FILIPINO tennis ace Alex Eala’s groundbreaking year on the women’s tour continues as she is set to play in her first-ever $60,000 tournament in Switzerland next week.

VOLLEYBALL star Jaja Santiago was congratulated by the Philippine National Volleyball Federation, Inc. (PNVFI) for the integral part she played in her team’s conquest of the Japanese V.Cup title at the weekend.

RUSSELL Westbrook collected 35 points, a season-high 21 assists and 14 rebounds to fuel the host Washington Wizards to a 132-124 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Monday.

The Nets’ lead stood at nine when Kevin Durant checked in with 7:37 left in the second period of their homestand against the Pelicans yesterday.

Marc Gasol was never going to simply keep quiet. Not that he didn’t try to stay away from inquiring minds. Thrice since the Lakers formalized their welcome of Andrew Drummond last week, he was asked to meet with scribes. And thrice, he refused comment on the development. No doubt, he figured that if he didn’t have anything good to say, anyway, he would be better off just holding his tongue. Of course, he is who he is, and once opportunity knocked anew, he felt he had no choice but to be his candid self. And that opportunity, ironically enough, came after the purple and gold’s new hire went down with a toe injury and the erstwhile starter found himself on the podium following a relatively solid effort in victory.

HALL-OF-FAMER Grant Hill will succeed Jerry Colangelo as the managing director of the United States men’s national team, USA Basketball’s board of directors announced on Saturday.

DONOVAN Mitchell scored 22 points and led the Utah Jazz’s three-point barrage with six deep shots in a 137-91 victory over the short-handed Orlando Magic on Saturday night in Salt Lake City.

JUST like the others in the local sporting community, the Muaythai Association of the Philippines (MAP) saw its affairs and push for the sport in the country considerably disrupted by the ongoing health pandemic.

TWO-TIME Asian Junior Champion Grandmaster Rogelio Barcenilla, Jr. and Fide Master Austin Jacob Literatus towed the Laguna Heroes to the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) All-Filipino Conference title on Black Saturday.

FILIPINO boxer Donnie “Ahas” Nietes marked his ring return after two years in impressive fashion in Dubai on Sunday (Manila time), beating Colombian Pablo Carrillo by unanimous decision to win the vacant World Boxing Organization (WBO) International super-flyweight title.  

THE tourism sector of Switzerland has found a new ally in tennis superstar Roger Federer.

TOKYO — Tokyo 2020 organizers plan to hold discussions with the International Swimming Federation (FINA) this week, a senior official said, after the federation said it was reviewing whether to hold the Olympics diving qualification event scheduled for this month.