AL RAYYAN, Qatar — Belgium captain Eden Hazard announced his retirement from international football aged 31 Wednesday after his second-ranked team’s World Cup campaign ended in a disappointing group stage exit.

DOHA, — Qatar received just over 765,000 visitors during the first two weeks of the World Cup, according to an organizers’ report obtained by Reuters, putting it in danger of missing its projection of 1.2 million during the month-long event.

JANELLE Mae Frayna vented all her frustrations from losing her crown in standard play by ruling the blitz event of the Philippine National Chess Championships presented by Nova Wellness Store at the PACE late Wednesday.

ADAMSON’S Jerom Lastimosa and La Salle’s (DLSU) Schonny Winston could be the next collegiate stars in line for a Gilas Pilipinas call-up soon.

TO BE recognized as the best, Hidilyn Diaz knew she had to prevail in the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships.

When there are underlying reasons for simmering emotions, it takes little to get holders past the boiling point. Take the Pelicans and the Suns, who had to be broken up at the end of the match the other day.

NATIONAL University (NU) owned a page in the history books, posting its record-tying seventh straight championship with a statement sweep of rival De La Salle (DLSU) in the UAAP Season 85 women’s basketball finals on Sunday at the Mall of Asia Arena.

COLLEGE of St. Benilde (CSB) responded to coach Charles Tiu’s repeated pleas to play tough as it showed incredible grit lacking last time and humbled and tamed a once mighty Letran, 76-71, yesterday in forcing a deciding Game Three in NCAA Season 98 at the Ynares Center.

DOHA — Morocco’s extraordinary run in Qatar continued on Saturday as they claimed another massive scalp in beating Portugal 1-0 to become the first African and Arab country to reach the World Cup (WC) semifinals.

NATIONAL University (NU), now a seven-peat UAAP women’s basketball champion, is not keen on looking ahead of itself despite a chance to set a record-breaking eighth straight title lurking on the horizon moving forward.

FRAN Yu has ended his collegiate career in Letran Knights uniform the worst way possible — via suspension.

A FILIPINO will have a place in the powerful Federacion Internacionale de Motorcyclisme, or the world governing body of the sport of motorcycling, after Stephen Macky Carapiet was elected as Asia’s sole representative to the executive board last Dec. 2 in Rimini, Italy.