MANILA Southwoods will go to Bacolod in two weeks thinking of one thing: Starting from scratch.

THE Department of Tourism thru its Infrastructure Arm -- the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) will be launching night golf operations at the Club Intramuros Golf Club (CIGC) on Feb. 26.

The Azeri GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov was the top seed of the tournament but withdrew before start of play on round 8 due to illness.

There was a time when Tiger Woods would have been so ticked off by a poor round to the point of frustration. He would have headed straight to the range to correct his swing, striving to let the dark be his light in order to prep for the immediate future. Continuous improvement was his mantra, never mind the stakes, never mind the circumstances. The high number he just shot occupying his mind, he would have tried to scratch an itch in the belief that a remedy was in store. Then, he insisted that a remedy was always in store; it was just a matter of finding the right one.

CONCERNS over the ongoing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak have taken their toll on the local sporting scene with a number of scheduled events being postponed.

CHICAGO -- Miami Heat forward Derrick Jones Jr. won a Slam Dunk Contest that required overtime with two extra rounds, edging Orlando Magic big man Aaron Gordon in a six-dunk display.

GOT to compete against quality competition at the 2020 Badminton Asia Manila Team Championships, the Philippine national men’s team is not letting the lessons it got go to waste and looks to put them to good use as it girds for more tournaments ahead.

GO FOR GOLD will try to compete against the best cyclists the country can offer as it parades the team it formed and trained for years in the LBC Ronda Pilipinas 10^th anniversary race unfurling on Feb. 23 in Sorsogon and ending on March 4 in Vigan, Ilocos Sur.

CHICAGO -- The National Basketball Association All-Star Game MVP Award has been permanently named for the late Kobe Bryant, league Commissioner Adam Silver said on Saturday.

Aaron Gordon should have finally claimed the title he wanted. Scratch that. Aaron Gordon should have finally claimed the title he deserved. For all the recognition Zach LaVine received then, the 2016 Slam Dunk Contest should have been his for showmanship and flawless execution. And for all the outstanding efforts of fellow finalist Derrick Jones Jr. yesterday, he certainly proved even better. Except, that is, for three of the five judges who gave him nines for jumping over 7’5” Tacko Fall en route to an emphatic flush. The 47 he got was a point short of extending the competition, and, once again, he wound up the victim of an unmerited outcome.

MOMENTS after Chinese Taipei took down Singapore in the men's side, the draw for the quarterfinals phase of Badminton Asia Team Championships happened on Thursday at the VIP Lounge of Rizal Memorial Coliseum.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Donovan Mitchell scored a game-high 26 points, and Bojan Bogdanovic added 22 points, leading the Utah Jazz to a 116-101 win over the Miami Heat on Wednesday night in Salt Lake City.