WHILE saying he is not yet retired, World Wrestling Entertainment superstar Sheamus said he is enjoying his time away from the ring, taking stock of his options moving forward.

CINCINNATI -- Russian Daniil Medvedev survived cramps and tantrum where he cracked a racquet to clinch his first Masters 1000 title on Sunday with a 7-6(3) 6-4 win over David Goffin in the final of the Cincinnati Masters.

LOS ANGELES -- Presidents Cup captain Tiger Woods said on Monday he may select himself to play for the team in December but he would need to see how sharp his game is before making the call.

The best-of-seven Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner’s Cup finals between the San Miguel Beermen and TNT KaTropa came to an end last Friday with the former taking the title in six games; a championship series that was one of the more exciting and engaging ones in the local pro league in recent memory.

For all the question marks DeMarcus Cousins brought with him when he latched on to the Lakers early last month, there was to be no doubting his value. Signed to a $3.5-million deal, he would have been a cinch to start for a powerhouse squad that includes perennial All-Stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis. In nominal terms, his salary, significantly lower than the $5.3 million he inked with the Warriors for the previous season, is just 231^st of the 450 to be drawn by players on official franchise rosters. In other words, he was pegged to be a bargain-basement contributor who, at the very least, figured to give the purple and gold much-needed depth.

THE SAN BEDA Red Lions and Lyceum Pirates, last year’s finals protagonists and current league leaders in Season 95 of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, mix it up today in NCAA action at the FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan City.

CHICAGO -- Justin Thomas faltered in the final round at the BMW Championship on Sunday but held on for an ultimately comfortable three-stroke victory at Medinah in suburban Chicago.

SINCE ITS official release on Apple Store and Google Play last June, Mobile Legends: Adventure (MLA) has become the number one downloaded game in several countries including the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Cambodia. It has garnered over six million downloads and counting.

FILIPINO GRANDMASTER Rogelio “Joey” Antonio, Jr. is now set to conquer the world after winning the senior division of the IGB Dato’ Tan Chin Nam International Chess Open at the Cititel Mid Valley in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Sunday.

THRUST INTO a position he had not been in before with the San Miguel Beermen, guard Terrence Romeo has seen his efforts to adapt to the situation he is in pay off, with windfalls in his basketball career pouring.

THE FOURTH and final day of Basketball without Borders (BWB) Asia 2019 in Tokyo, Japan, concluded in thrilling fashion as the 64 campers from 18 countries and territories in Asia-Pacific competed in playoffs and championship games, a 3-point contest, and a pair of All-Star games, which featured Batang Gilas forward Joshua Rafael Lazaro, Jr. NBA Philippines All-Stars Harold Alarcon and Florence Jil Talas.

Aronian won all of his three games in the first day of the Rapid/Blitz and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave did the same in the second day. From then on it was the two of them fighting for the lead. In the blitz portion the two Chinese GMs Ding Liren and Yu Yangyi came forth to battle for the lead but when the smoke of battle had cleared, Aronian had built enough of a lead in the Rapid portion to finish half a point ahead of the second-placers. The Armenian no. 1 won the USD$13,500 first prize and he did that despite losing the first and last game on the final day.