The Philippine Badminton Association (PBA) is throwing its support to a new variation of the sport -- air badminton.

US Open champion Naomi Osaka, American soccer player Megan Rapinoe and Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes were among the athletes named on the 2020 “Time 100” list of the most influential people in the world.

For a while there, it looked as if the basketball gods were conspiring to alter the outcome of Game Four of the Eastern Conference Finals yesterday. The Heat were up nine with less than a minute to go in the match, seemingly poised to claim their third win in the series. As things turned out, they needed to go through the veritable wringer to secure the victory. And it wasn’t simply because the Celtics refused to give up. So-called breaks appeared to keep going against them en route, testing their limits and challenging their resolve to prevail.

THE DENVER NUGGETS played their way back into the Western Conference finals on Tuesday night, riding 28 points from Jamal Murray, a postseason career-high 26 from Jerami Grant and a key late defensive stand to a 114-106 victory over the top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers in Game 3 near Orlando.

APART from restarting their currently suspended season, the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) view the league’s targeted restart next month as opening up possibilities both for local sports and the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic.

SATISFIED with how he has been steering the Philipppine national men’s football team, the tenure of English coach Scott Cooper has been extended.

TOUTED as “Asia’s first fully integrated end-to-end esports digital platform made in the Philippines,” Kalaro is set to be launched in October.

THE Endgame Sports Multi-Events, Inc. and National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) are teaming up in staging the 2020 National Youth Online Chess Championships and Masters Challenge set for Sept. 29 to Oct. 10.

LONDON — Former Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali is set to replace Chase Carey as the sport’s chief executive before the start of next season, senior sources confirmed on Tuesday.

THE 2020-21 National Basketball Association (NBA) season is unlikely to start until January, commissioner Adam Silver said Tuesday during a panel discussion on CNN.

NBA participation at the Tokyo Olympics may be limited as the league’s next season, which has been pushed back due to the COVID-19 outbreak, would likely be ongoing at the time of the Games, Commissioner Adam Silver told CNN on Tuesday.

KATIPUNAN-BASED schools University of the Philippines (UP) and Ateneo de Manila University have further beefed up their respective men’s basketball talent pools, recently getting the commitment of top high school talents.