FOLLOWING their impressive showing in the just-concluded second window of the 2021 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Asia Cup Qualifiers in Manama, Bahrain, do members of the young Gilas Pilipinas team deserve spots for the next windows?

AWARE that Filipino athletes deserve all the help they can get, Globe continues to stretch its support on that front, this time rallying behind Ifugao boxer Carl Jammes Martin.

WHEN the University of Perpetual Help System Dalta resumes its National Collegiate Athletic Association campaign it will have a new men’s basketball coach in Mike Saguiguit.

LOOKING to cultivate physical fitness, inclusivity and a sense of community during this challenging time with the pandemic, the Japan Foundation, Manila (JFM) has partnered with local sports personalities for the online video series #WeAreAthletes.

KEVIN Durant wants to embrace his return to the NBA and new beginnings with the Brooklyn Nets.

KYIV — Real Madrid’s Champions League hopes are hanging in the balance after they lost 2-0 at Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday, leaving them third in Group B with one round of games remaining.

OUTLASTED in the opener of the best-of-seven PBA Philippine Cup finals series, the TNT Tropang Giga look to redeem themselves and level the affair in Game Two on Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Angeles University Foundation Sports Arena in Pampanga.

HAD its share of doubters when it was sent to the second window of the 2021 International Basketball Association (FIBA) Asia Cup Qualifiers in Manama, Bahrain, the young Gilas Pilipinas team showed it deserved the opportunity given to it by sweeping its two-game assignment.

THE Rise Up! Shape Up! web series of the Philippine Sports Commission returns, focusing this time on maternal health.

THE already-vibrant basketball scene in the Philippines is set to get added buzz with the opening of the first store of the Jordan Brand in the country at the Bonifacio Global City (BGC) in Taguig.

Dennis Schroder could not help but be candid about his desire to start for the Lakers in a virtual presser with scribes yesterday. After having been the first substitute off the bench for the Thunder in the last two years, he felt he had been there and done that, and figured his accomplishments — including finishing second in Voting for the 2019-20 Sixth Man of the Year — warranted a promotion. He didn’t mention it, but he was, no doubt, likewise recalling his last two years with the Hawks, during which time he proved to be a productive member of the First Five.

THE Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Kings took a 1-0 lead in their best-of-seven PBA Philippine Cup finals series over the TNT Tropang Giga following their 100-94 overtime victory in Game One on Sunday.