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ABL suspends season indefinitely in face of coronavirus outbreak

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Norman Lee Benjamin Riego, ABS-CBN Sports

<p>All of the action in the 2019-2020 ASEAN Basketball League has been put on ice, after the league announced on Friday that it is suspending its season indefinitely due to COVID-19.</p><p>&quot;With the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 as a global pandemic, the ABL, with the unanimous support of all its member teams, sees no other recourse but to halt competitions in its ongoing tenth season,&quot; the ABL said in a statement.</p><p>Before the decision, the league had already rescheduled all games in the past month.</p><p>Only one game had been played since February 23.</p><p>Just a day ago, four teams urged the ABL to follow the NBA&#x27;s lead in suspending the season.</p><p>&quot;Since the ABL is a regional league and travel will be difficult and risky, Alab Pilipinas, together with Hong Kong Eastern, Macau Black Bears, and Formosa Dreamers deem it appropriate to request the ABL to follow the NBA in suspending its season,&quot; San Miguel Alab Pilipinas said in a statement.</p><div><strong>Follow this writer on Twitter, @riegogogo.</strong></div><div><strong>For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.</strong></div>

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ABL suspends season indefinitely in face of coronavirus outbreak

Norman Lee Benjamin Riego,

ABS-CBN Sports

Published March 13, 2020 05:39 PM PHT

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Updated March 13, 2020 05:48 PM PHT

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