MAKE IT three current world champions in Asia’s largest mixed martial arts organization for fabled Baguio City group Team Lakay. This, after Joshua “The Passion” Pacio emerged as victorious in his title quest for the world strawweight title in ONE Championship at the weekend at “ONE: Conquest of Heroes” in Indonesia.

THE LARGEST and most credible esports companies and personalities in the Philippines have come together under the revamped banner of the Philippine E-sports Organization (PeSO). Backed by telecommunications giant, Smart Communications, PeSO is comprised of the most recognizable names in Philippine esports — Bren Esports, Gariath Concepts, Mineski Philippines, The Nationals, PlayBook Esports, Tier One Entertainment, TV5, and TNC Holdings.

THE FOURTH season of the 7s Football League commences later this week with the staging of the first-ever Philam Vitality Kampeon 7s Cup at the McKinley Hill Stadium in Taguig City.

EXPECTING a tough outing against host Muntinlupa, Navotas relied on the hot shooting of Yves Sazon, who hit 24 points to steer the Navotas...

The world chess championship match between defending champion Magnus Carlsen (Norway 2835) and his challenger Fabiano Caruana (USA 2832) ended in a 6.0-6.0 score after 12 straight draws, the first time in the history of the world championships where there was no decisive game in the whole series. Magnus Carlsen then won the rapid tiebreak 3-0 to retain his title for another two years.

OUT FOR THE SEASON because of a leg injury he suffered early this year, six-time Philippine Basketball Association most valuable player June Mar Fajardo said that he is making steady progress in his recovery albeit admitted to adjusting his rehabilitation routine because of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

RECOGNIZING that basketball is not forever, Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) young gun Paul Desiderio is expanding his horizon, dipping his hands in a couple of business ventures which he is happy to share he is having early success in.

By Michael Angelo S. Murillo Reporter THE Far Eastern University (FEU)Tamaraws stopped the run of the highly improved University of the Philippines (UP) Fighting Maroons yesterday,...

RUDY LINGGANAY and Roider Cabrera did not last longer than four years playing in the PBA, but they found themselves a new home playing...

PART of ONE Championship since its inception early this decade, Team Lakay has seen the organization grow by leaps and bounds across the board. And now that Asia’s largest sports media property has further upped its stock with the arrival of high-profile athletes from other groups, the champion Baguio-based gym, too, welcomes the development and is very happy and excited about it.

WITH less than a year before the country’s hosting of the 30^th Southeast Asian Games, local sports officials and offices are now busy getting the ball rolling in preparation.

THE PROVINCE of Quirino emerged as the country’s newest wakeboarding haven with the successful staging of the recent 1^st Invitational Wakeboarding Competition at the world-class Quirino Watersports Complex in the capital town of Cabarroguis.