Dustin Johnson donned his first green jacket on Sunday, winning the Masters by shooting a record 20-under-par at Augusta National, which didn’t allow fans this year due to the pandemic. The victory, Johnson’s second major, came just over a month after he was forced to withdraw from a Las Vegas PGA Tour event on Oct. 11 because he’d tested positive for COVID-19. (Rob Carr/Getty Images)
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A sanitation worker cleaned the bench area prior to Tuesday’s qualifying match between Venezuela and Chile for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The match was played without fans at Estadio Olímpico in Caracas, with Venezuela winning, 2-1. (Miguel Gutierrez/Getty Images)
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During Saturday’s Women’s Super League match, Manchester United celebrated after Kirsty Hanson scored her team’s second goal against Manchester City. Government officials have yet to announced a timetable for when fans could be allowed back inside sporting venues in England. (Michael Regan/Getty Images)
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Fans in Seoul cheered at Gocheok Sky Dome during Tuesday’s Game 1 of the KBO Series between the NC Dinos and Doosan Bears. Rising COVID-19 cases in South Korea forced the KBO League’s championship series to host fans at 30% capacity, a decrease from the 50% capacity previously admitted at KBO playoff games. The entire best-of-seven KBO Series will occur at the neutral-site Gocheok Sky Dome, which can normally seat around 16,800 fans at full capacity. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
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During a press conference held Monday in Tokyo, IOC president Thomas Bach said he’s confident that fans will be able to attend next year’s Olympic Games, which are scheduled to begin July 23 in Japan’s capital.
“In order to protect the Japanese people and out of respect for the Japanese people, the IOC will undertake great effort so that as many [people] as possible — Olympic participants and visitors will arrive here [with a] vaccine, if by then a vaccine is available,” Bach said, according to the Associated Press. (Du Xiaoyi-Pool/Getty Images)
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Three-time WNBA All-Star center Liz Cambage, currently playing for the Southside Flyers in Australia, swatted a shot attempt during Thursday’s WNBL game against the Townsville Fire. The WNBL, Australia’s top women’s basketball league, is playing its entire six-week season inside a North Queensland bubble without fans due to the pandemic.
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