James Quizon

The battle for bragging rights for the best Asian youth team begins as the 2013 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship gets underway on Wednesday morning at the Azadi Stadium Complex in Tehran, Iran. Defending champion China and host Iran are pegged as the tournament favorites in the 14-team tournament scheduled from Sept 25 to Oct 4, 2013.

DeMarcus Cousins will have a chance to prove himself with the Sacramento Kings. The franchise is set to extend his deal—reportedly around the maximum-- before the October 31 deadline of contract extensions for 2010 first-round picks. As with the history of the volatile but talented 23-year-old, the possible signing will come with a caveat and heaps of questions.

Looks like the Indiana Pacers will end their offseason with a bang. After a slew of good-to-great moves during the summer, the franchise is poised to offer forward Paul George a new five-year deal worth around $90 million.

The Sacramento Kings greatest nemesis now owns part of its franchise after Shaquille O’Neal acquired a minority share of the team. So much for calling the team as the “Sacramento Queens”, the derogatory term Shaq once described the Kings during the height of the Lakers-Kings rivalry in the early 2000, the former NBA center will be presented as the new member of the ownership group Tuesday.

It’s do-or-die time in the 2013 Men’s European Volleyball Championships, and it’s down to the last 12 countries to vie for the crown. Four teams have automatically advanced to the quarterfinal round and the remaining eight teams each battle in a one-game playoff to stay alive in the tournament held in Denmark and Poland.

Peyton Manning is on a hot streak-- sizzling hot even, as he became the first player in NFL history to record nine touchdowns with no interceptions through two weeks of a regular season. On Monday Night Football, the Oakland Raiders will try to cool him down, or at least contain him in a match-up between the AFC West rivals.

The Chicago Bears is looking for their second 3-0 start in the last four years while the Pittsburgh Steelers is hoping to avoid their first 0-3 start since 2000. The Bears visit the Steelers on primetime Sunday night.

When the Indianapolis Colts visit the San Francisco 49ers Sunday, the former might have a new running back to help their offense after a huge trade netted them running back Trent Richardson last Wednesday. The 49ers meanwhile are focused in getting back on track after an embarrassing loss to the Seattle Seahawks in their previous outing.

Both the Dallas Cowboys and St. Louis Rams had promising starts to open the 2013 regular season but faltered in Week 2 to settle for a split going into Sunday’s match-up. Which team will return to the win column and which team will drop to a 1-2 win-loss card?

Two teams look to save their season after atrocious starts in the 2013 NFL regular season. The New York Giants visit the Carolina Panthers Sunday and both teams are looking to get out of a 0-2 hole.

The Philippines beat an upset-minded Hungary team in the quarterfinals while Chinese Taipei pulled off the rug under hosts England A to set-up one half of the semifinals of the 2013 World Cup of Pool in East London. At stake in this semifinal match is a seat to the title game in this tournament with a $60,000 prize purse for the champion. Finland meets Holland in the other semifinal match also set Sunday.

It’s down to the last four teams and down to two gigantic semifinals match-up to decide who advances to the championship round of the 2013 World Cup of Pool in East London. The Finnish versus the Dutch in one draw and the Filipinos against the Taiwanese in the other, all of them want a shot at the prestigious title and $60,000 in prize money.

Only seven countries remain in contention in the 2013 World Cup of Pool in East London as the quarterfinal action continues Saturday. Two English squads take on Finland and Taiwan even as contenders from the Philippines Hungary, Japan and Holland all look to book a semis ticket as well.

After big wins over separate rivals Friday, Japan and Thailand find themselves in the title game of the 2013 Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.Japan

The second round of the 2013 World Cup of Pool continues on Friday in East London with six matches on tap, including games from top-ranked teams England, Holland and the Philippines.

In the penultimate day of the 2013 Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship, the four best teams in the continent target spots in the title game the tournament held in Nakhon, Ratchasima, Thailand.

China, Japan, Korea and Thailand are top seeds in the 2013 Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship. All four Asian powerhouse squads played true to form in the quarterfinals and beat separate rivals in similar straight sets fashion to advance to the semifinal round of the tournament held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.

No better storyline in NFL’s Thursday Night Football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles but the one that is in everyone’s mind: Andy Reid’s first game versus the team he coached for the past 14 years.

EA Sports’ NBA Live franchise is on the comeback trail and the company has released the latest videogame trailer, the first with “actual game footage” that is surely to excite the fans further and add to the hype.

Look out NBA, the newest face of the Detroit Pistons is serious in putting work with his new team. And what better way to work out than with one of the most popular and toughest Pistons in Rasheed Wallace.

The second round of the 2013 World Cup of Pool begins Thursday in East London with four teams in action, including first seed Finland and host England, both of which face separate rivals from Korea and Germany.

The last four matches in the opening round of the 2013 World Cup of Pool in London begins Thursday as England’s Darren Appleton and Karl Boyes opens their campaign as the second seed in this tournament with a $60,000 prize purse for the champion.

The first major upset of the 2013 World Cup of Pool in London happened on Wednesday as Hungary dominated 2-time champions China in the second day of competitions at York Hall in East London.

A year after drafting Trent Richardson as the overall No. 3 pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, the Cleveland Browns are already giving up on promising running back after they decided to trade him to the Indianapolis Colts for a 2014 first-round pick.

Another dozen countries play their opening matches Wednesday in the 2013 World Cup of Pool at York Hall in East London. Two of the pre-tournament favourites in China and United States of America play Hungary and Kuwait, respectively and hopes to avoid a first round upset in this tournament with a $250,000 prize pool.

The first New Zealander to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA) is set to become one of the assistant coaches of the San Antonio Spurs this coming 2013-14 season.

Can Iran and Vietnam give top-ranked teams Japan and China a run for their money? The quarterfinal round of the 2013 Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship begins on Thursday in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, and with the matches shifting to a do-or-die format, even the higher-ranked teams can now feel the pressure of a possible upset.

Japan and China beat separate rivals Tuesday in the second round action of the 2013 Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, to top their respective groups going into the knockout rounds.

The top-seeded teams played true to form on opening day of the 2013 World Cup of Pool, notching separate victories to open their campaign off the right foot in the tournament held at