WORLD NO. 3 pole-vaulter Ernest John “EJ” Obiena fell short in his bid to breach the six-meter plateau and settled for a bronze medal finish in the Silesia Diamond League in Poland over the weekend.

THE Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) on Sunday announced the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) Invitational champion will replace the all-collegiate national team in the Asian Volleyball Confederation Cup the country will host in two weeks.

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — On a gloomy Sunday morning, victory shone bright on seasoned Filipino triathlete August Benedicto.

The dominoes fell, but definitely not in the way Alpine envisioned. For a while there, the Formula One constructor appeared to have an enviable talent depth, what with two-time champion Fernando Alonso and promising Esteban Ocon occupying seats and upstart Oscar Piastri waiting in the wings.

GRANDMASTER (GM) Banjo Barcenilla showed incredible grit in delivering a match-saving victory in an upset 2-2 draw by the Philippines with a heavily favored Israel in the sixth round on Wednesday night to stay in the 44th World Chess Olympiad hunt in Chennai, India.

SAN MIGUEL Beer (SMB) stalwart June Mar Fajardo kept pole position in the race for the PBA Philippine Cup’s Best Player of the Conference (BPC) award at the end of the quarterfinal phase with teammate CJ Perez on his tail.

ADAMSON and National University (NU) lock horns in a battle of unbeaten squads for a goal of staying on the coattails of Group A leader University of the Philippines (UP) in the Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup at Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan.

TNT and San Miguel target a 2-0 lead but have to be cautious enough against their respective rivals who are expected to make adjustments in their bids to level the PBA Philippine Cup semifinal series on Friday.

SURAKARTA — Angel Otom bagged two more gold medals, including one in record-breaking time, to emerge as the country’s first triple gold medalist as the Philippine para swimmers emerged with four mints from the Jatidiri Sports Complex pool in Semarangin here in the 11th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Para Games on Thursday.

ARMED with twice-to-beat incentives, higher-ranked squads Adalem Construction-St. Clare and Marinerong Pilipino shoot for quick Final Four passages against separate counterparts in the PBA D-League Aspirants quarterfinals at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

All eyes remain on the Lakers, and not simply because they seem to be dragging their heels on a deal involving Russell Westbrook.

GRANDMASTER (GM) Mark Paragua dug deep into his endgame bag of tricks as he carved out the nerve-wracking victory on top board in lifting the Philippines to a stunning 2.5-1.5 win over a fancied Sweden in the fifth round on Tuesday night and into the top 10 of the 44th World Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India.