AN Olympian for the first time, 25-year-old air rifle shooter Jayson Valdez is out to make the most of the opportunity presented to him and succeed.

THE much-anticipated third fight of top lightweight fighters Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) came to an abrupt end on Sunday (Manila time) after the latter suffered what appeared to be an ankle injury late in the opening round of the main event of UFC 264.

THE Phoenix Suns are up 2-0 over the Milwaukee Bucks in their best-of-seven National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals series and they are the least surprised by it.

MARK John Lexer Galedo proved age doesn’t matter and Kate Jasmine Velasco provided a peek of the future in Day 1 of the PhilCycling National Trials for Road on Saturday at the Clark Freeport Zone.

Virtual taekwondo competition in Season 96 of the National Collegiate Athletic Association successfully came to a conclusion last week.

FIVE-star basketball player Jalen Lewis, 16, has become the youngest prospect in US history to turn pro, signing a deal with Overtime Elite, per multiple reports.

LAS VEGAS, Nevada — UFC boss Dana White has said that Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier will meet for a fourth time after their trilogy fight at the T-Mobile Arena ended early when the Irishman suffered a broken leg at the end of the first round.

SYDNEY — Ash Barty’s close friend Casey Dellacqua led the way in typically Australian style as a proud sporting nation woke up to hail its first women’s Wimbledon singles champion in 41 years on Sunday.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Argentina won their first major title in 28 years on Saturday and Lionel Messi finally won his first medal in a blue-and-white shirt when an Angel Di Maria goal gave them a 1-0 win over Brazil and a record-equalling 15th Copa America.

Ashleigh Barty was understandably crushed when she had to withdraw in the middle of her second-round match at the French Open early last month. That she couldn’t defend the title she earned at Roland Garros in 2019 was bad enough. That she faced the possibility of missing out on Wimbledon due to an injury to her left hip added insult to the mix. In truth, she had been facing a variety of ailments, including one in her arm that forced her to forfeit her quarterfinal-round match at the Italian Open, the season’s final tune-up event heading into hallowed red clay.

GIANNIS Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks lost to the Phoenix Suns in Game One of the National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals but for the two-time league most valuable player, it did not make a dent on the excitement of playing in his first-ever “Big Dance.”

TOKYO Olympic-bound pole-vaulter EJ Obiena continues to pack momentum heading into the quadrennial sporting meet, now improving to sixth in the world rankings.