A NEW avenue in the campus sports scene has emerged with the birth of the Collegiate Center for Esports (CCE) aiming to cater scholarship opportunities and career paths for aspiring students through the booming online gaming sport.

THE Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) will open its sports facilities to the national athletes starting Jan. 10 for them to start their preparation for both the Hanoi Southeast Asian Games and Huangzhou Asian Games next year.

SERRAVALLE, San Marino — Harry Kane scored four goals in England’s 10-0 demolition of San Marino on Monday as Gareth Southgate’s side made official their place in next year’s World Cup finals in Qatar.

DEMAR DeRozan scored a season-best 38 points on 15-of-23 shooting and Lonzo Ball also established a season high with 27 points as the visiting Chicago Bulls halted an eight-game losing streak against the Los Angeles Lakers with an easy 121-103 triumph on Monday night.

MARIA Sakkari won a rollercoaster match against Aryna Sabalenka (7-6(1), 6-7(6), 6-3) on Monday to advance to the semi-finals of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Finals, where the in-form Greek will meet red-hot Estonian Anett Kontaveit.

JIMMY Garoppolo threw two touchdown passes and the San Francisco 49ers played keep-away en route to a resounding 31-10 victory over the Los Angeles Rams on Monday night at Santa Clara, CA.

Kevin Durant was, by his own standards, simply being himself in leading the Nets to their 10th victory in 14 games to start their 2021-22 campaign the other day. In other words, he was nothing short of outstanding, logging 33, eight, and four en route to posting a whopping plus-30 net rating in his 34 minutes on the court against the hapless Thunder.

THE Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) has set the stage for the Ayala National Championships slated Dec. 9 and 10 at the PhilSports track and field oval in Pasig City.

CHOCO Mucho has added seasoned setter Jem Ferrer to its already loaded roster as it gears up for the second pro season of the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) unfurling in February next year.

GYMNASTICS Association of the Philippines (GAP) President Cynthia Carrion won a spot to the powerful continental council representing Asia during the elections done by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) in Antalya, Turkey.

SEVILLE, Spain — Spain’s Álvaro Morata came off the bench to strike a late winner as they qualified for next year’s World Cup finals in Qatar by beating stubborn visitors Sweden (1-0) in a tense clash on Sunday.

MILES Bridges scored 22 points and LaMelo Ball had 21 as the Charlotte Hornets edged the visiting Golden State Warriors (106-102) on Sunday night.