SIX-TIME Super Bowl-winning quarterback Tom Brady was told to leave a Tampa park that had been closed as part of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019, the city’s mayor said on Monday.

THE SPORTING WORLD may be at a standstill right now as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic takes hold but work continues for para swimmer Ernie Gawilan, determined to make good use of the lull people are forced to have under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ).

In baseball, when one incurs three strikes at bat it means you are out.

THEY may be archrivals in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines but in the country’s fight against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic Ateneo and La Salle are on the same team.

BELGRADE -- Novak Djokovic faces a dilemma if it becomes compulsory for players to get vaccinated before they can begin competing once the tennis season resumes following the hiatus created by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the world number one said on Sunday.

Last Thursday we studied the Knight-and-Pawn Endgame in Alekseenko vs. Giri. Nowadays we have the benefit of the endgame tablebases to assist us in the analysis of these endgames. As BW readers know 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.

TORONTO -- It is premature to think the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic will further delay the Tokyo Olympics, which have already been postponed a year, Brian McCloskey, an expert on global health security and outbreak prevention told Reuters.

THE multipurpose arena at the PhilSports Complex in Pasig City is now ready to be used as a facility to accommodate people infected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

LOS ANGELES -- The NBA has reached an agreement with the National Basketball Players Association to withhold 25% of each player’s salary from May 15 due to the shutdown of the sport because of the coronavirus pandemic.

WITH athletic competitions in the country forced to take the backseat amid the country’s ongoing battle against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, some athletes have made a conscious effort to use the downtime to continue to make a difference and have their presence felt albeit in a different arena.

For a player so transcendent on and off the court, Michael Jordan exuded an aura of mystery that all and sundry simply accepted. What fans knew of him, they did so because he afforded them a peek into his guarded life. True, there were rumors galore, but their spread and proliferation served only to underscore the degree with which he guarded his privacy. That said, his philosophy for success was clear early on; he would do anything and everything to win. Nothing was sacred. Everything was fair play. And it was precisely because of his single-minded quest for perfection that he proved to be his own worst enemy.

PARIS — Staging the Tour de France this year despite the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic was vital for road cycling, the race’s director Christian Prudhomme said on Wednesday.