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WITH all teams parading equally strong lineups, there will be no clear favorite when the UAAP Season 79 women's volleyball tournament opens on Feb. 4 at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum.

So here was Roger Federer, down a break in the fifth set in a Grand Slam final. Across the net was his nemesis, Rafael Nadal, the left-handed Spaniard he hadn't been able to beat in a major final in almost a decade.

Warriors coach Steve Kerr was already thinking of his next play when Evan Turner's potential go-ahead 3-pointer was in the air.

The Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Kings recovered from a slow start to score a 90-80 win over the NLEX Road Warriors in the 2016-2017 Oppo PBA Philippine Cup on Sunday night at the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay City.

Capiz’s first international triathlon competition, slated from April 22 and 23, was officially inaugurated by decorated Filipina swimmer Betsy Medalla on Friday.

When Kevin Durant arrived in Golden State this season, Stephen Curry made an extra effort early in the season to make sure his new teammate got his shots.

Jovelyn Gonzaga of the RC Cola-Army Lady Troopers is on her way back to competitive volleyball, two months after announcing that she could be headed for an early retirement.

Aklan's 12-year-old swimming phenom Kyla Ong Soguilon, a Grade 6 pupil of Kalibo Sun Yat Sen School, achieved what no other junior athlete in the country's history has ever achieved: win both the Milo Junior Athlete of the Year and the Philippine Junior Athlete of the Year awards of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) for three consecutive years.

In 1998, two teenage tennis phenoms from Compton, California met for the first time on the pro tour, in the second round at the Australian Open. Beads in their hair and braces on their teeth, the oft-talked about sisters stood ready to take the tennis world by storm.

LeBron James thinks a rocky January can help the Cleveland Cavaliers in the long run.