THE new crop of Gilas Pilipinas youth introduced itself in flying colors, drubbing Kuwait with an emphatic 82-45 win in the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Under 16 (U16) Asian Championship on Tuesday in Doha, Qatar.

SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors are one win away from their fourth National Basketball Association (NBA) title in eight years after Monday’s 104-94 victory over the Boston Celtics gave them a 3-2 lead in the championship series.

STEPHEN Curry has emerged as the front-runner to win NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) on both DraftKings and FanDuel following his 43-point performance against the Boston Celtics in Game 4 on Friday night.

DOHA — Australia’s dancing substitute goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne saved the last penalty to clinch a place at this year’s World Cup in Qatar as they edged Peru 5-4 in a shootout following a 0-0 draw after extra time in an inter-continental playoff on Monday.

Heading into yesterday’s pivotal Game Five of the National Basketball Association Finals, the narrative stayed the same: The Celtics remained overwhelming favorites despite the emphatic victory the Warriors carved on the road in the previous match.

THERE is another potential heiress to Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Hidilyn F. Diaz’s throne as queen of Philippine weightlifting.

FOR decades, Thailand has been Philippine volleyball’s barometer for success.

FILIPINO cyclists will battle for spots to the national team as PhilCycling stages its National Championships for Road unfurling next week in Tagaytay, which celebrates its 84th founding anniversary the same day.

REIGNING champion Ateneo and Santo Tomas as finalists of the last season before the pandemic meet in an unlikely rematch, disputing the right to move on to the next phase of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) women’s volleyball stepladder playoffs at the Mall of Asia Arena.

THE Philippine Azkals go all out against Palestine on Tuesday at the MFF Stadium in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia with a coveted ticket to the 2023 AFC Asian Cup (AC) on the line.

GILAS Pilipinas youth team battles Kuwait and Japan in back-to-back games in less than 24 hours to fire off its return to international action in the 2022 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Under 16 (U16) Asian Championship in Doha, Qatar.

DOHA — The use of five substitutes, introduced as a tweak to the rules because of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, will be formally written into the Laws of the Game at a meeting in Doha on Monday, the International Football Association Board (IFAB) said.