PHILIPPINE Cup semifinalists Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters and Rain or Shine Elasto Painters make their debut in the ongoing PBA Commissioner’s Cup in the scheduled double-header today at the Mall of Asia Arena.

TORONTO -- The Toronto Raptors are playing in their first NBA Finals, and that makes the Golden State Warriors’ fifth consecutive appearance slightly different.

TORONTO -- Kawhi Leonard loses zero sleep pondering his place in the pantheon of NBA greats. The Toronto Raptors’ All-Star is restlessly pursuing only one thing: a championship ring.

GREEN ARCHERS United FC barged into the win column of the ongoing season of the Philippines Football League (PFL) after hacking out a hard-earned 1-0 victory over Global Cebu FC on Wednesday at the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium.

PARIS -- Defending champion Rafael Nadal continued to chomp his way through the French Open draw on Wednesday and Roger Federer also maintained his smooth progress into the third round.

Sydney, Australia-based Edgar “Bote” Bautista toppled Vic Alfaro after 26 moves of Dutch defense to grab the share of lead after six rounds in the 2019 National Seniors Chess Championship (Standard competition) at the Philippine Academy for Chess Excellence (PACE) No. 56 Mindanao Avenue in Project 6, Quezon City on Wednesday.

WITH major changes in its coaching staff and player roster earlier this year, the BanKo Perlas are preparing more extensively for the upcoming season of the Premier Volleyball League (PVL).

The Raptors have every right to celebrate their first-ever appearance in the National Basketball Association Finals today. No matter what happens in Game One and through the rest of the championship series, they will have already succeeded in proving to all and sundry their arrival as a real force. Even as they contended in previous playoffs, their seeming competitiveness was always deemed fool’s gold given their failure to emerge as the East’s standard bearers when the battlesmoke cleared. This season, they’ve managed to go over the hump, beneficiaries as much of boldness as of no small measure of good fortune.

THE NORTHPORT Batang Pier sailed to third win in as many games in the Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner’s Cup after beating the TNT KaTropa, 110-86, on Wednesday at the Mall of Asia Arena.

PARIS — Naomi Osaka’s quest for a third consecutive Grand Slam title almost came to an abrupt end on Tuesday as a number of top players struggled to book their spots in the second round of the French Open.

PHILIPPINE Sports Commission Chairman Butch Ramirez will be the chef de mission (CDM) of the country to the 2019 Southeast Asian Games after all. This, after he reconsidered his previous decision to decline the offer.

NAMED as the Basketball Player of the Year in the recently held Collegiate Press Corps Awards, Ateneo de Manila University’s Thirdy Ravena said the latest accolade only serves to inspire him to be better come next season where he will play his final year with the Blue Eagles.