-duties. Both launches are on track.

The outlook is not as promising for the Chrysler and Dodge brands, which suffered from poor sales of cars and minivans. FCA has announced plans to end the third shift of minivan production in Windsor, Ontario, by September 30. It plans to invest in the plant for new product, which is expected to include an all-wheel-drive version of the minivan. Windsor could also get a new Chrysler crossover based on the same minivan platform.

Meanwhile, efforts are underway to turn around fortunes in Asia and Europe. The Fiat Chinese joint venture with Guangzhou Automobile Group is being restructured. In Europe, FCA faced big fines for not having enough electric vehicles to meet emissions regulations. That prompted FCA to strike a deal with Tesla to pool its fleet and bridge the gap for a few years until FCA has more electrified vehicles on the road and can use its own technology to be compliant. Manley said he’s also looking at more partnering with Peugeot to develop future vehicles.

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Major sports events around the world which have been hit by the coronavirus outbreak are as follows:

OLYMPICS

– The Tokyo 2020 Olympics torch lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia was held without spectators.

NORTH AMERICA

– The NBA has suspended its season.

– The NHL has suspended its season.

– The MLB will delay its 2020 season’s opening day of March 26 by at least two weeks.

ATHLETICS

– The World Athletics Indoor Championships (Nanjing; March 13-15) were postponed until next year. They will be held in the same city from March 19-21, 2021.

– The Paris and Barcelona marathons were postponed.

SOCCER

– All soccer matches in Spain’s top two divisions were postponed for two weeks.

– The Champions League last-16 second legs of Manchester City v Real Madrid and Juventus v Olympique Lyonnais (both March 17) were postponed.

– Major League Soccer has suspended its season.

– All soccer in the Netherlands was suspended until the end of March. The national team canceled their Euros warm-up matches — against U.S. (March 26) and Spain (March 29).

– FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation have agreed to postpone Asian World Cup qualifying matches in March and June.

– FIFA said South American qualifying matches between March 23-31 for the 2022 World Cup were postponed.

– Champions League: Barcelona v Napoli and Bayern Munich v Chelsea (both March 18) will be played without fans.

– UEFA postponed two Europa League ties after one side, Spain’s Getafe, refused to travel to Italy and another, AS Roma, said they had been denied permission to travel to Spain.

– Premier League: Manchester City’s game against Arsenal (March 11) was postponed because players from the London club had contact with the owner of Greek side Olympiakos, who has contracted the virus.

– Arsenal’s game against Brighton & Hove Albion (March 14) was postponed after manager Mikel Arteta tested positive.

– Bundesliga: Borussia Moenchengladbach v Cologne (March 11) was played without fans. RB Leipzig v SC Freiburg and Borussia Dortmund v Schalke 04 (both March 14) will be played in empty stadiums.

– Ligue 1: The governing body of France’s Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 will meet on Friday to decide whether to suspend professional matches, French media reported.

– Spain’s Copa del Rey final between Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad (Seville; April 18) was postponed.

– New seasons in the Chinese, Japanese and South Korean leagues were postponed.

– A four-team event in Doha featuring Croatia, Portugal, Belgium and Switzerland (March 26-30) was canceled.

– A friendly between Germany and Italy (Nuremberg; March 31) will take place without fans.

– Tickets are not being sold for the Euro 2020 qualifying playoff semi-finals between Bulgaria and Hungary and Bosnia and Northern Ireland.

– Asian Champions League: Matches involving Chinese clubs Guangzhou Evergrande, Shanghai Shenhua and Shanghai SIPG were postponed. The start of the knockout rounds was moved back to September.

BASKETBALL

– Euroleague Basketball suspended all 2019-20 EuroLeague, EuroCup and Euroleague Next Generation Tournament games.

MOTORSPORT

– The season-opening Australian Formula One Grand Prix on March 15 was canceled. The Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai was postponed and the Bahrain Grand Prix on March 22 will go ahead without fans.

– Four rounds of the MotoGP season in Qatar, Thailand, Texas and Argentina will not go ahead as scheduled.

– NASCAR races at the Atlanta Motor Speedway (March 15) and Homestead-Miami Speedway (March 22) will be held without fans.

TENNIS

– The ATP suspended its professional men’s tennis tour for six weeks after the Miami Open (March 23-April 5) was canceled.

– The Fed Cup finals (Budapest; April 14-19) were postponed.

– The BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells was canceled.

– The WTA said its events in Mexico and Colombia in March and April would not be held. The Xi’an Open and Kunming Open had already been canceled.

RUGBY

– Three Six Nations matches were postponed.

