Coronavirus: Growing hope that sports leagues, competitions in Singapore will resume soon

SINGAPORE - For the past six weeks, Singapore Premier League footballers have trained diligently day in, day out, even as a question mark hovers over whether they will play another competitive game this year.

Athletes' hopes have been raised with the gradual easing of restrictions in other sectors of society. From Aug 7, 12 religious organisations will be allowed to hold worship services with up to 100 people at a time, double the current limit of 50. The number of attendees at weddings and funerals have also been increased in recent days.

Other sports here are equally hopeful. Netball Singapore chief executive officer Cyrus Medora believes his association can stage its eight-division National League, which is tentatively scheduled for Sept 14-Nov 21, and has laid the groundwork for the competition to take place. Not all sports associations are as optimistic though. Singapore Floorball Association president Kenneth Ho has already braced himself for a blank 2020 calendar. He said:"It might be difficult for non-professional competitive sports to resume play this year.

But he stressed there is"no single rule that generalises to every sporting event, and specific considerations may be required for different sports and for different categories of events ". Ultimately how well Singapore moves back into normalcy, he said, depends on the country's general approach.

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