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Ateneo clobbered Adamson, 81-60, to make a return trip to the finals in UAAP Season 85 men’s basketball tournament at the Smart Araneta Coliseum Wednesday night, Dec. 7.

Creamline Cool Smashers skipper Alyssa Valdez won’t need any surgery after sustaining a right knee injury during Tuesday, Dec. 6, during their bronze-medal match in the Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference.

BAGUIO CITY —  Manila Southwoods’ title defense in the Fil-Championship started on the right track as its young guns turned in scores expected of them after the opening round at Camp John Hay Golf Club.

Unleashed in their familiar hunting ground, the Beermen wasted no time in reminding everyone why they sat atop the league’s food chain in the past years.

The foundation has been laid out for Mickey Yatar and all roads lead to Johannesburg, South Africa, for the World Finals of Red Bull Dance Your Style 2022.

Reigning Most Valuable Player Malick Diouf lifted defending champion University of the Philippines past National University, 69-61, in the UAAP Season 85 men’s basketball tournament Final Four Wednesday, Dec. 7, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. 

National University exacted vengeance on De La Salle University, the school that ended the Lady Bulldogs’ 108-game winning streak, scoring a 93-61 victory to take Game 1 of the UAAP Season 85 women’s basketball best-of-three Finals at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Wednesday, Dec. 7.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 43 points to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 116-102 NBA victory on Tuesday, Dec. 6, over a Los Angeles Lakers team that clearly missed the firepower of ailing Anthony Davis.

A pair of mouth-watering battles that feature a clash between Converge and San Miguel and a showdown between Barangay Ginebra and NorthPort serve as curtain-raisers to the 2022 PBA Commissioner’s Cup playoffs which begins at the PhilSports Arena on Wednesday, Dec. 7.

Hidilyn Diaz plunges into action against a challenging field when she competes in the women’s 55kg A in the 2022 IWF World Weightlifting Championships in Bogota, Colombia Wednesday night, Dec. 7 (Thursday in Manila).

Woman International Master Marie Antoinette San Diego delivered a tour-de-force performance as she topped the Philippine National Women’s Chess Championship presented by Nova Wellness Store at the Pace Wednesday, Dec. 7.

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The Petro Gazz Angels eye no less than to extend their reign in the Premier Volleyball League when the Open Conference fires off in February next year.

DOHA (AFP) — Portugal dismantled Switzerland 6-1 to charge into the World Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday, Dec. 6, as Goncalo Ramos started in place of Cristiano Ronaldo and scored the first hat-trick of the tournament.

The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) was given honor during the 5th Sports Tourism Awards held Tuesday at the Quest Hotel inside the Clark Freeport Zone.