ATHENS — Athletes will discuss and decide on how best to support the core Olympic values “in a dignified way,” the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Wednesday, as calls to change rules restricting protests at Games grow louder.

BROOKS Koepka said he feels “like a new person” after using the PGA Tour’s three-month break to get his left knee healthy and he now has his sights set on taking the world number one spot back from Rory McIlroy.

Make no mistake. The 2020 Charles Schwab Challenge is a big deal. It isn’t normally one of the prime stops on the United States Professional Golfers Association Tour, but its status as the first tournament to be held since the sport shut down in mid-March has compelled players to dust off their clubs and show up at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. Save for reigning Masters champion Tiger Woods, just about all the marquee names are on tap, never mind the stringent measures set up to ensure an acceptable measure of safety in the face of the global pandemic.

TORONTO — Tiger Woods and the fans will be missing when golf returns this week after a three-month hiatus due to the coronavirus disease 2019 but the Charles Schwab Challenge will otherwise get the full major treatment with a strong field on display.

LOSING a conservative estimate of P30 million a month as it continues to be sidelined by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the Philippine Basketball Association expressed determination to ride things out until it gets back to doing what it does.

THE law establishing the country a national academy of sports was signed by President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Wednesday in ceremonies held at the Presidential Guest House in Davao City.

HIGHLIGHTING utmost teamwork derived from doing sports, local athletes continue to do their share in helping in the fight against the far-reaching effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

A SHORTENED 2020–21 season is part of the National Basketball Association’s plan to reduce the impact of a compacted offseason.

BENGALURU — Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) chief Dana White said on Tuesday the mixed martial arts promotion’s “Fight Island” was located in Abu Dhabi and it will host four events next month, including UFC 251.

THE PHILIPPINE Basketball Association said on Tuesday that it is hopeful of getting a favorable response from the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to the league’s request to resume some activities amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

ONE WEEK shy of a year after Klay Thompson tore his left anterior cruciate ligament, the Golden State Warriors remain uncertain about whether he is fully healthy.

ITS EVENTS temporarily halted by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the Universal Reality Combat Championship (URCC) said it remains committed to what it does and expressed readiness to get back into action once conditions permit it to do so.