THE Philippine national youth team got the better of China in their clash of top Group B teams in the FIBA U18 Asian Championship in Thailand, winning, 73-63, on Tuesday to go undefeated in the group stage and book a direct pass to the quarterfinals of the tournament.

THE Rain or Shine Elasto Painters are not about done with their Philippine Basketball Association Governors’ Cup campaign, staying in the hunt for a quarterfinal spot after defeating the Meralco Bolts, 83-81, in their final game of the elimination round on Sunday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

THE PHILIPPINE Basketball Association said on Tuesday that it is hopeful of getting a favorable response from the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to the league’s request to resume some activities amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

ATHLETIC University of Santo Tomas (UST) wingman Rhenz Abando has left the Growling Tigers’ camp and could join Colegio de San Juan de Letran at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

By Michael Angelo S. Murillo Reporter MONDAY proved to be a better day for Team Philippines in the 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games with triathlon producing...

FIRST-ROUND action in the elimination phase of Season 94 of the National Collegiate Athletic Association hits the end today with a double-header at the FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan City.

THE LOCAL Paralympic movement got a new supporter in Citi Philippines, which has vowed to rally behind the country’s differently abled athletes as they compete in international events, including the 10^th ASEAN Para Games here in January 2020.

FILIPINO tennis ace Alex Eala vowed to continue working on her game just as her ranking in the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) continues to rise.

CHESS Grandmaster Wesley So of the United States defeated world champion Magnus Carlsen to win the Opera Euro Rapid chess championship on Monday.

THE Philippines had a tough campaign at the just-concluded 18^th Asian Games in Indonesia but in the end it did not stop the Filipino contingent from improving on its previous showing in the quadrennial continental sporting event.

TOP LOCAL CLUB football squad Ceres-Negros FC begins its AFC Cup bid today against Shan United FC of Myanmar in ASEAN Zone Group G action at the Panaad Park and Football Stadium in Bacolod City.

So there will be no Philippine men’s basketball team competing in this year’s Asian Games, the first time we won’t be sending a quintet since the country got suspended from participating in all FIBA-sanctioned events in 2005.