The Philippine tennis renaissance is real.

Reigning champions University of Batangas and Immaculada Concepcion College kept their unblemished records intact after downing their respective rivals in the PGFlex Linoleum-UCAL Season 9 Volleyball Championships at the UB Millennium Gym in Batangas City.

Jose Rizal University went on a scoring rampage and buried a listless San Sebastian, 102-78, to boost its stock in NCAA Season 102 at the PhilSports Arena.

Three explosive games, two from the Premier Volleyball League and one from the Spikers’ Turf, usher in the two league’s landmark 10th season today at the SM Seaside Cebu Arena.

It was a distinctive display of boxing diplomacy as National Anti-Poverty Commission Secretary and eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao recently engaged visiting President of Poland Karol Nawrocki in a brief punch-mitt workout at the Elorde Gym on Sucat, Parañaque.

Off to its best start in over a decade, surprise league-leader Far Eastern University looks to run away from the pack as it tangles with vastly-improved Ateneo today in UAAP Season 89 men’s basketball at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

EJ Obiena is back.

Magnolia picked up right where it left off, shrugging off a two-month break to extend its winning streak and catch up with the Group B leaders after a 107-101 revenge win over Blackwater in the PBA Season 50 Governors’ Cup last night at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.