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TNC Predator’s valiant stand came up short as it crashed out of the WePlay AniMajor after suffering a 2-1 defeat to Filipino mid laner Abed “Abed” Yusop and North American powerhouse Evil Geniuses in the lower bracket round two on Friday night, June 11.

Veterans Angel Guirado and Mark Hartmann found the back of the net as the Azkals bounced back from a 2-0 loss to China last Tuesday to tighten their grip on third spot in Group A of the joint qualifiers for the World Cup and Asian Cup.

Southeast Asian (SEA) Games gold medalist Junna Tsukii failed on her quest to clinch a spot in the Tokyo Olympics after a 2-1 defeat to Ivet Goranova of Bulgaria in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT) Friday morning (Friday night in Manila) in Paris, France.

Execration fell short of pulling off another comeback in the decisive Game 3 as Indonesian champion EVOS Legends ran away with the 2-1 victory in their upper bracket clash in the Mobile Legends Southeast Asia Cup (MSC) 2021 on Friday night, June 11.

Reigning Philippine champion Blacklist International made quick work of Malaysian titlist RSG MY, 2-0, to cruise to the Mobile Legends Southeast Asia Cup (MSC) 2021 on Friday, June 11.

Louie Sangalang has reached the finished line of his “The Apprentice” stint but failed to get the coveted job offer to work with ONE Championship and CEO Chatri Sityodtong.

The wait is finally over for the Sangiao family as Team Lakay patriarch and head coach Mark welcomed 18-year-old son Jhanlo in his new journey with ONE Championship.

Alex Eala and Oksana Selekhmeteva survived Hungary’s Natalia Szabanin and Croatia’s Petra Marcinko, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (5), to reach the semifinals of the Roland Garros Girls Doubles on Thursday, June 10.

The Philippine Azkals look to tighten their grip on third spot in Group A when they take on tailender Guam Friday night, June 11 in the second round of the World Cup/Asian Qualifiers in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

Joshua Pacio of Team Lakay remains unfazed despite being the last man standing as the lone Filipino mixed martial arts champion.

Desirae Krawczyk, an American player with Filipino descent, and British partner Joe Salisbury captured their first Grand Slam Mixed Doubles title on Thursday in Roland Garros.

Uncertainty leaves national athletes hanging in the balance as Vietnam was given a week to decide on whether or not it would push with the hosting of the 31st Southeast Asian Games scheduled late November.

Filipina skateboarding icon Margielyn Didal has officially qualified for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, World Skate announced on late Wednesday, June 9.

Grandmaster Wesley So drew with Romanian Bogdan-Daniel Deac to keep his share of the lead with two others after five rounds in the Superbet Chess Classic in Bucharest, Romania late Wednesday, June 9.

Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino announced Thursday, June 10, that Olympic-bound athletes training abroad would get inoculated with anti-COVID-19 vaccines in their host countries.

At one point during the presentation ceremony of the Harton S. Semple trophy, Filipino-Japanese Yuka Saso wiped her tears as she tried not to be too emotional on her breakthrough win in the LPGA Tour by bagging the US Women’s Open championship.

Nineteen-year-old Filipina golfer Yuka Saso became the talk of the town after her victorious campaign in the 76th US Women’s Open.

Filipino captain-offlaner Carlo “Kuku” Palad and T1 thrashed Team Aster of China, 2-0, to start its campaign in the WePlay AniMajor playoffs upper bracket with a bang on Wednesday night (PH time) in Kiev, Ukraine.