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Kobe Bryant moved past Shaquille O'Neal to become the NBA's fifth highest scorer on Monday but it was a bitter-sweet moment for the Los Angeles guard as the Lakers lost 95-90 to the Philadelphia 76ers.

LOS ANGELES - Unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr retained his World Boxing Council middleweight title Saturday (Sunday, PHL time) with a 12-round unanimous decision over Marco Antonio Rubio in San Antonio, Texas.

Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez returned after a nine-match absence but failed to inspire Liverpool to victory in a cagey 0-0 draw with Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on Monday (Tuesday, PHL time).

Four Kenyans led a multitude of 13,000 in the Condura Skyway Marathon held in southern Metro Manila over the weekend. All finishers in all the races went home with medals as proof of their toil and triumph.

Season host University of Perpetual Help System DALTA Lady Altas won their first ever women’s volleyball crown as they smothered the Colegio de San Juan de Letran Lady Knights, 25-15, 26-24, 25-10,  sweeping the Finals series in the 87th NCAA volleyball tournament, Monday at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.

JEREZ - Lotus set Kimi Raikkonen a clear target Sunday (Monday, PHL time) of taking the former Renault team to fourth place in the Formula One championship in his comeback season.

Football is the world’s most popular sport and has been dubbed “the beautiful game.” Though it may seem like you can boil the sport down to” kick the ball hard,” there’s actually a lot going on in a game of football. In this series, “Learning to Kick the Ball,” we bring you the football basics to help those new to the sport learn to become beautiful, or at least be part of the beautiful game.

The French Open title and an Olympic gold medal are the only major prizes in tennis to have eluded Novak Djokovic, and for the Serb, there is no point discussing which he would rather win this year.