UNDEFEATED La Salle drubbed University of Santo Tomas (UST), 86-65, and solidified hold of Group B leadership in the Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup on Thursday at Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan.

THE RACE is on for the last four teams standing as Apex Fuel-San Sebastian, Marinerong Pilipino, EcoOil-La Salle and Adalem Construction-St. Clare bid to draw first blood in the PBA D-League Aspirants’ Cup best-of-three semifinals on Friday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

ON THE DOORSTEP of the PBA Philippine Cup finals, defending champion TnT Tropang Giga know perfectly it would take a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get in.

UNHERALDED Lovely Inan stole the spotlight from the big guns as she topped the women’s 49-kilogram field that included Asian junior triple gold winner Rosegie Ramos at the start of the Smart-Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas (SWP) National Open Championships in Tagbilaran, Bohol.

It didn’t take long for Nets owner Joe Tsai to show where he stood in the Kevin Durant soap opera. Following the future Hall of Famer’s me-or-them declaration, he disclosed in a tweet the other day that “[o]ur front office and coaching staff have my support.

AFTER spearheading the country’s solid effort in the 44th World Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India, Grandmaster (GM) Mark Paragua has set his sights at capturing nothing less than a gold medal in next year’s Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

ADALEM Construction-St. Clare marched on to the semifinals of the 2022 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) D-League Aspirants’ Cup, staving off a gritty Builders Warehouse-University of Santo Tomas (UST) challenge with a slim 90-87 win in the knockout (KO) quarterfinals duel on Wednesday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

AFTER two years of hosting previous MPL-PH seasons online, the Regular Season for MPL Philippines officially returns live, for its tenth iteration. Starting Aug. 12, the much-anticipated tournaments of one of the strongest leagues in the world will be held in ICite Bldg. Auditorium, Mercury Avenue, Bagumbayan, Quezon City.

NEW YORK — American great Serena Williams said on Tuesday she was “evolving away from tennis” and planned to retire from the sport she dominated with 23 Grand Slam titles following the US Open tournament, which begins later this month.

LOCAL ball clubs Blackwater and NLEX will have their mettle tested against decorated French team ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne in a series of goodwill games as part of the 75th year anniversary of friendship and diplomatic ties between the Philippines and France.

NATIONAL Football League (NFL) owners unanimously approved the sale of the Denver Broncos to an ownership group led by Rob Walton, whose father founded Walmart, on Tuesday at league meetings in Bloomington, MN.

WOMAN GRANDMASTER (WGM) Janelle Mae Frayna and Kylen Joy Mordido continued their stellar play as they powered the Philippines to a 3-1 bashing of bitter rival Vietnam and on the brink of claiming its best finish in the World Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India.