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It's not easy for other sports to just resume their activity because of lots of factors especially in a sport where it involves lots of players and staff.

What sports do you think that can be resumed amid the current situation without a hassle but still following the health protocol and standards?

Here is my list.

- Billiards
- Swimming
- Golf
- Boxing
- Poker

These sports can also be played without an audience.

I think sports that are played outside have better chances than inside sports. If you take a look at European basketball and ice hockey leagues you will see that many of them suspended their leagues and they will not continue. All European ice hokey leagues have ended, including big international tournaments. Of course the reason is not because they are played indoors, it's mostly due to lack of funding.

Soccer is of course #1. The German professional leagues have already resumed. The Portuguese league is close to resuming. I know that the Czech and Hungarian leagues will begin in the last weekend of May...

UFC already had two events during this pandemic.

- Tennis
- Table Tennis
- Badminton

^ Those are non-contact sports and can be played at any court without audience.

I have some doubts on swimming though knowing that athletes would soak in chlorine-rich pools, it can actually pass as a sport--though I don't think many would be that interested in watching the said event. Anyway, for some sports, tennis is probably one of the best bets, along with football (soccer for some dudes), hockey and American football. Basketball is quite an uncertain path for now since major leagues has since suspended the season until the COVID-19 scare eases.

They had three events: UFC Fight Night Overeem vs Harris / UFC Fight Night Smith vs Teixeira / UFC 249.
Also UFC havent fully cancelled UFC Fight Night Woodles vs Edwards and moves few fight to Cage Warrior 113. So actually there were 3.5 UFC event during pandemic.

Basketball is also going the same as the other sports without any fan so I think it's viable to apply it to that sport. I guess most sports can do the same as long there will be fewer people working on the coverage and in the entire arena of that specific sport.
On the news report, some of the practice facilities for basketball are about to reopen.

It seems like the race can be played again without an audience too...
people will be at home if there is something they do like watching sports, sports that rarely have physical contact such as F1, Moto GP, tennis, and badminton can actually be return to play.

It would not be nice to play all sports matches except tennis competitions without an audience. It is the audience that makes the matches beautiful.
Really, would you watch a Liverpool match without listening to the You'll Never Walk Alone anthem?

If we have seen that Boxing which is a contact sports had able to proceed amidst or in the middle of pandemic then we can presume that most sports would really
able to do so.Every management can set out protocols when it comes to health protection towards corona virus.Table games like ping pong can resume out too,
also tennis or even on field ones.All can be resume out as long it wont really that involved too much crowd then theyre good to go.

We do all hope for the vaccine to be available soon.Even though we can still possibly resume things out but its really different when you do look out for
sports that have a crowd vs nothing.

The world has already experienced the fear of this covid-19 problem, because an expert also predicts that the virus is also in the air and objects so that any sport in the tournament is not recommended except to do your own exercise without involving many people.
As the OP sports golf or billiars said, only two people for example, I think it could be played.

- Formula1
- Darts
- Motorsport
- Horse Racing
- Chess
- Snooker

In.this situation individual.sports and those played outside will have advantage. So, tennis, golf, swimming, atlethics probably. Also, in.this sports it's easier to maintain some special measures if necessary.
Some people maybe still are afraid of pandemic but on the other side we all want life to be back to normal and sport is ideal way to start living again.
And all of us who like sport betting can hardly wait for competitions to.start again.

I didn't thought of it but yes, I agree that it can also be played. A race match doesn't really require an audience as the racers can simply have their own race matches go along.
They just need the staff that will cover the race and also a few from their own team and staffs.

For me for now the safest sports pandemic situation to continue "Billiards".

Billiards don't need a lot of people in a match and the game can be relaxed and keep a distance of 1 or 2 meters if there are committees, opponents playing etc., without anyone in the arena on location, billiards can proceed to the tournament.
Practicing billiards can also be done at home, billiards is an independent sport.

Indeed the corona outbreak situation is very impacting once every sports match, but for this one sport 'billiards' is quite safe to play, However, to protect yourself from things that can cause infection it is very necessary, maintain communication, direct contact etc.

That's the part of the new normal. Having a live audience can't just be pushed easily.

For the sake of resuming some leagues, expect that it will be different compare to normal.

After all, the usual live audience ambiance will go back soon once everything is now ok. So better start it slowly.

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Aside from that, billiards are known to have a calm atmosphere like there is no one watching.

Same with CHESS so I will add this to the list. Literally no need for an audience for this game.

^ Definitely right, individual sports are resume slowly amid COVID-19 scares. Unlike team sports, they are working together at once, and relying on teammates are qualities worth fostering. So they are prone to the virus that can able to spread. Billiards and Golf from what OP given example are the best game that we can follow the COVID-19 protocols issued by our government and one is that social distancing. As of now, contactless with each other and be cautious at all the times we can defeat this virus and slowly recovered our sports event back to normal even though it is possible that we have new normal activities.

