LEST RISKING making snap decisions that could be detrimental to his career moving forward, Tokyo Olympics-bound boxer Eumir Felix Marcial is said to have agreed to continue discussions with the Association of Boxing Alliances of the Philippines (ABAP) about his future plans, the national sports association for the sport said.

LONDON -- Arsenal will reopen its London Colney training ground to its players this week for individual training but the Premier League club will continue to observe social distancing rules amid the coronavirus pandemic, it said on Saturday.

Assuming everything goes according to plan, the United States Professional Golfers Association Tour will be holding the Charles Schwab Challenge in June, the country’s first full-field sporting event since the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic shut down organized tournaments in March. The catch, of course, is that “everything” falling into place seems farfetched at best under these circumstances. For all the inherent advantages golf offers in terms of implementing social-distancing measures, there remain significant logistical hurdles before the first of the circuit’s 28 planned events through 25 weeks from resumption of play can take place. Foremost is the need for federal, state, and local officials to sign off on it.

NEW YORK -- It’s not that amateur runner Forrester Safford ever planned on running an entire marathon by himself in his four-car driveway -- but this month, rather like George Mallory sizing up Everest, he decided to do it simply because the opportunity was there.

THE SPORTING world has been forced to a halt by the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic but values learned from sports would go a long way in helping one cope up with the prevailing conditions under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ).

NORTH CAROLINA -- Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson will join American football quarterbacks Tom Brady and Peyton Manning in a charity golf match next month, media company Turner Sports said on Wednesday.

PART OF THE Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League with the Zamboanga team, Family’s Brand Sardines is coming to the aid of employees of the fledgling league affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) health crisis.

Not a few quarters have seen fit to take the Patriots to task in the aftermath of the deal that had them sending hitherto-retired Rob Gronkowski and a seventh-round pick to the Buccaneers for a fourth-round pick. The three-time Super Bowl champion had already put up a body of work that placed him in rarefied air when he felt compelled to hang up his cleats in 2018; while fresh off a successful run to the top of the National Football League, he spoke of being worn down by the physical nature of the sport, needing a whopping 12 surgeries since being chosen 42^nd overall in 2010 just to stay on the active roster. At the time, he left the titleholders hanging, with one season still left on his contract. Now, he gets to be reunited with quarterback Tom Brady while his erstwhile employers seemingly get little in return.

FILIPINO sports fans followed and cheered for them when they compete for flag and country and now national athletes Agatha Wong and Jamie Lim are giving back to the country, coming on board and doing their share in the country’s fight against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

TORONTO -- The ATP and WTA, along with the International Tennis Federation and organizers of the four Grand Slams, said on Tuesday they are creating a coronavirus relief fund to help players affected by the sport's current shutdown.

We continue our discussion from where we left off last Tuesday -- nowadays we have the benefit of the endgame tablebases to assist us in the analysis of endgames. As explained then an endgame tablebase is a computerized database that contains precalculated exhaustive analysis of chess endgame positions. They are generated by working backwards from a checkmated position. Thus, the tablebase acts as an oracle, always providing the optimal moves.

THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED premiere of the 10-part ESPN documentary The Last Dance drew in the numbers, averaging 6.1 million viewers for its first two episodes to become the most-viewed documentary content ever of the network.