LONDON -- Czech Barbora Strycova completed a memorable Wimbledon as she partnered Hsieh Su-wei to the women’s doubles title on Sunday, beating Canada/China duo Gabriela Dabrowski and Xu Yifan 6-2 6-4.

GREEN ARCHERS United FC climbed to third spot in the standings of the Philippines Football League (PFL) following its big 9-0 victory over Global Cebu FC on Sunday at the Philippine Football Federation National Training Center in Carmona, Cavite.

TODAY’S athletes are more sophisticated in their buying and selecting behavior than ever before. The age of information has pushed the envelope in ways that athletes know exactly what they want, what to look out for, and where to get it. Consumer insight has evolved tremendously. Brands are now churning out products engineered to the exact specifications of athletes. The world of sports nutrition has kept pace.

Last Thursday we talked about World Champion Magnus Carlsen’s wonderful performance in the Croatia leg of the Grand Chess Tour. Second-placer Wesley So did quite well himself.

The men’s singles final of the 133^rd edition of The Championships in Wimbledon established a handful of firsts that won’t likely be eclipsed anytime soon. Yet, even as the epic Sunday match didn’t appear to have an end if not for a newly instituted rule change that mandated a tiebreak on the fifth set after a 12-12 score, it figures to go down in tennis annals as one of the best ever because of who won, and how he did so. Indeed, just about every warm body on Centre Court outside of the box of defending titleholder Novak Djokovic cheered for his opponent, and to a degree that stretched the boundaries of what should be deemed allowable in a so-called gentleman’s sport.

THE Blackwater Elite assured themselves a spot in the top four of the Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner’s Cup heading into the quarterfinals after beating the Alaska Aces, 112-104, in their final game of the elimination round on Sunday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

LONDON -- Serena Williams remained tantalisingly one short of a record-equalling 24 Grand Slam singles titles as Simona Halep thrashed the off-key American in a one-sided Wimbledon final on Saturday.

DEFENDING champion Ceres-Negros FC continued to flex its muscles in the Philippines Football League just as Kaya FC-Iloilo bounced back in league action on Saturday.

WITH the 30^th Southeast Asian Games just a little under five months away, the Philippine national ice hockey and tennis teams got a shot in the arm with cybersecurity company Kaspersky pledging support for their respective campaigns in the biennial sporting meet which the country is hosting this year.

REGISTRATION for the PhilCycling 2019 National Road Championships set July 23 for the Road Races and July 24 for the Time Trial events in Tagaytay City breached the 100-rider mark in the Men Elite and Under-23 and Men Junior categories.

MIES, SWITZERLAND -- FIBA has signed a promotional partnership with Go for Gold Philippines, the leading lottery scratch card brand in the Philippines produced by Powerball Marketing & Logistics Corp.

LONDON -- Juan-Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah became the first Colombians to win a Grand Slam men’s doubles title when they beat France’s Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-7(5) 7-6(5) 7-6(6) 6-7(5) 6-3 in a near five-hour epic at Wimbledon on Saturday.