Tennis and Badminton can be perfect game to play even in this covid 19 season because it is a name where player can maintain social distancing for sure and also absence of audience may not have  much effect on the supposed results.

technically all sports can be played without an audience. it just may not be profitable for venue owners. taiwan's pro basketball league is still playing.

are we talking in the context of sports betting? like betting on snooker matches and WSOP tournaments and things like that?

sadly the 2020 WSOP has already been postponed. it was originally supposed to begin later this month. https://www.wsop.com/news/2020/Apr/12325/2020-WORLD-SERIES-OF-POKER-POSTPONED.html

now it's tentatively scheduled to run in the fall. too bad. i had never considered betting on pro poker players, but it sounds like a good way to make the WSOP more interesting. i also wonder if i might even have an edge in it.

tennis and badminton is a game that really keeps the distance between players but the ball they hold can be a medium of transmission of the covid19 virus, players must really use personal protective equipment such as masks or gloves when playing

actually I really want to watch a sports match, I'm bored with the reruns that continue to air

You are right, technically. What I meant is, a wide audience is not necessary after all.


That was part of the discussion. I actually want to pinpoint a specific event that might take place amid the pandemic virus scare that will go through a no-hassle way and fewer considerations like no need of an audience, large venue, etc. to be able to resume.


Players will all be tested for sure and they will wait for the 14-days or more period before allowing to be part of the sporting event.

No need for PPE during the actual plays.

Ideally? Any sport that can be performed abiding by social distancing guidelines. However, the realistic approach is that the majority of sporting events around the world will start to resume in the next month or so, if there isn't a second spike in some countries. There's already talks about Premier league football starting back up, and the UK is still having several hundred deaths a day. So, its quite clear that despite a death every few minutes, there's still demand of sporting events being opened up.

I'll admit, that several sports will be performed with no public presence, but this still brings up a few risks. Take the premier league as an example. There are multiple players in the league which have contracted the virus, and several more might not be showing any visual symptoms.

Any sports which has the high possibility of exchanging fluids, and busting peoples noses open should not be carried out. Unless, everyone inside that event has been tested. However, testing someone doesn't mean that they didn't contract the virus after the test. Therefore, unless you're testing someone mere hours before the event, and somehow get the result back before the event occurs then there's still risks of opening up.

It is totally correct! I think that sports will resume following strict preventive measures to try to save the season of some games. If the result is positive, at least there is a beginning,  no public hearing is yet estimated at events in Germany until the end of August.
We have already noticed how football, boxing and now F1 are preparing to resume the events following all these protocols.

Some of the places today are already made a lockdown and under the enhance community quarantine which is only people can go outside in the single-family there is only a one person to buy all the things they need and if you are an event organizer you will not lift up to continue the sports also some of the countries temporarily canceled the sports activity to make sure the safety of the people and the athlete also it is a good opportunity to make more practice on their upcoming games because it looks like they have a long vacation.

If there is a chance that they will continue this kind of games I think they just use the indoor sports that have only a camera and people have a social distancing some of the possible sports may continue in indoor are

• Table tennis
• Badminton
• Volleyball
• Bowling

Still, it depends because they need to make sure the safety of every people who will play and watch the game.

Most sports should be quite liable for a return in the scene, it just depends on whether the teams are able to or not IMO. Especially if various teams were actually hit by the virus quarantine. Giving an example such as basketball, if all teams were all to be reported as clear of the virus not just by checking out the tests but rather by viewing the areas they have been from, they can easily see whether it's applicable for the basketball scene to return or not. The audience at this point is secondary atm, since I for one would consider not allowing any audience inside stadiums of games for the sake of safety procedures. Ofc, strict checks could be done but I doubt that would actually be quite enough.

Uhm, using masks or gloves as playing could be quite a hinder ngl. If you've never tried out sports, just the way of you breathing freely is enough to influence your performance and if masks were worn while in-game, hell, that would impede the way you breathe imo. Even gloves could influence the grip on rackets and the like.

Many of us here are really a fan of basketball since we're a kids, and we really like watching our favorite team compete with the other team and root for the championship. Unfortunately, it stopped or have been suspended because of the risk of getting the virus and last March, some players tested positive like Rudy Gobert of Utah Jazz and his other teammate Donovan Mitchell.


Although there are no audience that can watch the game, there are still risk of getting the virus from a player to player contact with the different team that's why as soon as possible, they should monitor first the health of the players and prioritize it so that they career will not be affected. Not only the players, but also all those staffs and personnel of the NBA that make this continuation possible.


Practice with your team in a safe and isolated practice facilities are good so that they maintain the skills and condition of their players when it comes to playing the sports. They should always prioritize safety and security of the players so that they don't need to go out because basketball is really a physical sports.

Say no more, UFC already resumed their events and now slowly going back to normal business ;). Actually their next event would be the UFC Fight Night 176. Woodley vs Burns is the main event.
Hmm, I'm a little bit skeptical regarding this one. You know, playing cards is one of the dirtiest objects. Different hands handle it from one player to another thus a best place for faster transmission of the virus. So I think if poker tournaments will now open once again, chips and cold cash should not only be on top of the table but mainly hand sanitizers lol.

Any sports can resume without the audience. I think the talk should be about how will the players, the coaching staff, and officiating staff will be protected during the game. Specially to those contact sport just like basketball. Should they be regularly test? How can they ensure safety travelling city to city playing different teams. They can avoid mass crowd by not allowing audience but the game itself is a physical sport. They should ensure safety of the players as well.

