Although the new coronavirus pandemic has put much of the world's sports on hold, Toshiki Sato still aspires to become the first Japanese player in America's National Football League.
A 26-year-old kicker for the X League's IBM BigBlue, Sato holds the record for Japan's longest field goal. He attended a tryout in the United States this spring, and after encouraging results there has retained an agent.
"I want to be the first Japanese NFL player," Sato said recently.