Serena Williams celebrates a point while playing Arantxa Rus of Netherlands during the Western & Southern Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 24, 2020 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Matthew Stockman / Getty Images / AFP) Serena Williams' protracted pursuit...
Former boxing champion turned promoter Gerry Peñalosa said that while he is grateful to the government for allowing the sport to return, he knows it is going to be hard to promote a fight during the coronavirus pandemic. Two-time world boxing champion turned promoter Gerry Peñalosa (MB File...
NBA's Pelicans and NFL's Saints owner Gayle Benson tested positive for COVID-19. (AFP) 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. It was not known what symptoms Benson, 73, has displayed since...
The beach is closed. No swimming allowed. Organizers of the 6 th Asian Beach Games have postponed the event to April 2 to 10 next year due to the ongoing pandemic. In a letter to National Olympic Committees across the region, organizing committee deputy secretary general Zhou Jun said the safety...
Eight-time Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt (Common Wikimedia Images) NEW YORK– 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. The retired 100m and...
'Mga teammates ko parang batong-bato na,' says Aguilar Ginebra star Japeth Aguilar (PBA) 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. “Mga teammates ko parang...
In this file photo taken on July 27, 2019, Great Britain's Geraint Thomas, left, rides in the pack during the twentieth stage of the 106th edition of the Tour de France cycling race between Albertville and Val Thorens, in Val Thorens. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP) Tour de France organizers have...
Kei Nishikori of Japan (Photo by AL BELLO / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP) 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. The 2014 US Open runner-up tested positive in Florida...
The 146th Kentucky Derby will cut spectators to fewer than 23,000 for next month's Triple Crown horse race under a new safety plan unveiled on August 12, 2020 axing infield general admission tickets. (Photo by Mark ABRAHAM / AFP) Next month's 146th Kentucky Derby, the second event in US horse...
Novak Djokovic of Serbia (Photo by KARIM SAHIB / AFP) 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. Three-time...
Novak Djokovic of Serbia (Photo by KARIM SAHIB / AFP) 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. Djokovic, a 17-time Grand Slam singles champion, told the New York Times...
Ateneo women's football recruit Yana Bautista (Photo from Martie Bautista's Facebook) The father of an incoming Ateneo women’s football player who died from complications of COVID-19 has launched a program in her honor to help improve the country’s health care information system. Lloyd...
