CEBU CITY — Merlita Arias Dunkin and Charlie Berberio bested 400 runners to rule the Columbia 5th EcoTrail Run Sunday in the mountainous barangay of Mulao, Liloan town in northern Cebu.

CEBU CITY — Ford Ironman World Championship qualifiers Noy Jopson and Rochelle Tan of Team Rueven topped the men’s and women’s division of the 2nd leg of the Summit Triathlon Team Championship Series Sunday in Siquijor Island.

HANOI — Vietnam will host three international chess tournaments this year, including the HDBank Cup Open Chess Tournament in March, the Asian Continental Chess Championships in May, and the ASEAN and Age Groups Chess Championships in June, announced the Vietnam Sports General Department here on Tuesday.

MANILA — “He is the only man in boxing to whom I would entrust my own son.”

HA NOI — Viet Nam will participate in the Asian Cycling Championships which kicks off in Malaysia on Wednesday.

MANILA — Musong Castillo of the Philippine Daily Inquirer won the overall title in the 10th edition of the San Miguel Corporation (SMC) Media Invitational Golf Tournament held recently at the West course of Wack Wack Golf and Country Club.

MANILA — Grandmaster Mark Paragua performed a simultaneous chess exhibition matches and won all his games, 12-0, versus top Sta. Maria players held Sunday at the Sta. Maria Church yard in Sta. Maria, Bulacan.

LONDON — British Prime Minister David Cameron was presented with a special edition of the prestigious Laureus Statuette as he welcomed a unique collection of the most famous names in the world of sports, past and present, to a reception at No. 10 Downing Street ahead of the Laureus World Sports Awards on Monday.

DAVAO CITY — The Davao Football Association (DFA) will be reviving the inter-collegiate tournament on February 11 at the University of the Philippines Mindanao (UP-Min) campus in Barangay Mintal here.

LONDON — Novak Djokovic was acclaimed Laureus World Sportsman of the year on Monday.