Totally agree with that! Individual sportsmans must continue to compete, as they are almost not at risk of infection and do not pose a threat for other people.

golf is single player but rest sports games listed above are also being played by two or more people , not to mention the crowd too and the other people such as judges , anouncers , scorers and other that are part of the game  .

there is still a risk if we will look at it  but that if covid still exist . if there will be no covid no more threats will appear and all kind of sports gambling can returned to normal but for now its too early to  go outside and live normally .

No matter what the sports, it will need the authorities to approve their events so people will not worry if they want to come and watch the events. The sports event promoter needs to prepare everything to make sure that the events will be safe from the virus, and perhaps, they will use some protocol to make everything clean.

Perhaps, each country will have a different list of sports that can resume, and not all sports can do that at the same time. My list will be the same as the other member ;D

Anybody that can be played by one person only has a possibility to resume right now even the virus is still there.

Those outdoor games like soccer, football, basketball etc. will be the ones who are affected right now as they will resume more late than these indoor games. I think even Golf will not resume for me IMO.
Another sports that is still ongoing even though there is still virus is the E-sports tournament. Right now in my country, the tournament for Mobile Legends Season 5 is happening even though there is a virus because they can still play in their respective homes (or bootcamps). E-sports tournament isn't affected by the virus that much as they can still play in their homes.

As long as it is being played by 1-2 people maybe and it can be played indoor and no audience then it can still resume.

Mine would be games(outdoor games esp) like Long tennis, table tennis, biking, running, horse racing, weight lifting, etc... I have no problem with audience as long as they are not crowded, they are not in enclosed areas, they aren't properly spaced, not applying other safety measures etc.
Golfing sounds safe in this times. Not sure I know about billiards...is it like snooker or it's snooker?

Any sporting events can go back provided  that they can assured that they are compliant with the expert's advie of physical distancing,no audience, quarantine before the actual encounter, we can list chess match and dart games as a game that can go back easily as they can easily comply  

Any sports which can be played with minim number of people coming into contact of each other or can be played maintaining a good separation and social distance could be preferred now. One of them is like Golf, Chess, Horse riding etc. Here we do not require any audience as for each them I guess for now that will be out of question considering no large gathering of people at one time.

In my own personal opinion, the only sports event that is possible to resume during the pandemic are indoor sports, events, but still without any audiences because of social distancing. Esports can also be resume during lockdown because they can still play even they stay inside their homes, as long they have an internet connection and other technologies to used.

Boxing and Poker has been already in the scene having their games make happen so those are surly in the list.

While Billiards?well this does not need audience when playing so yeah online watching is enough.

Swimming on the other hand has no betting happening right?so i think this is not part of gambling discussion.

Golf can be done without anyone around because this game is created as such so yeah it can be done as well.

Obviously major sports that are played with a team are not in the list, they do have close contact but actually it's not a problem as long as the organizers will ensure all the players in the floor are not positive with covid-19.

Honestly, I like to see Basketball and Football to resume, I think they can do that without an audience, I had a thread here before that there is a soccer football but was played in a close door, so anything is possible, it's only up to the government if they will approve it or not.

Sports that are played with less audience can resume, however, we need to understand that it's a different situation now, they need to have an extreme measures so they can git red of the virus, one mistake will eventually blow out everything, good to see actually if sports will slowly resume but I agree that all the sports listed in OP are the sports that should resume now if they haven't yet.

Boxing will resume next month according to Bob Arum, it will be played with no crowd but will be televised live.

Taking the check-ups aside, these are the sports that I think would still continue:

*track and field events
*swimming
*Boxing
*esports(obviously)
*Golf
*Bowling

I don't include games like Chess since I don't think that it is a bit of popularity in the betting community unlike some of the games on my list. I think Soccer, Hockey, Basketball, and Volleyball will also continue but we all know how these teams are so close and would always touch other people so there would be a lot of people that would be going against that.

Those mentioned above could likely resume even Taekwando tournament has started to take place but virtually, i think they've used motion sensor in order for the avatars to move.
This method in my opinion is much more safer not only that its 100% safe. We could see our favourite players play and wage.

They resumed 2 weeks ago, but there are no spectators allowed during the fights, they will just broadcast it on television since social distancing is a MUST. Bob Arum said this is greediness from the chairman promoter of UFC. I don't know if this old man do really care for the player, coz honestly UFC will put its full effort to avoid the unwanted disease, or he's just jealous coz boxing can't get any reopening. lol.

It is negative for table games like poker, multiplayer sports game or team game. Especially with poker that cards is being handed to everyone, but I doubt they did not thought of wearing gloves. It's more likely to open single sport games like billiard, tennis, etc. And boxing, it's just like UFC tell Bob Arum to bear with low income haha

I think Horse Racing is one that can also be resume even when there is pandemic because the race track are too big so the physical distancing can be done .

and crowd can watch thru Online so what stops them to starts the game?

Just like boxing that has been conducted recently in small country,then why not race operator resumes now?

Based on the list you gave, I think golf or billiards is more likely the first one to resume even in the midst of covid. I am basing on whether the sport does not have to make a physical contact against an opponent, or there is no need to be near another person. In contrast to swimming which has players sharing the same pool at the same time or boxing and poker which needs fighters and players respectively to be closer to each other.

But in the end it will be about how influential or powerful the promoters and organizers are.

I would be extremely cautious regarding the sports which can resume and from that list I only agree with Swimming because of the water which is one of the “remedies” against Covid 19.

