Overview
- World Gymnastics scrapped the April 15–18 Doha Apparatus World Cup and said the event will not be rescheduled.
- The Apparatus World Cup standings and World Championships qualification for specialists will use each gymnast’s three highest scores from five events, regardless of how many they enter.
- Late applications for the remaining April Apparatus World Cups in Cairo and Osijek will incur no penalties.
- The decisions follow heightened security risks and travel disruptions reported since late February, when U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran sparked wider regional hostilities and some airspace closures.
- Formula 1 separately canceled the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix set for April 12 and 19, citing security and logistical constraints that cut the 2026 calendar to 22 races.