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Sports in the time of Covid-19

Football fans raise their drinks as they stand on ladders to peer over a wall as they watch a Czech First League match between Bohemians 1905 and FK Jablonec at Dolicek Stadium on June 14 in Prague. Matches are closed to the public.

by Nick Lucchesi
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Boston Red Sox gear is unloaded from a truck in advance of a training period before the start of the 2020 Major League Baseball season on June 26 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Emanuel 'Vaquero' Navarrete and Uriel 'Yuca' Lopez fist bump during the weigh-in ahead of their match on June 19 in Mexico City, Mexico.

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Staff disinfects the areas around the pitch during the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Sheffield United at St. James Park in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

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Lucha libre wrestler Halcón Negro Jr poses while trains at Energym on June 19 in Queretaro, Mexico.

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Brazilian Paralympic swimmer Daniel de Faria Dias trains at Quality Club Academia amid Covid-19 in Braganca Paulista, Brazil. Dias was born with malformed upper and lower limbs. He is qualified for the next Tokyo Paralympics and has won 24 medals, including 14 gold medals from the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics.

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Olympic sprinter Morolake Akinosun works through an indoor training session in Austin, Texas. Athletes across the globe are now training in isolation under strict policies.

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Megan Weatherston participates in a fitness inside domes to comply with social distancing measures in Toronto. As Canada begins to reopen its economy, gyms remain closed.

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Eddie Nketiah of Arsenal during the Premier League match against Southampton FC at St Mary's Stadium on June 25, 2020 in Southampton, England. No fans are allowed in any stadiums currently.

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Horses participating in the 152nd Running of the Belmont Stakes enter the track and empty grandstands during the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park, in Elmont, New York on June 20.

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Colombian wheelchair tennis player Maria Angelica Bernal trains with her dog Lucky at her home during the government-ordered coronavirus lockdown on June 19 in Bogota, Colombia.

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Team GB Hockey Player Giselle Ansley works out with the ropes as cows in the field look on during a training session from home on June 16.

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