We are often told to wash our hands with soap as often as possible in order to not get the Covid 19 so as long as swimming takes place in the water I see no risk of the virus here.

Any if these sports can resume, but without spectators. In our fight against COVID, social distancing is the key. It seems like COVID is not going to go away for at least one year so we all have to learn to stay safe from it. Opening up a game with live audience is going to fail the social distancing norms.

Along with your list, I want to add Table Tennis because this is another game which looks better in TV. That's what is going to be the norm for at least one year.

Many single sports are held almost without spectators in the stands because of their low popularity, so they can safely continue their competitions. In addition to table tennis, this, for example, also badminton, golf, darts, billiards, chess.

Any sports can resume without spectator, its just that are players willing to participate to risk their lives?

Its still scary to get out of the house to just watering plants outside because our nosey neighbor might just start a small talk and he always do. Esports I guess is the safest for all because there is no need to go out.

All sports, especially outdoor ones, can continue without spectators - provided, of course, that all participants are healthy. However, there is always a risk that participants become infected during the game, only one infected person is enough to pass it on to other players in close contact. In football, basketball or handball, such contacts are impossible to avoid, so these athletes are perhaps the most endangered.

A study was recently conducted "Sport Safely Launches," in Italy and these are some of the conclusions :

Formula or any race, if there are no spectators.

Or maybe synchronized swimming, as there are no spectators there anyway :D

But jokes aside, any non contact sport should be good

Well, on my own all of them are good. Sports perhaps resume even when there is no vaccine for COVID 19 yet but as long as all players and people who will be working on the sports events must undergo extreme precautionary measures. Regardless of what sport it is, it must resume for some people, and athletes makes these events as their source of livelihood. All of them must be isolated and be subjected first to a 14-days quarantine before the actual date of the game and make sure that they will not show any symptoms of COVID 19 for the security of everyone. Even audiences can be allowed in the venue provided that they should also take the same precautionary measures as what the others have undergone before allowing them to be in the venue as a live audience. Indeed, --practically not wise for an audience for a sports fanatic like me in the amid of COVID 19 yet will be allowed to become a live audience it will compensate everything though.

I think they can resume any sports given, they only need to limit or safer not to allow a live audience. They can still continue sports events but with more caution and strict protocols to follow. If the place of the event is not that heavily affected by the virus, it's greater.

We can't really just wait for the virus to vanish before we can resume most events. It will also be hard for athletes if they can't play. The best thing they can do is to make sure that everyone including the athletes and staff that will enter the place will be monitored first. Temperature checks and other safety measures before conducting the activity. But I think, sports with lesser participants are more likely to resume than other sports because of the social distancing.

Not necessarily no audience  ;) There have been some cycling simulator racing held in recent times due to the prolonged status of Covid-19. I don't know if you guys follow it or not, but it's really cool and has a lot of followers. In addition, tennis tournaments are organized in a similar manner. The audience can stay home and watch the live tournaments on screen, it's no different than going outside to watch  :D

The fight between Bob Arum and Dana White is not a secret and they hate each other, if UFC could bring the sport back that can assure full safety then what is wrong in that, i do not think Bob Arum will let go of the millions he could earn from the live gate and hence he wants to have a make belief that he really cares about the fighters. Not a good time to shove in the ass when someone is doing good while ensuring safety, respect to Dana White and hell with Bob Arum.

Technically the big three could resume, at least for the U.S. - Football (NFL), Basketball, and baseball.

Some of the governors have been in talks with local sports teams to resume professional sports leagues without having anyone in the stands. It makes for a bit of a weird viewing experience without hearing the background noise of the crowd, but at least you have something to watch. The UFC put on their event 1.5 weeks ago without a crowd and that event ended up being the all time highest wagered sporting event (in terms of number of bets placed) of all time.

People are ready to see sports come back and so are gamblers, apparently.

Before the game, they can do rapid testing so that whoever tests negative can proceed and play with the team and opponent. And if tests positive, they will not be allowed to enter the premises and will go into quarantine.

This is like playing the actual recorded match, they are just playing with the opponent.

Guys look at this news about audience related thing.
A South Korean soccer team issued a grovelling apology after accidentally using sex dolls to replace fans at its empty stadium (https://www.insider.com/fc-seoul-accidentally-use-sex-dolls-to-replace-soccer-fans-2020-5)
Coronavirus football: FC Seoul apologises for 'sex dolls' in stands (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52702075)

I think we should accept fact that most of sports will be played without spectators in upcoming few months at least (though in my country, football league returns with limited number of spectators and social distancing between them.) Probably almost every sport can return soon if virus situation isn't very bad in that country. They just need to take all precautions - measure athletes temperature, make tests if they can, reduce number of contacts between players, staff and etc when it's not neccessary.
Individual sports is safest - tennis, motorsport, athletics, golf, darts and etc. While team sports and boxing, MMA, wrestling is less safe because of big number of contacts between athletes. But as we see from UFC and Bundesliga, there is no issues to continue it. It would be just stupid to wait until virus will gone or magical vaccine will be invented. People now return to their jobs and sports shouldn't be exception.
And I just want to tell few words about swimming. From first look it seems safe because there is distance between swimmers and pool is full of chlorine, which disinfect water. But I want to say that swimmers share one warmup pool and there is many athletes in it at one time without keeping distance. And they sharing dressing room, showers, what isn't very safe.

