SET TO TAKE make his Manila debut for ONE Championship, Team Lakay fighter Lito “Thunder Kid” Adiwang said he is very excited to fight in front of the hometown fans and make it an event to remember.

The 2020 FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship was a 12-game match between Chinese reigning champion Ju Wenjun and Russian challenger Aleksandra Goryachkina, who won the 2019 FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament. The first six games was played in Ju Wenjun’s hometown of Shanghai, China and the remaining games in Vladivostok, Russia. The prize fund: 500,000 euros, split 60:40, or 55:45 in case of a playoff.

Death is never easy to take, and, for obvious reasons, among the hardest to process is that of a sports figure who transcended his or her calling. It’s why the passing of Kobe Bryant yesterday came as a shock even to casual observers with little or no regard for basketball. In life, he evoked emotions few others in his profession could. And in the absence of life, he generated an outpouring of sympathy and grief. It wasn’t simply that he went too soon at 41, and under tragic circumstances -- his daughter Gianna, all of 13, by his side. It was that he went not on his own terms, and, therefore, not on terms all and sundry could accept.

FACING what arguably its biggest test to date in football club competition, Ceres-Negros FC veterans Roland Muller and James Younghusband hope their team gets to sustain their competitive form in the AFC Champions League 2020 preliminary stages to achieve what no other Philippine club has done before -- advance to the main draw of the prestigious Asian tournament.

MELBOURNE -- Petra Kvitova came from a set down and took full advantage as her Greek opponent Maria Sakkari’s self-belief drained away to advance to the Australian Open quarterfinals with a 6-7(4) 6-3 6-2 victory on Rod Laver Arena on Sunday.

A THRILLING, real-time auto-chess strategy game, with a magical twist, Magic Chess: Bang Bang, has finally arrived in the Philippines.

SAN DIEGO -- World number three Jon Rahm made an eagle from 110 yards en route to the third-round lead at the Farmers Insurance Open in San Diego on Saturday as Tiger Woods faded after a strong start.

MIGHTY Sports Philippines is off to a good start in the 31^st Dubai International Basketball Tournament, winning its first two assignments in Group B to stay undefeated.

LOS ANGELES -- Ben Simmons had 28 points, 10 rebounds, eight assists and four steals to lift the host Philadelphia 76ers past the Los Angeles Lakers 108-91 on Saturday.

LONDON -- The British-based World Golf Group (WGG) has finally publicly unveiled its plan for a new global tour that would comprise 18 yearly tournaments featuring 48 of the game’s top players.

ADMITTED to being disappointed at first when news broke out that the 10^th ASEAN Para Games set to take place in the country this month was moved to a later date, powerlifter Andeline Dumapong-Ancheta said she has since moved past it, bent on turning the setback to opportunity to do well.

Tiger Woods had exactly the start he wanted to his round yesterday. Tied for 17^th halfway through the Farmers Insurance Open, he figured putting up a good round would put those ahead of him on notice, not to mention set him up for a final 18 with a legitimate shot at the hardware. And he did hit the ground running; he carded birdies on the first and third, sank a crucial chip for par on the fourth to keep the momentum going, and then capped his front nine with two more birdies to make the turn at four under on Moving Day. By the time he stood on the 10^th tee, he was just two strokes off the lead.