LONDON — West Ham United showed that their place in the Premier League’s top four was fully warranted as they outmuscled Liverpool for a memorable 3-2 victory at a rocking London Stadium on Sunday.

THE Philippines’ Sander Severino and Jasper Rom overpowered their respective rivals to remain unbeaten and at the helm after three rounds of the online World Chess Championship for People with Disabilities Sunday.

PARIS — Novak Djokovic put the disappointment of missing out on a rare calendar Grand Slam behind him as he won a record sixth Paris Masters title on Sunday.

FIDE Master Sander Severino smashed Cuban Karla Marrero’s Nimzo-Indian Defense in 51 moves to lead two other Filipinos in the 47-player lead pack after two rounds of the online 4th World Chess Championship on Saturday.

THREE days after winning the franchise’s first World Series title in 26 years, the Braves celebrated in and around downtown Atlanta on Friday.

THE Bulacan Damayang Filipino Republicans clinched a twice-to-beat advantage in the quarterfinals (QF) after defeating the Laguna Pistons in overtime, 117-108, last Saturday in the Chooks-to-Go National Basketball League (NBL) Chairman’s Cup 2021 at the Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center in San Fernando, Pampanga.

LUKA Dončić made the game-winning 3-pointer as time expired and had a game-high 33 points to help the Dallas Mavericks hold off the visiting Boston Celtics, 107-104 on Saturday night.

BORDEAUX, France — Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) stretched their advantage at the top of Ligue 1 to 10 points after two goals by Brazil forward Neymar and another from Kylian Mbappé helped them to a 3-2 win at Girondins Bordeaux on Saturday.

THROUGH two rounds, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 268 main event rematch between welterweight champion Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington seemed ill-conceived.

The Lakers are just 10 games into their 2021-22 campaign, but, already, not a few quarters have seen fit to declare the Russell Westbrook experiment a failure. It isn’t simply that he remains inefficient; that was a given even for the most optimistic supporters of the purple and gold.

AFTER some period of hemming and hawing, the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) signed up with the East Asia Super League (EASL) in the end, making it a pioneer member of the regional loop where top PBA ball clubs slug it out with counterparts from China, South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan.

THE long-awaited inaugural season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) 3x3 tournament is being readied to tip off with the announcement of the roster of competing teams and the players seeing action for them.