Oh Yeah, I forgot about the ball. ;D Glove while playing with the ball is okay but how about the masks I feel its an awkward thing to wear while playing such games. :)

Bob Arum has plans already for boxing to return without the fans.

And those promoters are obviously trying to milk their respective sports regardless of the pandemic or not. Basically, all sports can still continue without fans, they can have PPV in place so that we can watch it live. This is what we call the new normal in sports and I'm sure every sports organisations are coming up with their idea to get around this crisis to continue, contact or contact-less or individual sports.

If the situation is better then sports along with other business must resume with proper precautions. Checking the temperature alone will not be a good idea as 80% of the patients are asymptomatic and hence all the players should be tested properly and if all the players are negative then we really do not need these restrictions between players.

The magical vaccine cannot be created just like that and everything should resume in a systematic manner, social distancing and other norms should be maintained while in public.

Yup, I agree with any sports minus the fans/spectators. There is a lot of good news going around for boxing and basketball to resume their operation but they have to do it in an empty arena/venues. About risking their lives, I don't think that athletes like is at risk, even though they got the virus they often showed no signs of symptom just like the NBA players who got contaminated, they can survive. The spectators are the vulnerable ones so eliminating their presence on the stands this time is what the organizer should be doing. Players and trainers' test for COVID will not be so expensive as they will be testing only a few people.

As long as they do not accept audiences and they are ok with empty benches and just rely on their revenues on pay per view or sponsorships, any sporting events that can follow guidelines can get back their events, even those sporting events that engaged in contact sports can resume.

No sporting events should die because of the pandemic, if there is a mean to continue the operation while being safe then it should proceed.

The question should be what contact sports can resume during this pandemic.
There are still some sports that can resume like chess, e-sport type of games, swimming, archery, and golf.
And I think most players won't risk their lives. Even organizers will be scared because they can't also risk the lives of their workers.

Any sports event could be resumed as long as the association will put the players in a single facility and test everyone before officially start the game or match. I guess covid testing will be the new requirement for any sports specially the contact-sports like basketball, football, boxing, and etc.
We will all be embracing this new normal, as vaccines will be available next year at the very least.

It should be the responsibility of the players to ensure that they are healthy since its impossible to test every time, we know the result is not going to be instant and after the game, they will have to go home for their family and even if they are covid free but there is no assurance on people surrounding them, especially their family, so to make this a successful campaign, players should not just put all the responsibility to the organizers, they also need to help and cooperate.

We can say that those athletes are not one of the vulnerable ones, we can always say that they can survive, but those athletes have families too. I think those players can choose to not participate to protect their families, and its okay. They are more concern of going home bringing the virus with them. Specially when they are asymptomatic. And I agree, if the players chose to play then I think the league should always test them to prevent the spread of the virus to the athlete's family.

What will be the fun if you don't have the audience or fans cheering you up. It won't motivate the players, rather it will be so boring and less interesting to watch.

In every sports there's always a contact, it's most likely that none of them is ready to start yet until they finds the vaccine of covid 19

Anything that doesn't absolutely need a large stadium could resume in a closed hall.

Something like boxing, table tennis, MMA, arm wrestling, darts etc.

I don't think games like soccer, football, cricket, or anything like that can resume, simply due to the large number of people involved. Even without a live audience it's still too risky.

That said, I doubt most of these would resume anyway, since they don't have huge TV or streaming viewer numbers, they instead rely on ticket sales which obviously can't happen right now. Either way, there's no rush, everything will start coming back shortly.

The FDA just approved a rapid test that could deliver a result in 5 minutes.
 https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Health/rapid-coronavirus-diagnostic-test-provide-results-minutes/story?id=69875037  (https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Health/rapid-coronavirus-diagnostic-test-provide-results-minutes/story?id=69875037)

Ok, so let me give you an example in boxing or mma match. Even if the test results comes out for a week, they can somehow test both fighters before the fight and Quarantine them on a facility which they could also work out a week or 2 before the fight.

It should always be the organizers who will have the biggest responsibility, because the players are their best asset why they are earning $ and receiving their salary, the players already knew their health responsibilities.

On this critical moment I think tennis, basketball and golf can be resumed again, because in these games we will be able to adhere to social distance. If we use mask, gloves, sanitizer properly and sanitize everything’s that using in the game then I think there are no more obstacle to start these games again. and I believe that within a few days all the games will start again by following the health protocol.

In the condition of the pandemic corona, it is indeed difficult to start sports matches again, in my opinion sports that do not occur physical
contact and individuals safer to do. Like badminton, golf, table tennis, formula 1, gp motorcycles, horse racing and bicycle racing. Most
importantly, the corona virus prevention health protocol must be implemented, thereby minimizing the spread of the corona virus.

I think some of the games that are:
1. playable with 1-2 players only over all like Badminton or tennis or table tennis.
2. can be played indoors.

Maybe some of the games like Basketball, boxing, MMA or the games that doesn't need that much players to play can be resume right now. As long as there are precautionary measures that will be imposed before the game like no audiences, all of the participants of both teams will undergo temperature checking and rapid testing, they must've alcohol and all of the staffs must have mask at all time. If this will be implemented then they can resume again I think.

