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No Major League Baseball players and only one team staff member tested positive among 11,669 coronavirus tests given in the past week, the league and its players union said Friday.

PBA superstar James Yap of Rain or Shine has been allowed to return home to his residence in Alabang after he got a negative result on a swab test for COVID-19 upon arrival from Italy last Thursday.

As the PBA discusses plans on where and how to have a ‘bubble’ for the possible resumption of the Philippine Cup, NLEX coach Yeng Guiao said that their should be a discussion with coaches and players at least on the set up.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and his entire family tested positive for coronavirus but have made a full recovery, the professional wrestler turned Hollywood A-lister said Wednesday.

Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver, who led the New York Mets to an unlikely World Series title in 1969, has died at the age of 75, the Baseball Hall of Fame said Wednesday.

Neymar was one of three Paris Saint-Germain stars to have contracted the coronavirus, a well-placed source told AFP on Wednesday, after the Champions League runners-up announced several positive tests.

For local professional boxing to get the events going, promoters may have to join hands to produce fights and help Filipino boxers affected by the economy due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Serena Williams' protracted pursuit of Margaret Court's record of 24 Grand Slam titles resumes at a 2020 US Open that promises to be unlike any other.

Gayle Benson, owner of the NFL’s New Orleans Saints and NBA’s New Orleans Pelicans, has tested positive for COVID-19, the NFL club said Friday.

Organizers of the 6th Asian Beach Games have decided to postpone the event to April 2 to 10 next year due to the ongoing pandemic.

Usain Bolt was in quarantine on Monday as Jamaican media reported the sprint legend had tested positive for the coronavirus, just days after he celebrated his 34th birthday with a lavish party.

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel star Japeth Aguilar said he and his teammates are raring to get back into practice after spending months discovering new things amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tour de France organizers have told teams they will boot them off the race if they return two positive COVID-19 tests in seven days, official sources said on Friday. 

Japanese tennis star Kei Nishikori said Friday he is still positive for COVID-19 and will remain in isolation into early next week as the start of the US Open looms.

World number one Novak Djokovic is among the ATP players critical of a decision to bar Guido Pella and Hugo Dellien from the relocated Cincinnati Masters after their fitness trainer tested positive for COVID-19, ESPN reported Friday.

World number one Novak Djokovic says he nearly skipped the US Open but plans to play the Grand Slam event despite COVID-19 concerns in part to chase tennis history.

Samahang Basketbal ng Pilipinas (SBP) president Al Panlilio said that programs have been lined up for Gilas Pilipinas women’s basketball team in an effort to continue the progress of women’s basketball in the country despite the coronavirus pandemic.

A food delivery driver who uses rollerblades to work has become the first recipient of Gretchen Ho’s “Donate A Bike, Save A Job” program.