MANILA — The University Athletics Association of the Philippines (UAAP) is opening the door for more student-athletes to showcase their talents by adding more sporting disciplines to its calendar.

At a press conference on Sunday, season host Ateneo de Manila University announced the addition of 3x3 basketball and few more sports as new sporting events in both the collegiate and high school divisions.

"Starting this season, 3x3 basketball will be an official sport. For the high school division, we are adding boys' and girls' lawn tennis as demo sports and boys' and girls' beach volleyball as medal events,” UAAP president Em Fernandez said.

For the past two seasons, 3x3 basketball was a demonstration sport. With the active participation of all the member schools, the league upgraded it as an official sport, raising the medal events in the collegiate level to 31.

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Far Eastern University will serve as the sub-host for this season's 3x3 basketball tournament, which will take place in March 2020.

Lawn tennis and beach volleyball in the high school division will also be making their debut.

Beach volleyball, which will be sub-hosted by University of Santo Tomas, will open its curtains in January 2020.

Lawn tennis, which will be sub-hosted by National University, is scheduled to take place in February 2020.

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