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Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki joined an elite club by surpassing the 30,000 point mark in Tuesday's match against the Los Angeles Lakers, becoming just the sixth player in NBA history to reach the milestone.

THEY say that age is just a number and truly, it is it. But as time goes, that number also increases. With it comes the added count on weight, cholesterol, blood pressure, sugar levels and yes, waist size. The multiplied numbers is wholly dependent on how we manage it.

Ilonggo basketball fans should brace for some serious contention as the Iloilo National Invitational Basketball Championship is slated to pit collegiate big leagues from the University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons, Far Eastern University Tamaraws, and College of St. Benilde Blazers against our home-grown local pride in a four-day tourney this April.

After being badly beaten by the San Miguel Beermen in the Philippine Cup finale, the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Kings is eyeing redemption in the 2017 PBA Commissioner’s Cup by bringing back Justin Brownlee as import.

ROEL Quitoy of Team Mindanao may not have won the P1-million top prize in the LBC Ronda Pilipinas 2017, which formally closed on Sunday in Iloilo City, he still ended the 14-stage race like a champion.

Two quick-fire goals saw Real Madrid survive an early scare to win 3-1 at Napoli on Tuesday and reach the Champions League quarterfinals for a seventh successive time.

“We were amazing!” Said Atty. Pablo Nava IV, president of the Federation of Iloilo Cycling Organizations, on Monday celebrating the “spirit of volunteerism and involvement” of Ilonggos who joined the attempt to break the world record for longest single line of moving bicycles, despite falling short of the feat by just a few dozen participants.

The Ceres-Negros Football Club-Philippines will once again be tested when its faces Singapore’s Tampines Rovers in the 2017 Asian Football Confederation Cup tonight at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Bacolod City. Ceres Negros head coach Risto Vidak

The San Miguel Beermen did not waste time as it clinched the 2016-2017 Oppo PBA Philippine Cup crown with a 91-85 win over the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Kings in Game 5 of the best-of-seven finals on Sunday at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum.

Organizers of the 2017 Iloilo Bike Festival have stayed largely mum after Saturday’s attempt to go down in the Guinness Book of World Records for longest line of moving bicycles.