AFTER getting the monkey off its back against playoff nemesis Barangay Ginebra, fired-up Meralco trains its sights on another franchise first in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup.

ARMY BLACK Mamba and PLDT seek to become the last two teams to make the semifinals to possibly the first ones to clinch a finals spot as the two open semis hostilities on Tuesday in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) Invitational at the Filoil EcoOil Centre.

LONDON — An extra time strike from forward Chloe Kelly gave England a 2-1 win over Germany in the Women’s European Championship final on Sunday to claim their first ever major title in front of a record crowd on home soil.

CARLOS Rodon struck out 10 over seven innings and the bottom five hitters in the San Francisco order provided all the offense as the Giants made it three out of four against the visiting Chicago Cubs with a 4-0 victory on Sunday night.

TEL AVIV — Paris Saint-Germain’s (PSG) Neymar scored twice with Lionel Messi and Sergio Ramos contributing the other two goals as they romped to a 4-0 victory over Nantes in the French Super Cup at the Bloomfield Stadium on Sunday.

HALL of Fame center Bill Russell passed away peacefully on Sunday at the age of 88, according to his official Twitter account.

JANELLE Mae Frayna and Shania Mae Mendoza delivered the wins when their team needed it most as the Philippines turned back an unheralded but fighting Nicaragua on Saturday night to firmly keep its stranglehold of the lead after two rounds of the 44th World Chess Olympiad in Chennai, India.

SURAKARTA, Indonesia — The Philippine campaign in the 11th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Para Games goes into overdrive on Monday with national para-athletes seeking to contest 32 gold medals in athletics, swimming, and powerlifting in separate venues here and in the neighboring city of Semarang.

SURAKARTA, Indonesia – President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos, Jr. is looking forward to a fruitful campaign of Filipino para-athletes competing in the 11th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Para Games.

LEICESTER, England — Darwin Núñez scored a late goal on his debut as Liverpool drew first blood in this season’s rivalry with Manchester City with a 3-1 win in Saturday’s Community Shield.

THE National Basketball Association (NBA) has begun an investigation into the Philadelphia 76ers’ moves in free agency searching for possible tampering violations, ESPN reported on Friday night.

THE Philippine para team enters the Manahan Stadium during the opening ceremony of the 11th ASEAN Para Games on Saturday evening in Surakarta, Indonesia.