– The Singapore and Hong Kong legs of the World Rugby Sevens Series were postponed from April to October.

– Rugby Europe announced a suspension of all its matches and tournaments from March 13-April 15.

ROWING

– Two World Rowing Cups and the European Olympic Qualification Regatta, all scheduled for Italy, were canceled here

TABLE TENNIS

– The world championships in South Korea, were pushed back provisionally from March to June.

WINTER SPORTS

– The International skiing federation canceled the final races of the men’s Alpine skiing.

– The World Cup finals in Cortina were canceled along with the last three women’s races in Are.

– The women’s world ice hockey championships in Canada were canceled.

– The Speed skating world championships in Seoul have been postponed until at least October.

– The March 16-22 world figure skating championships in Montreal were canceled.

GOLF

– The Players Championship in Florida was canceled after the first round. The next three PGA events have also been scrapped.

– The Honda LPGA Thailand event and the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore were canceled.

– The Indian Open, the Maybank Championship in Kuala Lumpur and the China Open have all been postponed.

CYCLING

– The final two stages of the UAE Tour were canceled after two Italian participants tested positive.

BASEBALL

– The final qualification tournament in Taiwan for the Olympics was put back from April to June 17-21, while the March 22-26 qualification event in Arizona was postponed here

– Japan’s professional league postponed the start of the season.

CRICKET

– India’s government ordered international matches to be played in empty stadiums. Two one-dayers against South Africa will be held without spectators.

– Australia’s three-match one-day series against New Zealand in Sydney and Hobart will be held without fans.

JUDO

– The International Judo Federation canceled all Olympic qualification events through to the end of April.

GYMNASTICS

– The All-Around World Cup (Stuttgart; March 20-22) was canceled.

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The technology's nearly ready for nonstop flights from Australia to New York

Airlines are racing to make non-stop long-haul flights a reality.

Direct flights strengthen airlines' home airports, also known as hubs.

The only downside of long-haul flights is the toll it takes on cabin crew and passengers' well-being.

Australian airline Qantas has the aircraft it needs to fly non-stop from Perth to London, but its goal is to offer even longer flights than that.

The airline’s chief executive Alan Joyce has asked manufacturers to build an aircraft that can fly non-stop from Australia’s east coast capitals to London. His eyes are also on non-stop flights to New York, Brazil and South Africa.

So what will it take to make such long-haul flights possible?

The technology’s nearly ready

Advances in technology have enabled aircraft to be lighter and consume less fuel.

For example, the maker of the new Airbus A350 says the aircraft has some significant new features. These include a wing with improved lift-to-drag characteristics, more fuel-efficient Trent XWB engines, a lighter air conditioning electrical system, and more integrated aviation electronics.

The reduced weight and modified fuel system increase fuel carrying capacity from 141,000 litres to 165,000 litres, giving the plane a range of at least 15,270km.

That’s still short of the distance from Sydney to London, which is about 17,000km. But reports say Airbus’s new Ultra-Long Range version of the A350 will have a range of 17,960km, meaning that Joyce could potentially meet his challenge.

Long-haul flights

Airline City pair Aircraft Distance Flying hours Year of operation Hub Emirates Dubai and Auckland B777 14,200km 17h 15m 2016 Dubai Emirates Dubai and Panama City B777 13,825km 17h 35m 2015 Dubai Qatar Airways Doha and Auckland B777 14,529km 17h 30m Feb 2017 Doha Singapore Airlines Singapore and New York A350-900ULR 16,500km 19h 2018 Singapore Singapore Airlines Singapore and New York A340-500 15,343km 18.5h Jun 2004-Nov 2013 Singapore United Airlines Houston and Sydney B787-9 14,000km 17h 55m Mar 2018 Houston Qantas Perth and London B787 14,466km 17h Mar 2018 Sydney Qantas Sydney and Dallas A380 13,815km 15h 30m Sep 2014 Sydney Qantas Sydney and London ? 16,983km 20h 20m 2022 Sydney Qantas Melbourne and New York ? 16,662km 18h 7m 2022 Sydney

Destination hubs

But what is pushing airlines to want to fly longer long-haul?

Airlines such as Qantas, United Airlines, British Airways, Singapore Airlines and Emirates operate on a hub-and-spoke network strategy. This allows them to feed passengers into a single home-based airport (the hub), before redistributing them to various destinations (the spokes).

This has led to the emergence of fortress hubs such as Sydney for Qantas, Los Angeles for United Airlines, London Heathrow for British Airways, Singapore for Singapore Airlines, and Dubai for Emirates.

From an airline’s perspective, a hub airport in its home country needs to be protected aggressively to maintain its competitive edge.

