![EJ Obiena celebrates after winning his fourth straight SEA Games pole vault gold. [POC Media Pool]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/R6M25444-400x200.jpg)
The Philippine track and field team wrapped up the 33rd Southeast Asian Games with five gold medals, highlighted by EJ Obiena’s fourth straight pole vault title and a strong overall medal haul.
![Philippine players celebrate after winning the SEA Games women’s football gold medal in Chonburi. [POC Media Pool]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/IMG_2705-400x200.jpeg)
The Philippine women’s football team claimed its first Southeast Asian Games gold medal, edging Vietnam in a dramatic penalty shootout to complete another landmark chapter in its rapid rise.
BRAVE Combat Federation closes 2025 with BRAVE CF 103 in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, on Tuesday, Dec. 23. The event features top Central Asian fighters and international talent in a night of championship-level MMA action.
![Justine Baltazar powers Converge with 25 points and 24 rebounds in OT win over NLEX. [PBA Images]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/PBA-IMAGES1326-400x200.jpg)
Converge snapped a two-game skid with a 107-95 overtime win against NLEX, boosting its chances for a Top Four finish in the PBA Philippine Cup. Justine Baltazar scored a career-best 25 points with 24 rebounds while Juan Gomez de Liaño recorded a triple-double.
![Florimo and Pearce aim to secure their first Asian Tour cards after strong first-round performances. [Asian Tour photo]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/unnamed237-400x200.jpg)
Australians Will Florimo and Michael Pearce share the first-round lead at the Final Stage of the Asian Tour Qualifying School in Hua Hin, Thailand, on Tuesday, Dec. 23, as they aim to secure playing privileges for the upcoming season.
![PSC Chairman Patrick Gregorio and BCDA President Joshua Bingcang sign the partnership agreement at New Clark City. [PSC photo]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/DSC07161-400x200.jpg)
The Philippine Sports Commission and Bases Conversion and Development Authority formalized a landmark agreement giving national athletes long-term access to New Clark City’s premier sports facilities for structured training.
![Robert Bolick drives to the basket for Gilas Pilipinas in the SEA Games men’s basketball tournament. [POC Media Pool]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Final-Gilas-Mens-vs-Malaysia-23438-400x200.jpg)
Robert Bolick has put aside his PBA campaign to focus on winning gold with Gilas Pilipinas at the 33rd Southeast Asian Games in Bangkok, where the team advances to the men’s basketball semifinals on Thursday, Dec. 18.
![Filipino Olympian Eumir Marcial keeps his SEA Games gold hopes alive with a decisive KO over Nguyen. [POC Media Pool]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/096A6756-400x200.jpg)
Eumir Marcial scored a second-round knockout over Vietnam’s Manh Cuing Nguyen to advance to the gold-medal bout in the men’s 80-kg division at the 33rd Southeast Asian Games in Bangkok on Wednesday, Dec. 17.
![CJ Perez drives past Terrafirma defenders en route to 26 points in San Miguel’s win. [PBA Images]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/PBA-IMAGES1219-400x200.jpg)
CJ Perez erupted for 26 points while June Mar Fajardo recorded his second career triple-double as San Miguel Beer rolled past Terrafirma, 135-115, to cement a top-four finish in the PBA Philippine Cup.
![Noelito Jose Jr. after a narrow loss in the men’s epee final at the SEA Games in Bangkok. [POC Media Pool]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/IMG_2660-400x200.jpeg)
Noelito Jose Jr. came agonizingly close to a breakthrough SEA Games gold but saw the chance fade late as Vietnam’s Phuoc Den Nguyen edged him in the men’s epee final in Bangkok.