LONDON — A clinical Liverpool beat Arsenal 2-0 to cut Manchester City’s once double-digit lead at the top of the Premier League table to a single point on Wednesday, leaving the title race wide open.

SIMONA Halep took less than an hour to breeze past Petra Martić (6-1 ,6-1) on Wednesday and reach the semifinals of the World Tennis Association (WTA) Indian Wells tournament for the fourth time, while Iga Świątek also advanced in style dismantling Madison Keys.

RAFA Nadal toppled big-serving American Reilly Opelka (7-6(3), 7-6(5)) to remain perfect on the year while unseeded Serbian Miomir Kecmanović stunned world number six Matteo Berrettini (6-3, 6-7(5), 6-4) in the fourth round of Indian Wells on Wednesday.

KARL-Anthony Towns scored 30 points and Anthony Edwards added 27 as the Minnesota Timberwolves never trailed in a 124-104 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday in Minneapolis.

Considering how Phil Mickelson’s attacks on the PGA Tour backfired spectacularly, not a few quarters believed LIV Golf Investments would want to let the controversy die down first before pushing through with its launch of a breakaway campaign.

DON’T sound the final buzzer yet for Alaska Milk.

WORLD NO. 5 pole-vaulter Ernest John “EJ” Obiena will get funding from the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) when he shoots for nothing less than a gold medal in the Hanoi Southeast Asian (SEA) Games slated for May 12 to 23.

TARLAC CITY — When Ronald Oranza took over from predecessor Jan Paul Morales as new Navy Standard Insurance team captain, questions were raised if he could balance contending for the title and leading a team to another crown in the 11th LBC Ronda Pilipinas.

F2 LOGISTICS debuted in style with a 25-15, 25-18, 21-25, 25-22 win over Black Mamba Army in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) Open Conference opener at the Paco Arena in Manila on Wednesday.

NORTHPORT’S Robert Bolick took pole position in the race for the Best Player of the Conference (BPC) plum of the Season 46 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors’ Cup.

THE Philippine beach volleyball team arrived in Brisbane, Australia on Wednesday to shore up its preparations for a gold medal bid in the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Hanoi, Vietnam in May.

THE Ayala Center for Excellence in Sports (ACES) and the De La Salle University (DLSU) signed on Thursday a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) in support of the #AtletangAyala, a program that seeks to assist Philippine national athletes during their athletic and post-athletic careers.