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Germany’s Bundesliga is the first of Europe’s major football leagues to return to play amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bowling should be allowed to resume after quarantine protocols have been relaxed because bowling has virtually no physical contact and players have their own balls, according to Bowling Hall of Famer Paeng Nepomuceno.

Golf courses outside the National Capital Region (NCR) resumed operations May 16 to accommodate recreational golfers with the onset of new normal under general community quarantine (GCQ). Other courses are expected to follow soon.

A senior Olympics official warned that holding the postponed Tokyo Games next year faces “real problems”, with even a vaccine unlikely to stave off the threat of the coronavirus.

Uncertainty grips next year’s postponed Tokyo Olympics: Will there be fans or empty stadiums in 14 months? And how will thousands of athletes, staff, and technical officials travel, be housed, and stay safe amid COVID-19?

World Boxing Council (WBC) President Mauricio Sulaiman expects professional boxing to return without spectators and with judges officiating by video from home.

Olympic weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz noticed that live-streamed concerts were collecting money for coronavirus relief and was struck by inspiration: why not raise funds with an online workout?

Vietnam will not be expected to equal its hosting of the 2021 Southeast Asian Games with the scale of the Philippine staging last year. Vietnam emerging as overall champion should also not be expected.

Filipino boxing champion Nesthy Petecio eagerly anticipates the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Baguio to be lifted so he can return to his training regimen. 

There is no “Plan B” for the Olympics if they need to be postponed again because of the coronavirus pandemic, Tokyo organizers said.