Japan's baseball league is due to begin in June, after it had been delayed from March by the pandemic.

"The 12 teams agreed to make efforts so that the season can start in the latter half of June, on the condition that all necessary preparations can be made while carefully monitoring the spread of the infection," Atsushi Saito, commissioner for Nippon Professional Baseball, said in a statement.

Baseball is hugely popular in Japan, with even youth leagues getting television coverage.

Germany's Bundesliga will be the first of the world's top football leagues to resume playing this Saturday - also to empty stadiums.

Source: bbc.com