It's true that it's cancelled due to lack of funding because of the pandemic. The sports can be resumed later on and buying the things needed for the pandemic is much more important. Not sure the about the situation about the WWE but I saw one of the latest stream of WWE match and the place is very empty only the announcer and two wrestlers.

I think all of those sports are good to resume as long as they will let this happen without an audience. The possibility of spreading the virus is still really high especially in crowded places, imagine if one person is already infected by the virus then he comes to the event without knowing by the others that he already has it, then the virus can easily be transferred by anyone in the audience. The probability of transferring it to everyone in the audience is really high as we all know that it can be passed to just a single droplet. They can continue the sports while having stream so gamblers can still do bet when they are at home.
Well said all sports can be continued as long as there wouldn't be an audience in the place. I know that without the audience he sports is not that real fin because there wouldn't be noise that we can hear cheering different team but if you are a gambler you wouldn't mind those things.

Of course these sports MUST resume without audience, even with audience allowed I think that there is to fear about the virus and only "aficionados" can grab this risk.

Actually, it's not just a matter of "how to play" these sports, since even in Formula 1 there is a TEAM of people that are working in the same area.
It means that even if drivers are alone in their car, workers behind them need, are working in a garage or a nearby place.

Also I have some doubts about resume of competition that are conducted in "confined spaces" like darts or billiards, because it's hard to maintain "social distancing".
The only solution can be players tested each time they go to play, but it's technically possible? or it's sustainable? And what about national guidelines? I think that at this point it's to early speak about sport resume....

after 3 months from this post Games are now starting to resume and i believe that Poker starts everything months ago.

all the mentioned games from OP is indoor game but it seems now that even outdoor games are starting also?
of course Sooner everything will resume but without Live audience instead Via online is the viewing because the rules about distancing will remain even the pandemic is gone as this is the safest way for the virus not to spread wide again.

Cricket is also getting resumed after the covid 19 hike started to reduced on some countries and one of the biggest cricket league which is called IPL is going to be started from the next month but the tournament is happening in UAE which is supposed to be played on Indian sub continent due to umber of cases in India is still not yet controlled.And about the spectators still there is not much announcement but I feel the match is going to be played without audience.

As far as  i know almost every game now are resuming though there are some that still looking for their regulation about implementation in new normal.
Basketball is what i am waiting to resume and also there are many boxing that happening these days.
Like Mike tyson and Jones who's happening soon.

In conducting sports events, there can only be one question: Will all athletes voluntarily agree to participate in sports events? Many of them are bound by contracts under which they cannot refuse to participate in games and competitions.

The pandemic has resulted into strict regulations being enforced all over the world. Safety is highly prioritized.
Sports is certainly affected by these restrictions and I don't think that such activities will be allowed soon.
Sports with less physical contact and done in a larger space may have a chance though.

Definitely. Do athletes want to participate with sports events considering that there are instances that even protocol are adhered, there are still individuals who got infected.

Yes, safety is a sensitive topic in every activity that is being allowed during this pandemic. With the risk we are about to face in our daily lives, we should always have second thoughts.

boxing and swiming have more audience and staff compare to the other sports on the list  . we can see it on live brodcast or on online . however swiming can sometimes be done with a limited audience , i see few videos of them before and also  those occur too on special events but for boxing , so many people love to watch and witness this live plus it looks verry weird if no audience around while two players are fighting in the middle .

In my country, during the pandemic, the football championship was not stopped. At the same time, there was no mass illness of the players. However, in any case, each athlete must have a personal choice as to how to act in this situation.

in cases like this it is indeed very difficult to make the right decisions because in my opinion the team leaders of the soccer championship players have already given contracts and paid the players a very large amount, meaning they must be able to return the capital that has been spent to hire the players. good players, if the match is postponed, the process of returning the capital used will be longer and ultimately will disturb the financial condition of the team.

Same goes for boxing. Boxing includes hugs when they can't take anymore punches so they cuddle for a while that might cause a physical interaction that could lead to COVID disease transmission. Even if both boxers already passed the SWAB TEST, still the possibility of carrying the disease is very high. They can get it while traveling to the venue where they will fight or maybe they could get it on their home because someone went outside to buy groceries and got infected without them knowing.

We'll never know until it's too late. My opinion about this is as much as possible, we don't have to force out the things we're missing to function again. It's better to be safe than sorry.

In my opinion poker and pool are not sports but games, anyway any sport in which there is a significant distance between the players and the number of players is limited should be able to resume their activities with no problem, an example of this is tennis, there are only two players playing against each other and they are separated by a significant distance that even in the worst case scenario there will still be enough space between the players, and as long as they follow some safety measures like regular testing and changing the tennis ball more frequently it should be a very safe sport to play.

Funny like in almost three months after, nearly all kinds of live sports has already resumed. I never thought they would resume, at least not this early due to the impact of the pandemic. But, yeah most of them are just broadcasted live with little (only VIPs and maintaining all kinds of rules so they don't put themselves in danger) to no audience at all.
At least people can now enjoy watching sports from home again. Better than no sports at all.

All of them had resumed out and as mentioned on where the new normal or set-up had been implied.Yeah it may look odd not only for the fans but also to the players itself but theres nothing we can do
about it but to deal and its better rather than having nothing at all.

We have seen boxing, basketball etc. had been resumed up even the pandemic havent been resolved yet because stopping out this industry will really be not sustainable if they would
just stand still and doing nothing or just waiting for the cure.

