The two-day event is taking place at Vincom Ice Rink in Royal City, Thanh Xuân District, with competitors from HCM City, Khánh Hòa, Quảng Ninh, Thái Nguyên, Hải Phòng and Hà Nội.

The University of Santo Tomas handed Ateneo de Manila University its third straight loss, 80-68, while defending its home court on Saturday at the UST Quadricentennial Pavilion.

VPBank Hanoi International Marathon features more than 11,000 athletes racing on four routes from 5km to 42km on October 18.

MANILA, Philippines — University of Santo Tomas (UST) made sure not to lose on home court as it pulled a fiery fourth-quarter rally to topple Ateneo de Manila University, 80-68, in the UAAP Season 89 men’s basketball tournament on Saturday at the UST Quadricentennial Pavilion. UST finished the first round of the tournament with a 4-3 win-loss record, while Ateneo fell to 3-4 in the standings. Collins Awoke made a double-double performance of 18 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Growling Tigers, while Mark Llemit and Amiel Acido both chipped in 15 markers. Koji Buenaflor added 11 points for UST’s victory. Ateneo, on the other hand, relied on Kevin Alas’ 18-point output, who also added three rebounds and four assists.

MANILA, Philippines — The Creamline Cool Smashers overcame a first-set hurdle against the Galeries Tower Highrisers to notch their second-straight win, 27-29, 25-18, 25-19, 25-18, in the 2026-27 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) All-Filipino Conference-Siklab Series on Saturday at the Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan City. After a win over the Akari Chargers, Creamline notched back-to-back wins with Tots Carlos’ 13-point outing, while Jema Galanza made a triple-double performance of 12 points, 12 excellent digs and 11 excellent receptions. Jia De Guzman made 16 excellent sets and chipped in five points for Creamline, also allowing  Bea De Leon and Bernadeth Pons to score eight points each. Galeries, which fell to Farm Fresh,  suffered its second consecutive loss in the tournament, but Erika Jin Deloria made a promising 21-point performance, along with 10 excellent receptions PVL 2026 No.1 rookie pick Lams Lamina made nine excellent sets in the match.

UAAP Season 89 Men’s Basketball Tournament UST def. Ateneo, 80-68 Collins Akowe Player of the Game #UAAPSeason89

PVL All Filipino-Siklab Series Creamline def. Galeries Tower, 3-1 Tots Carlos Player of the Game #PVL2026

MANILA, Philippines — Ateneo De Manila University punched a second round ticket after a 25-16, 25-15, 20-25, 25-12, victory over San Sebastian College-Recoletos to close its Pool C campaign in the 2026 Shakey’s Super League (SSL) Unity Cup on Saturday at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum.    The Blue Eagles finished the pool play with a 2-1 win-loss record behind unbeaten Far Eastern University (3-0). Sophia Buena led Ateneo with 17 points on 15 kills, one kill block and an ace. “I guess I’m just really grateful to my teammates. They made it really, really easy to play well today. I think everyone did their part. We all worked really hard for this. Hopefully, more wins to come,” Buena said. The Blue Eagles joined last year’s runner-up University of Santo Tomas, University of the Philippines and the second-seeded team in Pool A in the carryover round-robin second round to determine their quarterfinals seeding. SSC-R exited the competition with two defeats in three starts. TMT

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GWANGJU — With his LG Twins having dropped seven straight games against the Kia Tigers in the regular season, manager Youm Kyoung-youb said Saturday they are determined to punch right back in the postseason. The Twins and the Tigers are facing off in the best-of-five first round in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) postseason, starting Saturday at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field in the southwestern city of Gwangju. The Tigers held off the Twins to grab the third seed and earn a bye to this round, while the Twins ended up in fourth place and had to beat the Doosan Bears in the wild card game Wednesday. Losing to the Tigers on the final day of the regular season Monday here in Gwangju sealed the Twins' fate. "We kept losing to Kia in some crucial games late in the season and it forced us to look at ourselves in the mirror and figure out what went wrong," Youm said in his pregame media availability. "I think it will help us in this postseason round." Youm predicted that stopping Tigers slugger Kim Do-yeong from doing much damage will go a long way toward helping the Twins. Kim led the reg