Here are more snaps from their performance:

For the seventh straight UAAP season, the FEU Cheering Squad is a podium riser after back-to-back second runner-up finishes! This is FEU's 11th bronze medal and 23rd overall medal alongside four golds and eight silvers. | via JR Isaga/Rappler

Still the silver standard, the 'AdUventurous' Adamson Pep Squad rises to its second-straight second-place finish in the UAAP Season 88 Cheerdance Competition thanks to an adventurer-themed routine!

This is Adamson’s fourth silver medal and eighth medal overall alongside one gold and three bronzes.

Adamson scored 659 points, a stunning 0.5 difference to FEU’s 658.5. | via JR Isaga/Rappler

JUST IN. In just 12 seasons, the NU Pep Squad dynasty is now the undisputed best program in UAAP Cheerdance Competition history after its record-breaking ninth championship with a dominant score of 695 points!

CDC legacy programs UP and UST remain tied in second place with eight titles each. Adamson and FEU complete the 2025 podium as first and second runners-up, respectively. | via JR Isaga/Rappler @here

RED-EMPTION!

Just a year after a failed three-peat conference title bid, the Petro Gazz Angels are back as the gold standard in import-laden tournaments as the new PVL Reinforced Conference champions!

Led by Lindsey Vander Weide and Brooke Van Sickle, Petro Gazz is now the winningest team in the Reinforced Conference with three championships. | via @JR Isaga - Rappler @here

PERFECT START!

Gilas Pilipinas completes an opening-window sweep of Guam in the FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers after a resounding 95-71 home win at the Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym.

Justin Brownlee leads the way with 20 points, 7 assists, 5 rebounds, and 2 steals as the Philippines improves to 2-0 in Group A to tie Australia.

📸 : FIBA

Star Cinema, The IdeaFirst Company, and Viva Films premiere the trailer for their Metro Manila Film Festival 2025 entry “Call Me Mother” on ABS-CBN’s primetime newscast “TV Patrol” on Tuesday, December 2.

Directed by Jun Robles Lana and starring Vice Ganda and Nadine Lustre, the film is set to hit theaters on Christmas Day, December 25.

In the film, Twinkle De Guzman (Vice Ganda) is close to finalizing her adoption of Angelo when the child’s biological mother, Mara (Nadine Lustre), returns with a proposal: Twinkle must coach her for the Miss Uniworld pageant, and in exchange, Mara should stay away from Angelo.

📸: Screenshots from ABS-CBN News/YouTube

UAAP | FINAL:

Despite multiple comeback threats, the fourth-seeded La Salle Green Archers keep control from start to finish to push the top-ranked NU Bulldogs to a #UAAPSeason88 Final Four do-or-die match, 87-77!

Game 2 is on Saturday, also at the Araneta Coliseum.

UAAP | STATS:

Multiple heroes step up as La Salle celebrates the return of Kean Baclaan with a wire-to-wire win over NU to force a sudden death match in the #UAAPSeason88 men's basketball Final Four!

Jake Figueroa paces the loss, albeit with 8 costly turnovers.

UAAP | FINAL:

FIGHTING BACK.

The UP Fighting Maroons advance to their fifth straight championship series after fending off the UST Growling Tigers in a thriller, 82-81!

#UAAPSeason88

UAAP | STATS:

Harold Alarcon plays hero anew for UP as his 22 points send the Fighting Maroons to their sixth finals series in the last seven seasons.

Nic Cabañero leads UST in scoring as he dons the Growling Tigers jersey for the final time.

#UAAPSeason88

Strong Group Athletics snags the first three free agents of the disbanded Chery Tiggo Crossovers, namely rising PVL star wingers Cess Robles and Ren Peñafiel, and libero Karen Verdeflor.

The three are now expected to land with either the ZUS Coffee Thunderbelles or the Farm Fresh Foxies. | via @JR Isaga - Rappler

UAAP | FINAL:

Jacob Cortez sizzles in the clutch anew as the fourth-seeded La Salle Green Archers eliminate top seed NU Bulldogs, 78-73!

Game 1 of the finals between La Salle and UP will be on Wednesday, December 10.

#UAAPSeason88

UAAP | STATS:

Jacob Cortez scored 9 of 29 in the fourth quarter as he pulls La Salle to its third straight finals appearance against UP.

Jake Figueroa tallies another all around game in his final UAAP contest.

#UAAPSeason88

FINAL FOUR!

The Philippines advances to the men's football semifinals of the 2025 Southeast Asian Games here in Thailand after a 1-0 win over Indonesia.

Otu Banatao scores in the first half as the Filipinos top Group C with two wins to reach the final four for the first time since 1991.

📸 : Philippine Men's National Football Team Facebook page

LABAN PILIPINAS! 🇵🇭

The best in Philippine sports get their time to shine as the 11 nations in the region duke it out in the 33rd edition of the Southeast Asian Games.

Close to 1,200 athletes make up the country’s biggest delegation ever for the biennial showpiece hosted by Thailand for the seventh time, with the competition running from December 9 to 20 all around capital city Bangkok and nearby province Chonburi.