This is why management do really need to find ways to resume out no matter what but of course they do need to follow protocols.

It is true. Tennis and Badminton are two games that are played by 2-4 players only. There is also no physical contact to play these games. And it shouldn't be a problem if playing without an audience as well. So, actually these games can be played even if we are in the pandemic since they can be played with safe. The health protocol and standards can be easier to apply in these games.

New normal has been implemented, it's just quite bothering at first coz I watched a basketball game with mannequin audience, I laugh a bit thinking they could have just leave it blank seats lol. Anyways most of the sports now is under a new normal rules, less audience or none at all, social distancing outside the arena for the players and staff, consistent medical procedures, and so on.

Esports is rolling even during the pandemic, but there are tournaments that went terribly wrong due to some server issues as players are far from each other, some are in a far place.

Guidelines have been set, all they need is to follow, but it also generated added expense which is their biggest run off thing, just a small money for each team.

True.

We all thought that it's unlikely to happen but here they are. NBA has been back and some games as well. Most of the sporting events can comeback even we're in the midst of the corona virus.

The participating players, teams and staffs have to go through protocols to be able to attend the event or game.

Our players have signed contracts that allow them not to play football in case of force majeure. However, the quarantine was not declared in our country, so the players had no reason to refuse to participate in football matches. Who wanted to could terminate the contract and return the money, but only one or two foreign players did it.

Choosing sports that do not occur in physical contact and can be done outdoors are things that can be considered possible to do
in the current COVID-19 situation. I think Golf, Athletics, tennis, F1, Motorsport and Horse Racing are the list of sports which is
safe to resume in the current pandemic situation.

Majority of the sports and those listed in your list have resume their activities we have some seen some boxing MMA and basketball matches it's almost back to normal but there are a lot of precautions like players and staffs should first be swabbed and negative results to be able to participate so far there are all doing good, they just need supervision by medical experts for them to continue.

Poker is a sport? or gambling activity. I think poker is not a sport activity for it is for gambling where betting is alwayd happening in poker. Anyway, I agree with other users that most the updates with sports activities now are resume rhat includes basketball which is NBA is known to it. The playoffs had started already after some games and most of the series now are already in game 2. For now, I am watching lakers vs. portland to which my bet is in favor to lakers but portland is in the lead of this series and lakers trying to tied it up in game 2.

Sports now are carefully conducted and resume sporta activities. Hopefully that it will going to finish the events and be successful in resumming game amidst the covid19.

Almost all of the sports can be played without an audience as the ground viewers are just small portion of revenue for the organizer.
Something as grand as UEFA Champions League final match is going to be played on closed doors on Sunday. It's because the largest viewership are on TV's and streaming device and they receive their revenue from the advertisement and broadcasting rights.
Many other sports don't even attract viewers in normal times, they too can continue on closed doors.

Any sports but without the audiences can go back to their events provided that a strict protocol is being implemented we have seen it happen in boxing and MMA where athletes are continually tested and monitored and so are all the people involve in the events.
They just couldn't wait because millions are loss from revenues although right now they can only do PPV and no live audiences, but this better than none at all.

Practically any sport that involves wheels, cards, dice or other tokens (chess etc), balls, water, even aircraft can resume without spectators and will need either an online or televised audience to generate revenue to keep the interest going.

Close contact sports here in Australia e.g. Rugby League require to players to self isolate for the entire season, so unless a vaccine is developed within the next 12 - 18 months one by one players will break isolation to return home or party or some other reason and the industry will come crashing down.

It is right, but if the sports events don't have the audience, it will feel something missing in that field because the players often hear the sound of the audiences, which can give more spirit to the players. But in this pandemic, the sports event should continue without having the audiences so that they can continue the competitions. They can prevent the infected of the virus on the audiences. But the sports events still need to follow the protocols to avoid the virus spread.

After over 5 months we have set up a protocol on how to avoid this pandemic and because of this protocol any business and industries and sports events can go back as long as they can follow the protocol laid out by the experts of course it only applies to sports participants but not audiences or viewers.

Best would be to keep focusing on sports that are played outdoor like football or sports that are done with a few people, like boxing or billiard, where only 2 opponents are needed. The biggest risk to be spreading the corona virus with sports is the not by the participants, but the viewers. Crowding thousands of people closely together in stadiums seems like a huge risk in my opinion. The first step would be to resume all the major sports again and only be able to watch them on TV, as is already be done with football tournaments.

Agree, the lesser participants in a sports tournament, the lesser risk in COVID-19. But I know that athletes have a good immune system even though they're getting positive of COVID-19, there is less risk but we should remember that risk is still a risk. This shouldn't be the protocol only, they should implement a lot of protocols that will secure the safety of all the participants.

Anyone who has ever been to the stadium during a sports match can say that the feeling of watching at the stadium is much stronger than when watching a sports match on TV. However, it is better to watch matches on TV than not to watch them at all. So I am very happy that life after quarantine is restored and sports and other things are returning to our lives.

There is no doubt about it that watching in stadium makes you very lively along with other audiences cheering your favourite team is different experience than watching at home with few people or alone. But considering this pandemic when you have no other choice so accepting it and enjoying moment even at home when seeing those folks on ground just a great thing to see.

