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The MPBL (Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League) hopes to get the approval of the IATF-EID (Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases) for the resumption of its suspended Lakan Season before the end of the year. 

Monthly allowances of national athletes and coaches that were slashed in half since July because of the Covid-19 pandemic are expected to revert to 100 percent starting this week, according to Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino. 

Eumir Felix Marcial has joined MP Promotions, the boxing promotions company of Senator Manny Pacquiao.

The Philippine Basketball Association fined Blackwater P100,000 for breaching health protocols when the Elite conducted a practice session as a team.

Malacanang announced that spectators will be barred from venues of non-contact sports and exercises in areas under general community quarantine (GCQ) and modified general community quarantine (MGCQ).

The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) will institute drastic changes to ensure the payroll-padding scheme that led to the agency losing approximately P14 million in five years will not be repeated.

The Ceres-Negros Football Club (FC), the most decorated team in the country, is expected to be sold and could suit up in a different name when the Philippine Football League (PFL) returns during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Boxing matches are expected to resume when Metro Manila and other urban centers get declared to modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) status, provided testing and quarantine protocols are strictly followed.

Hidilyn Diaz has lifted a personal record in backs squats at 161 kilograms, calling the lift a “lifetime PR”.

The PSC and POC is requesting approval from the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the resumption of training of Tokyo-bound athletes and other Olympic hopefuls.