PHILIPPINE Olympic Committee (POC) president Abraham Tolentino will attend the chef de mission meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam next month with an intention of submitting the same number athletes — 626 — it has passed during the last deadline before the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games was reset from this year to May next year.

THIRDY Ravena scored 11 points as the San-en NeoPhoenix grounded the Seahorses Mikawa, 88-80, to snap their 14-game losing skid in the Christmas weekend offering of the Japan B. League at the Wing Arena Kariya on Sunday.

INDONESIA needed extra-time to see off eight-man Singapore in the Suzuki Cup semifinals on Saturday as Shin Tae-yong’s side won a drama-filled second leg 4-2 to advance to this week’s final with a 5-3 aggregate victory.

THE Tampa Bay Buccaneers have plenty to figure out for their next game, including how to break through on the scoreboard.

WORLD number one Novak Djokovic will not travel to Sydney for the men’s season-opening Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Cup next week, Serbian daily Blic reported on Saturday.

OTTO Porter, Jr. saved seven points of his season-high 19 for a personal scoring flurry in the final 2:09 as the short-handed Golden State Warriors stunned the host Phoenix Suns (116-107) in an National Basketball Association (NBA) showcase game on Christmas Day.

Christmas Day has invariably been a hoops junkie’s delight, with the National Basketball Association presenting not one, not two, but five matchups beginning noon and finishing well past midnight, Eastern time.

WGM Janelle Mae Frayna battled Jan Jodilyn Fronda to a 40-move draw of a Queen’s Pawn duel in the 10th and final round on Wednesday and move on the verge of topping the 2021 Philippine National Women’s Chess Championships at the PACE in Quezon City.

FOR their Asian Karate Championships silver medal performances, Junna Tsukii and Jamie Lim may have sealed a place in the World Games and Karate 1-Premier League, respectively.

A DREAM come true” — this was the general reaction of Malabonians when the Malabonian Sports Complex was recently opened in Barangay Hulong Duhat. The new sports complex houses the first and only track-and-field oval in the city, plus a futsal pitch, basketball court, lawn tennis court, and children’s playground. 

THE Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) will release P2 million for relief efforts in the Odette-devastated Visayas and Mindanao areas.

JAYLEN Brown led all scorers with 34 points, Robert Williams III added 21 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists and the Boston Celtics ran past the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers (111-101) on Wednesday night.