Definitely. "A black sheep has at least a shred of wool" - there is a saying in my country. Many people are already tired of watching recordings of old games. That is why we are now very happy at least that sports events have resumed.

Yes, I agree with you both. Maybe it would be of help if there would be only audiences, for these people to get their tests first if they are covid carrier or not before entering the venue. Protocols should be prioritized since there is a great risk when lots of people gather in one place.

Well the US government allowed the resuming of sports events such as NBA and Boxing, even physical casino's started reopening in Las Vegas.
With the 4 Million plus infected in the US, it doesn't seem to affect them. In fact President Donald Trump encourage businesses to open.

I agree with your choices but sports without an audience is a little bit difficult for players to play to their full potential unlike having an audience
that are cheering them in every time they can score and etc.

I see some boxing event that are being held even in this pandemic situation so boxing is already part of the sports that can resume amid this covid-19 sacare.
Maybe chess also as it only require small audience or it can be played without an audience.

Yo man. In fact, any sport can be resumed and played without an audience, even such as football or basketball. The probability to get corona in active games is too low (mostly, football players are far from each other), at least lower than the probability to be infected in shopping mall or market. I don't understand even now why most of them were stopped due to this pandemia.

But if the second wave will create another quarantine, then all of sports even linked above will be stopped again (and it doesn't matter).

The other sporting events can imitate what the NBA did.

They have live web cast audiences who are being shown on the monitor substituting the usual audience that they have. It's a good alternative for the other sports if they want to make their games lively and still have the presence of their audiences and fans.

It's a temporary solution until everything goes back in normal.

The temporary solution is somehow quite effective since if we look at the NBA right now they manage to resume the games with in line in safety and health protocols of the government. And I think the other sports like soccer or other contact sports will follow this since they can actually do the same if they have stricter regulation on new normal formats.

that will also help in avoiding further infection. as there's no actual audience, the risk for those spectators is eliminated. in case of infection, it will be contained among players and important staffs. i guess thats for the betterment of everybody while we are still awaiting for this vaccine. right now, we can just enjoy our favourite sport watching it at the comfort of our home. and we are fortunate that a lot of sports events are going back again.

I guess you could take NBA away from that and I don't know about Boxing. Casinos operated like they used to except following the certain protocols NBA resumed but not the same as these casinos and bars, they have their own place isolated to play the games and the players also stay there. PBA also said that they will be doing the same.

Any game can be played without audience. This can be practiced with the support of more and more number of court organizers. Already more number of soccer games have been played without audience. Upon the same right now I don't feel any form of restrictions with any games. Based on the planning things were executed better.

They look that they do not to care at all but there will be certain protocols to be followed and I think they are all caring and following those protocols stricly. It's with the people and for the places that have crowded places and doesn't seem to worry about the virus.
It's their fault if they will have problems in the future related to the covid19 and they can't blame it to anyone but to themselves. Most sporting events are following protocols and applying the measures.

Very effective and entertaining.

We all got what the NBA wants to deliver to us. And with all that temporary solution that they have made, they are making their fans loving them more because of the efforts that they are doing for their season.

Others can be inspired and do what they did.

We've seen some of the sports that resumed already most of it are in the U.S.
For sure the sports bettors including me are happy with this.
We know the risks of it especially US is the epicenter of the virus right now but they are more focused on the economy.

I've seen NBA, Football and other games resumed in US already and this will continue. They can be replicated too by other sports in different countries where sports can still be played without audiences and the people can still watch them thru television.

I can confirm your words from practice. Probably some people have heard that the national football (soccer) championship was not stopped in Belarus because of the coronavirus. And there was no mass infection of the players. Of course, there were isolated cases of diseases and even isolation of entire teams due to suspicion. However, the situation is completely under control.

Then we can say the the football association of Belarus are good in implementing the health protocol implemented by health experts and even the entire country this is the tally of Belarus Covid infection out of 9 million population not really bad compared to some countries with the same population.

Total cases
70,285
+174
Recovered
68,577
Deaths
637
+5

Any sport meets your criteria. If all security protocols are followed then I don't see a problem.
Healthy people should play with healthy people, then there will be no chance of infection.

As for the fans, the stands can be completely isolated from the players in order to protect them from accidental interference.
In addition, a vaccine has already been invented in Russia, it is likely that a victory over Covid is a matter of time.

Currently most of the main stream sports are resuming.  Cricket matches and football matches are already resumed and i know few boxing events to be played in the next month.  The scare of covid 19 is gone and most sporting events are resuming with precautions.

I think soon most of the sport will be fully resumed, unless we meet with the second wave of coronavirus, which again forces everyone to introduce strict quarantine measures. The most important thing now is not to admit spectators, or to admit them in a very limited number with the control of compliance with all possible norms. Otherwise, the situation can only get worse. Now it is very important to bring sports back to the world.

I think that all sports can meet set standards and criteria just all health recommendations need to be obeyed and that is duable
Although to my opinion sports are not sports without spectators in current moment that would still pose a big risk so limitations are still needed.
However, individual sports will probably see the biggest revival in this still risky period of pandemic.

In general sports where players have no physical contact with each other can be played during the pandemics.

There's really a lot of them like all bicycle sports, horse races, f1 races, all marksmanship sports, tennis, ski jumps, skating...

Participants can be easily screened for covid as long as the stadiums are closed down there's really not much danger even in close combat sports like boxing.