THE 30^th edition of the biennial Southeast Asian Games officially kicks off this weekend with opening ceremonies happening at the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan.

By Michael Angelo S. Murillo Senior Reporter RIDING the momentum of the recent success of gymnast Carlos Yulo in international competitions, the Philippine gymnastics team is...

THE semifinal cast for the Philippine Basketball Association Governors’ Cup is now complete with the Northport Batang Pier the last one to catch the semis bus after completing an upset of the top seeds NLEX Road Warriors with a 126-123 triple-overtime victory in their do-or-die match on Wednesday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

ROXAS CITY, CAPIZ -- University of Visayas (UV) and Nazareth School of National University (NU) were crowned champions in their respective divisions at the SBP-Passerelle Twin Tournament National Finals in Roxas City, Capiz. Around 120 student-athletes saw action at Dinggoy Roxas Civic Center, where they went head-to-head and competed for the biggest title in youth basketball.

Yesterday’s other highly anticipated return to the homecourt of a former team was scuttled due to an injury to Kyrie Irving. Not that he dreaded the prospect of facing the Celtics on the road in light of all the ill feelings that accompanied his foray into free agency; it was his seventh straight missed match since he suffered from a sore shoulder, an absence announced earlier in the week. To be sure, the development was prompted in part by the Nets’ success without him; considering that they had lost a mere set-to, he didn’t need to rush his convalescence.

THE Philippine women’s national football team got off the stranglehold of long-standing tormentor Myanmar by holding the latter to a nil-nil draw in the opener of women’s football at the 30^th Southeast Asian Games on Tuesday at the Biñan Football Stadium in Laguna.

THE Philippine men’s ice hockey team, defending Southeast Asian Games gold medallist, seeks to make a successful title defense in this year’s edition of the sporting meet which the country’s is hosting beginning this weekend.

THE PHILIPPINES dropped a close 1-2 decision to Myanmar in Group A yesterday in the 30th Southeast Asian Games men's football tournament in front of an animated and sizeable hometown crowd at the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium.

DALLAS -- Kawhi Leonard scored 28 points, and Paul George added 17 of his 26 points in the first quarter as the Los Angeles Clippers extended their winning streak to six games with a 114-99 victory over the host Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday.

NEGROS Occidental Football Association (NOFA) president Ricardo “Ricky” Yanson is running for Philippine Football Federation (PFF) head with his bid anchored on pushing for more development programs for the sport.

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Luka Doncic was on a roll. In fact, he had been marching confidently along uncharted territory; he put up at least 30 points and 10 assists in leading the Mavericks to victory in each of their last four games, a torrid stretch no other player in franchise history had been able to carve. And so it wasn’t without reason that he figured to do the same against the vaunted Clippers. Far more than simply being in familiar confines, he exuded the type of confidence and carried the gait that only all-world LeBron James managed to at his age.