Portland guard CJ McCollum, averaging a career-best 26.7 points for the Trail Blazers this NBA season, has a broken left foot and will be sidelined at least four weeks, the team said. | @AFP 

Two more Australian Open players have tested positive for the coronavirus, authorities revealed Wednesday, taking to the number of cases linked to the tennis tournament to 10. | @AFP 

The national basketball federations of China, Chinese Taipei and Korea paid a costly price after they failed to participate in the second window of the Fiba Asia Cup 2021 qualifiers last November. | @MarkGiongcoINQ 

“Looking at him during training, I can see he’s on fire and very motivated to win.” | @MarkGiongcoINQ 

Olympics organizers are “unwavering” on holding the coronavirus-delayed Games this year but can’t rule out staging it without spectators, Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto said. | @AFP 

Lionel Messi was shown a red card at the end of Sunday’s 3-2 extra-time defeat to Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish Super Cup final after lashing out at Asier Villalibre. | @AFP 

NBA guard Caris LeVert says the trade that sent him from the Brooklyn Nets to the Indiana Pacers last week might just have saved his life. | @AFP 

“He’s our Justin Brownlee in the all-Filipino. He’s our import,” LA Tenorio said. | @MarkGiongcoINQ 

Filipino fighter Rolando Dy is just getting started as one of the most promising fighters BRAVE Combat Federation has to offer. | @MarkGiongcoINQ 

Chris “Peng” Concepcion dazzled anew as MLV Accounting, comprised of the Zamboanga Valientes, topped the Champions League Basketball 3×3 Portland Opens at Youth Activity Space in Portland City, Australia. | @MarkGiongcoINQ