RECOGNIZING his invaluable contribution to the growth of Philippine basketball in the last 40 years, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) joined the local hoops community in paying tribute to Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco Jr., who passed away on Wednesday at the age of 85.

ANDRE PARAS stole the spotlight in the opening of the Sta. Lucia Land-NCRAA men’s basketball tournament in powering his team, AMA Titans to a...

Between the reign of World Champions Anatoly Karpov (born 1951) and Garry Kasparov (born 1963) there was no one in the generation of Karpov who was strong enough to challenge for the world title. Players like Vladimir Tukmakov, Alexander Beliavsky, Rafael Vaganian, Oleg Romanishin, Vitaly Tseshkovsky, Gennady Kuzmin, Yury Balashov and Boris Gulko all had their days in the sun but their star never shone bright enough for them to be considered potential world champions. Strangely enough during this period the Soviets who actually did contend for the title were from the previous generation, Mikhail Tal, Tigran Petrosian, Lev Polugaevsky, Efim Geller and even Vassily Smyslov, who was the world champion from 1957 to 1958 but still was strong enough to participate in the Candidates’ matches in 1983 and 1985, at 62 and 64 years of age!

The FIBA Asia Cup qualifying matches scheduled to begin next week in Doha, Qatar, are not pushing through after world basketball governing body FIBA...

STEFANOS TSITSIPAS of Greece gave Filipino fans a dazzling show of world-class tennis as he overwhelmed the Philippines’ AJ Lim, 6-2, 6-1, on Friday to give his team the opening win in their Davis Cup World Group II playoff tie at the Philippine Columbian Association’s Plaza Dilao courts in Paco, Manila.

APART from making history as one of the first to win medals in skateboarding in the Southeast Asian Games, Filipino skateboarder Margielyn Didal looks as well at the inclusion of the sport in the biennial regional sporting meet as a good chance to further cultivate the skateboard scene in the region, particularly here in the Philippines.

THE PHILIPPINE Basketball Association rolls off for Season 45 on Sunday with the San Miguel Beermen and Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok kicking off the season-opening Philippine Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

THE Philippines retained its spot at number 31 in the world after International Basketball Federation (FIBA) updated its rankings following the second window of its Continental Cup Qualifiers.

AFTER Filipino boxing superstar and eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao threatened to hail them to court over unremitted share of the United States broadcast proceeds from his most recent fight, promoter Bob Arum and his Top Rank Promotions said the issue is now being resolved by both parties.

IN MORE THAN two decades of a Hall-of-Fame career, Filipino boxing superstar Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao has seen and done it all. But his upcoming fight against American Keith “One Time” Thurman carries significance of its own, hence the need to look at it with a keen eye, this according to one local fight analyst.

A NEW chapter for the Philippine youth basketball team commences this weekend as the country’s Under-19 team begins its campaign in the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup in Greece.

ON THE VERGE of returning to the Philippine Basketball Association finals for the first time in over two years, the TNT KaTropa seek to take advantage of the opportunity and close out the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Kings in Game Three of their best-of-five Commissioner’s Cup semifinal series today at 7 p.m. at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.