Japan sports leagues seek entry of foreign players hit by travel ban

Japan's professional basketball and volleyball leagues on Tuesday urged the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to allow the entry of foreign players kept out of the country by a travel ban aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus.Representatives from basketball's B-League and volleyball's V-League made their demands at a meeting of an LDP sports study committee.Both leagues face the prospect of opening their seasons in October minus many of their top players and coaches under the current travel ban on foreigners from 129 countries and regions.The majority of the V-League's 40 foreign pl…READ FULL ARTICLE