- Filipina martial artist Alexandria Enriquez opened the Philippines" campaign in the 6th Asian Beach Games with a gold medal in the women"s 63kg final of the jiu-jitsu event on Thursday in Sanya, China.
- Alexandra “Alex” Eala of the Philippines and partner Zeynep Sonmez of Turkey advanced in the WTA1000 Madrid Open women"s doubles tournament after defeating the pair of Chan Hao-Chang of Chinese Taipei and Fanny Stollar of Hungary, 6-2, 6-2, in the Round of 32 on Thursday in Spain.
- Shaina Nitura is set to become the first Most Valuable Player in the UAAP women"s volleyball tournament from Adamson University after topping the statistical race at the end of the Season 88 elimination round.
- Defending PVL Invitational Conference and PVL on Tour champions PLDT concluded their 2026 All-Filipino campaign on a high, defeating Farm Fresh 25-14, 21-25, 25-21, 21-25, 15-5, Thursday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.
- Alexandra “Alex” Eala will kick off her doubles campaign at the Madrid Open with Turkey"s Zeynep Sonmez on Thursday at 5:00 p.m. (Philippine time).
- Here are the results of the NBA Playoff games on Wednesday, April 22 (US time).
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 37 points and dished out nine assists, leading Oklahoma City to a 120-107 home win over the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday and giving the Thunder a 2-0 lead in a first-round Western Conference playoff series.
- Alexandra “Alex” Eala will face Belgium"s Elise Mertens in the Round of 64 of the Madrid Open. Eala advanced to the second round of the clay-court tournament after defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 6-3, 6-3, on Wednesday.
- Cade Cunningham scored 27 points and had 11 assists and Tobias Harris added 16 points and 11 rebounds on Wednesday night as the Detroit Pistons bounced back to even their Eastern Conference playoff series with a 98-83 victory over the visiting Orlando Magic.
- The NBA announced Wednesday that San Antonio Spurs swingman Keldon Johnson has been voted the league's Sixth Man of the Year by a 100-member global media panel.
