Sports NEWS

Games and Amusements Board (GAB) chairman Baham Mitra said Friday that the Supplemental Guidelines to the Joint Agreement Order (JAO) will be distributed to sports organizers aiming to conduct sports meet particularly at the professional level.

Organizers of the Premier Volleyball League have tentatively set its first conference on April 10 at the Inspire Sports Academy in Calamba, Laguna.

The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) will discuss clarifications on the recent Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) resolution allowing the training of national athletes competing in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

The Philippine Superliga has laid out its program for the 2021 calendar pending the approval of the Inter-Agency Task Force.

The Philippine Sports Commission is hoping to start the training of some national athletes by January next year in a bubble at the Inspire Sports Academy in Calamba, Laguna.

The Philippine Golf Tour resumes after a long eight-month hiatus due to COVID-19 pandemic with a two-tournament “bubble” for the men’s and ladies circuits on Nov. 17-20 and Dec. 8-11 at Riviera's Couples and Langers courses, respectively, in Silang, Cavite.

The Triathlon Association of the Philippines (TRAP) plans to hold a sprint race event with hopes of slowly bringing the sport alive amidst the pandemic.

Renowned sports orthopedic surgeon Dr. Raul Canlas said the pause the PBA is implementing since Friday should not be a cause for concern but an opportunity for the league to improve the health protocols inside the "bubble" in Clark, Pampanga.

The postponement of the PBA did not last long as the league announced Saturday the resumption of games on Tuesday, November 3.

The PBA announced on Friday that it will postpone the staging of the Philippine Cup eliminations until concerned government agencies can craft new protocols inside the Clark bubble.

Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 was given a provisional license to hold its President’s Cup which starts later this month under a bubble setup at the Inspire Sports Academy in Calamba, Laguna.

There is a slim chance that the Premier Volleyball League would be holding at least one conference this year.

The PBA, Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 and Philippines Football League remained hopeful despite a lukewarm response by the government regarding the immediate resumption of training scrimmages and games.

The UAAP welcomes the decision of the Commission on Higher Education to create a technical working group that will craft the guidelines for the resumption of training for collegiate athletes.

Collegiate athletes like in the NCAA and the UAAP would have to wait a little longer despite the announcement of the Inter-Agency Task Force on allowing for the resumption of training for collegiate sports on Monday.

Two weeks after PBA players, coaches and medical personnel underwent required swab testing prior to their return to practice, a second round of protocol, this time rapid testing, was performed on the same group the past two days.

Now that PBA teams have resumed practice sessions, following strict health guidelines set up by the government, keeping every individual negative from the coronavirus disease will decide if there would be a resumption of the league’s Philippine Cup.

If and when the national team athletes are allowed to return to prepare for various Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT), the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Emerging Infectious Diseases will provide swab testing for all involved before they enter the Philsports Complex in Pasig City.