Until the early 2000s, aviation technology only allowed airlines to fly short- or medium-haul spokes to feed its hub traffic, such as Athens to London (4 hours), Darwin to Sydney (4h 20m), and Moscow to Dubai (5h 20m). Regulatory constraints also prevented airlines from carrying international traffic to feed its home hub.

But airline liberalization and technology advancements now allow airlines to operate long-haul spokes, thus strengthening their home hubs. Examples include China Southern’s flight from Perth to Guangzhou (8h), Air China’s Melbourne to Beijing (11h 20m), and Emirates’ Glasgow to Dubai (7h 55m).

Emirates is a pioneer in stretching this hub-and-long-haul spoke system by flying from Dubai into international airports such as Johannesburg (8h 10m) and Perth (11h).

As a result, Emirates has built its Dubai hub into one of the world’s busiest airports, undermining rivals such as London Heathrow, Singapore and Sydney.

It is not surprising that other airlines want to join the race to launch long-hauls.

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Passenger endurance

From a traveller’s perspective, flying directly to your final destination will certainly save the transit hassles at a congested hub, and reduce the risk of missing your connecting flight.

But are you prepared to cram yourself into an economy seat for 17-20 hours?

Although you can probably enjoy movies back-to-back, how will your body cope? Several factors are responsible for comfort on a long-haul flight, including internal cabin pressure, cabin humidity, and legroom.

Internal cabin pressure is probably the most important factor. Carbon-fibre-reinforced composites used in both the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and Airbus A350-900ULR allow a higher cabin humidity, thus increasing comfort.

But you need to be mindful of some high-altitude physiology such as ear popping, sore teeth, dry skin, dry eyes, and dehydration.

There is also a risk of developing Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), especially among people with a family history of the condition.

Then there is the hazard of timezone-related circadian rhythm (body clock) disruption. Jet lag affects your whole physiology, and you might need a few days to recover after a particularly long flight.

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Pilots and crew

Pilots and cabin crew face the same, if not more, challenges as passengers onboard a long-haul flight. Flying a sophisticated aircraft requires a great deal of concentration, discipline and experience, and pilots need to be well rested and alert.

The International Civil Aviation Organization says fatigue can impair the alertness of crew and their ability to safely operate an aircraft or perform safety-related duties.

The American Aerospace Medical Association has also warned that ultra-long-range operations may exacerbate pilots’ fatigue levels that have already been shown to impair safety, alertness and performance in existing flight operations.

The good news is that aviation safety regulators such as the Civil Aviation Safety Authority in Australia, the US Federal Aviation Administration, and the European Aviation Safety Agency have all introduced fatigue-management rules for commercial pilots.

These authorities review the rules regularly and hold airlines responsible for their pilots fatigue management to ensure safe operation.

Airlines also have safety mechanisms in place with pilots and cabin crews educated and trained continuously and regularly on fatigue management.

For a long-haul flight, two full cockpit crews are typically deployed to allow crews to take turns to rest. Some airlines are quite tolerant of pilots who call in sick if they are fatigued.

So the ultimate challenge for any longer long-haul flight is not operational or technological. As Alan Epstein, vice-president for technology American aerospace manufacturer Pratt & Whitney, put it: “The limit is no longer the endurance of the engines. It is the endurance of passengers.”

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Increase in Demand Automotive Intercooler Market Research Report- Forecast 2022

Overview

Intercooler is a mechanical component which is use to cool air, especially after it has been compressed by the turbocharger. The growth in the automotive industry leads to increase demand for automotive intercooler market. Rising production and sales of vehicles are likely to result in increased usage of the automotive intercooler. Features such as reduce air temperature and increase engine’s output and performance are acting as a primary factor which helps to grow the market of automotive intercooler. Moreover, automotive intercooler helps in reducing exhaust emissions as well as to meet the fuel economy standards and maintains proper air-fuel ratio and proper combustion.

Whereas, high cost associated with manufacturers as well as large size are some of the factors which hampers the growth of the market significantly

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Asia pacific is dominating the market of intercooler due to majority of automotive sales in the region as well as technological advancement such as two stage supercharging, which compress air and transfer it back to the engine and enhance the power in vehicles. Development of automotive manufacturing industries in developing economies such as china and India are driving the market for automotive intercooler. Factors such as automotive radiators as well as well as stringent emission norms pushing the market of automotive intercooler.

Whereas, US is a referred as major hub for the automotive turbocharger and automotive intercoolers in the global scenario. Growing demand for high-performance turbochargers which is used in racing vehicles, drive the demand for intercooler market.

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