Team Philippines showcases a who’s who of international trailblazers, including Olympic weightlifting champion Hidilyn Diaz, top-ranked pole vaulter EJ Obiena, rising tennis star Alex Eala, and basketball standout Thirdy Ravena.

Follow Rappler’s SEA Games 2025 special coverage: rappler.com/sea-games-2025

LABAN, PILIPINAS! 🇵🇭

Alex Eala and Bryan Bagunas lead the Philippine team during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony of the 2025 Southeast Asian Games at the Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday, December 9. Photos by Chalinee Thirasupa and Patipat Janthong/Reuters

FIRST PH MEDAL IN 2025 SEA GAMES 🥉

John Derick Farr delivers the Philippines’ first medal in the 2025 Southeast Asian Games in Thailand after bagging bronze in the mountain bike men’s downhill event.

He clocks 2:43.676, finishing behind Thailand’s Methasit Boonsane (2:37.856) and Indonesia’s Rendy Varera (2:38.714).

It is Farr’s third SEA Games medal after winning gold at home in 2019 and bronze in the 2021 Vietnam edition. | via @Delfin Dioquino - Rappler

FIRST GOLD FOR THE PHILIPPINES! 🥇

Taekwondo jin Justin Kobe Macario breaks the golden ice for the Philippines in the 2025 Southeast Asian Games in Thailand as he rules the men's freestyle poomsae individual on Wednesday, December 10.

Macario nets 8.2 points to edge home bet Atchariya Koedkaew, who settles for silver for Thailand with 8.1 points.

Jacob Cortez calls game once again as the La Salle Green Archers take Game 1 of the UAAP Season 88 men's basketball finals against the UP Fighting Maroons, 74-70!

Harold Alarcon resets his career-high with 34 points in the sorry loss. | via @JR Isaga - Rappler

GOLDEN QUARTET!

Swimmers Kayla Sanchez, Xiandi Chua, Chloe Isleta, and Heather White bag the Philippines' second gold medal in the 2025 Southeast Asian Games in Thailand as they win the women's 4x100m freestyle relay on Wednesday, December 10.

The quartet registers 3 minutes and 44.26 seconds to end Singapore's years-long reign in the event. | via @Delfin Dioquino - Rappler

FIRST SEA GAMES, FIRST GOLD 🥇

Jiu-jitsu world champion Kimberly Anne Custodio achieves a golden debut in the Southeast Asian Games as she rules the women's ne-waza 48kg class in Thailand on Thursday, December 11.

Custodio is fresh from winning her third world title last November, also in Thailand.

SECOND JIU-JITSU GOLD 🥇

Jiu-jitsu becomes the first sport to produce multiple gold medals for the Philippines in the 2025 Southeast Asian Games in Thailand as Dean Roxas tops the men's ne-waza 85kg division on Thursday, December 11.

Roxas joins teammate Kimberly Anne Custodio (women's ne-waza 48kg) in the list of SEA Games champions for this edition.

VAULT GOLD AGAIN!

Aleah Finnegan earns the first gymnastics gold medal for the Philippines in the 2025 Southeast Asian Games in Thailand following her triumph in the women's vault on Thursday, December 11.

The Olympian replicates her golden feat in the vault in the 2021 Vietnam edition.

UNBEATEN AND GOLDEN ⚾️

The Philippine men's baseball team completes an unbeaten run in the 2025 Southeast Asian Games as it beats host Thailand, 5-3, in the final for the gold medal on Friday, December 12.

It marks the fourth time the Philippines won the men's baseball crown out of the five editions the event has been staged in the SEA Games following victories in 2005, 2011, and 2019.

GOLDEN DEBUT 🥇

Taekwondo rising star Tachiana Mangin strikes gold in her first Southeast Asian Games stint as she rules the women's 49kg kyorugi by beating home bet Kamonchanok Seeken of host Thailand in the final on Friday, December 12.

Mangin, 18, adds the SEA Games gold to her growing collection, which includes a title in the 2024 World Taekwondo Junior Championships.

GOLD AGAIN 🥇

John Ivan Cruz gets a gold medal for the second straight Southeast Asian Games as he ties for the top prize in the men's vault event of the artistic gymnastics competition in Thailand on Friday, December 12.

Cruz, who won the floor exercise in the 2023 Cambodia edition, shares the gold with Malaysia's Muhammad Sharul Aimy as they both average 13.833 points.

RECORD BREAKER 🫡

John Cabang Tolentino sets a new Southeast Asian Games record in the men's 110m hurdles as he clocks 13.66 seconds on the way to the gold medal in Thailand on Friday, December 12. 

Tolentino, who improves on his bronze finish in 2023 in Cambodia, shatters the former SEA Games mark of 13.69 seconds registered by Thailand's Jamras Rittidet in 2015.

ON A ROLL! 🥳

Swimmer Kayla Sanchez, part of the winning women's 4x100m freestyle relay team, becomes the first Filipino athlete to win multiple gold medals in the 2025 Southeast Asian Games in Thailand as she tops the women's 100m freestyle on Friday, December 12.

Clocking 54.82 seconds, Sanchez claims her fourth medal in this SEA Games following silver finishes in the women's 50m backstroke and 200m freestyle events.

The Philippines gets a one-two finish, as Heather White bags the silver with 55.36 seconds.