CNN Philippines Sports Desk (formerly ''Solar SportsDesk'', or simply Sports Desk) is a

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sports news broadcasting show broadcast by

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Solar News Channel Solar News Channel (SNC) was a major commercial television network in the Philippines, owned by Solar Entertainment Corporation's arm television subsidiary of Solar Television Network lease with its owner by Radio Philippines Network. Its fl ...

9TV 9TV (formerly branded as Solar News Channel) was a major commercial television network in the Philippines. It was owned by Nine Media Corporation, which had an airtime agreement as the main content provider of Radio Philippines Network. 9TV w ...

and

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. Originally anchored by Jinno Rufino, it aired on Solar Sports from 2004 to 2007 and from December 3, 2012 to September 26, 2014. The show moved to Solar News Channel, 9TV and CNN Philippines from December 3, 2012 to January 26, 2024, and was replaced by ''Starting Lineup'' on RPTV's evening timeslot.

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serve as the final anchor. Sports Desk airs on weekdays at 10am (with a replay at 2:30pm) and 10pm, with a weekend recap edition on Saturdays at 12:30pm. on May 1, 2023, the show will air on Primetime Weeknights at 8:30 pm. The program aired its last broadcast on January 26, 2024, as CNN Philippines ceased live news operations on the morning of January 29 ahead of the network's closure on January 31.

History

Sports Desk was first broadcast on cable TV channel

from 2004 to 2007 and returned on

by December 3, 2012, with a simulcast on

until August 22, 2014 following SNC's rebrand as 9TV. As part of the expansion, Sports Desk also serves as a sports segment on some CNN Philippines newscasts. However, when major rolling news stories break across their timeslots, the Sports Desk program would either interrupt or pre-empt its normal broadcast. For instance, should the morning edition be pre-empted by a rolling coverage, a replacement live broadcast will take place at the 2:30 pm rerun timeslot. On September 4, 2017, the primetime edition of Sports Desk was moved to an earlier timeslot at 6:30pm, after

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divides its full hour single newscast into two 30-minute editions. Three months later, on December 16, Halili stepped down from his anchor role as he left the CNN franchise. The program's basketball analyst

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, brother of PBA veteran

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, was named as an interim host for the early evening and late night editions. The 6:30pm edition of SportsDesk aired its final episode on December 29, 2017, to give way to the full-time relaunch of Amanpour. The cancellation was part of the network's reorganization. The remaining two editions remain intact. In March 2020, Sports Desk halted its productions due to the

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caused by the

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, but the news segment on various newscasts continued to air. In 2021, after a year of absence, Sports Desk returned on the air albeit on a weekday morning basis.

Anchors

Final anchors

Former anchors

*Jinno Rufino *Cesca Litton *

Mico Halili Mico Halili is a Filipino sports television personality, sportscaster and sports journalism, sports journalist. He is best known as the lead sportscaster for the basketball games of the Philippine Basketball Association, PBA and University Athl ...

Correspondents

Final correspondent

*Pauline Verzosa

Former correspondents

*Paolo Del Rosario *Paola Palma *Paul Garcia

Awards

;KBP Golden Dove Awards (

Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas The Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP; ) is a broadcast media organization in the Philippines which provides its members broadcasting standards. The KBP was organized on April 27, 1973 in order to promote professional and ethical s ...

) *2017 – Best Sports Program – Sports Desk @ 11am

References

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