AFTER reportedly looking for a way out of Houston and skipping the start of Rockets training camp, James Harden finally took questions from the media on Wednesday, while hardly clearing up what has become a sticky situation.

LONDON — Roberto Firmino’s 90th-minute header sent Liverpool back to the top of the Premier League with a 2-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur, whose 11-match unbeaten run came to an end on Wednesday.

BERLIN — The NBA’s best players will feature at next year’s Tokyo Olympics even though the season could end just days before the Games get under way, FIBA Secretary General Andreas Zagklis said on Wednesday.

Giannis Antetokounmpo didn’t want to wait until the end of the 2020-21 season to decide. He still had a year to go on his contract before becoming a free agent, and he could have used the time to exert maximum pressure on the Bucks. As the reigning National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player and Defensive Player of the Year, he certainly had the power to hold his employers — and, yes, would-be suitors — hostage. Instead of wielding it just as other stars in the same position did, however, he made it irrelevant. He went with what he thought to be right. He went with his heart.

MANUEL V. Pangilinan’s moniker as MVP was made all the more accurate during the 4th Philippine Sports Tourism Awards after being recognized as the private sector’s Sports Tourism Personality of the Year for 2019.

OLYMPIAN Eumir Felix Marcial admits he is feeling some pressure a day before he makes his highly-anticipated ring return.

TWO-time NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo agreed to a five-year, $228.2-million supermax extension with the Milwaukee Bucks.

A LIM Kim wanted to have a good tournament experience in her first appearance in the US Women’s Open. She ended up with much more than that.

KEVIN Durant returned to the court for the first time in 18 months on Sunday night and was pleased to get that step out of the way.

THE Houston Rockets tried to convince James Harden to stay by importing John Wall from the Washington Wizards.

ALMOST two months after their gallant second place finish in Season Six of the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League-Philippines, SMART Omega Esports is set to prove that anyone can be a gamer.

FIFTY-FOUR applicants showed up in the second and final day of the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) Draft Combine at the Victoria Sports Tower in Quezon City on Sunday Southeast Asian Games gold winner Khate Castillo, UAAP Season 82 finals MVP Monique Del Carmen, and former University of the Philippines standout Fille Claudine Cainglet headline the list of players that attended the event.