BROOKLYN Nets star Kevin Durant sustained a left thigh contusion in the first quarter against the host Miami Heat on Sunday and missed the remainder of the team’s 109-107 road loss.

E-GILAS Pilipinas is once again the king of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Esports Open in Southeast Asia after winning the title in the third edition of the tournament at the weekend.

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND — Twelve of Europe’s top football clubs announced on Sunday they were launching a breakaway Super League in the face of widespread opposition from within the game and beyond.

IT took a while for Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz to book a spot in the Tokyo Olympics this year. So when it was made official that she had earned a spot in the quadrennial Games, she was very thankful.

To cushion the impact of the pandemic on the financials of the league, the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) will be imposing a temporary salary cut of 20%.

STEPHEN Curry scored 20 of his 49 points in the fourth quarter to propel the visiting Golden State Warriors to a 107-96 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night.

PREPARATION of Team Philippines for the 2021 Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Vietnam later this year got a boost after three local government units (LGUs) expressed their commitments to host training “bubbles” of national athletes.

KOBE Paras has ended his journey with the University of the Philippines (UP) men’s basketball team and signed to train in the United States under the guidance of East West Private (EWP).

A CONTROVERSIAL decision to form a breakaway European Super League was taken “to save football” and in part motivated because “young people are no longer interested” in the game, Real Madrid President Florentino Pérez said on Tuesday.

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND — European soccer’s governing body Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) led a backlash against plans for a breakaway Super League on Monday, saying associated players and clubs could be banned from its competitions — including three of this season’s Champions League semifinalists.

A little over a month ago, “Courtside” noted the unhealthy interest being paid in the so-called Most Valuable Player race. At the time, the All-Star break led to a dearth of news; in a vacuum, pro hoops habitués found themselves engaging in the favorite pastime of idle minds: speculating on who would win the Maurice Podoloff Trophy. All the back and forth was premature, to say the least; half of the games in the 2020-21 campaign had yet to be played, and anything could — and would — still happen.

FILIPINO mixed martial arts (MMA) champion Eduard “Landslide” Folayang will face Japanese legend Shinya Aoki for the third time in ONE Championship in a fight the Team Lakay stalwart is viewing with much significance especially in further establishing his legacy in the sport.