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Iligan Medical HS booters prepare for nat’l PRISAA finals in Davao

Iligan Medical HS booters prepare for nat’l PRISAA finals in Davao

April 25, 2019, 7:50 pm

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Iligan Medical Center College, the busiest football playing school in Iligan City, Lanao del Norte, has been busy this summer preparing to represent Northern Mindanao for the Private Schools Athletic Association (PRISAA) national finals in Davao City on May 18-25.The Kicking… Read More

Olympian-turned pro boxer wants to bring home more honors

Olympian-turned pro boxer wants to bring home more honors

April 25, 2019, 5:44 pm

MANILA – Boxing champion Charly Suarez may have left the national team and turned professional last year, but the hunger and the strong desire to bring honors to the country remains in him. “Hindi naman nawawala yun kagustuhan natin na makapag-bigay ng karangalan sa ating bansa. Nasa dugo na… Read More

Magnolia takes pivotal 3-2 semis lead vs. ROS

Magnolia takes pivotal 3-2 semis lead vs. ROS

April 25, 2019, 8:39 am

MANILA -- Magnolia Hotshots now holds the lead in the Philippine Basketball Association's Philippine Cup semifinals against Rain Or Shine Elasto Painters after an 82-74 Game 5 win at the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay City on Wednesday night. The Hotshots pulled away from the Elasto Painters after… Read More

Cabagnot fined for groin hit but spared of suspension

Cabagnot fined for groin hit but spared of suspension

April 24, 2019, 9:59 pm

MANILA -- Alex Cabagnot was slapped with a PHP20,000 fine after an apparent hit on RJ Jazul's groin was upgraded upon review of a Flagrant Foul Penalty 2 in Game 4 of the PBA Philippine Cup semifinals between San Miguel and Phoenix. During a dead ball situation late in the second quarter of the… Read More

GAB amends rules on six-rounders

GAB amends rules on six-rounders

April 24, 2019, 7:46 pm

DAVAO CITY -- The Games and Amusements Board (GAB) has amended the rule on six-rounders in view of the ring accident that happened to Filipino pro boxer Renerio Arizala in his fight with Tsuyoshi Tameda of Japan on March 31 in Yokohama, Japan.Boxing chief Dioscoro Bautista said that GAB has… Read More

Palaro Wushu athlete rushed to Davao hospital due to severe pain

Palaro Wushu athlete rushed to Davao hospital due to severe pain

April 24, 2019, 7:42 pm

DAVAO CITY – Three days into the opening of the 2019 Palarong Pambansa, a-17-year-old Wushu athlete from Lanao del Norte was rushed to the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) on Wednesday for severe pain and difficulty of moving her upper arm.Davao City Police Office (DCPO) spokesperson,… Read More

3rd PH Beach Games set in Lingayen on May 24-26

3rd PH Beach Games set in Lingayen on May 24-26

April 24, 2019, 7:30 pm

MANILA -- The Philippine Beach Games will return to Lingayen for its third edition from May 24 to 26 this year. Eleven sporting events, all beach versions of various sports being played indoors or on grass fields, will happen during the three-day event. In an interview with the Philippine News… Read More

SMB blasts Phoenix in emotional semis Game 4

SMB blasts Phoenix in emotional semis Game 4

April 23, 2019, 9:59 pm

MANILA -- San Miguel bludgeoned Phoenix, 114-91, in Game 4 of the PBA Philippine Cup semifinals at the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay on Tuesday night. In a highly emotional match that saw numerous technical and flagrant fouls as well as ejections, including a late second quarter commotion, the Beermen… Read More

NorMin cagers seek to end 2-year drought in 'Palaro'

NorMin cagers seek to end 2-year drought in 'Palaro'

April 23, 2019, 7:31 pm

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- For two straight years, the Region 10 (North Mindanao) Palaro Secondary Boys basketball team has failed to advance to the semis, losing by only one point in the quarterfinals.This year, James Racines, who has coached the team for four straight years now, wants to stop that… Read More

Ceres Negros pulls huge comeback to stun Persija Jakarta

Ceres Negros pulls huge comeback to stun Persija Jakarta

April 23, 2019, 7:30 pm

MANILA -- Ceres Negros fought back late in the second half to shock Persija Jakarta, 3-2, and stay unbeaten in the AFC Cup at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta on Tuesday night. Ceres Negros came back from 0-2 down to edge Persija Jakarta on the road in a match that coincided with the… Read More

Philippines' Parrenas challenges Japan's Kurihara for OPBF title

Philippines' Parrenas challenges Japan's Kurihara for OPBF title

April 23, 2019, 7:28 pm

DAVAO CITY -- Warlito Parrenas of the Philippines will challenge newly-crowned Orient and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) bantamweight champion Keita Kurihara of Japan on May 10 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.The 35-year-old Parrenas (26W-9L-1D, 23KO), also known as "Wars Cowboy", lost in… Read More

CDO FC girls advance to Mindanao tourney

CDO FC girls advance to Mindanao tourney

April 23, 2019, 7:26 pm

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Bulua Strikers FC Girls 14 team recently swept the Northern Mindanao elimination tournament of the Allianz National Futsal Invitational to advance to the Mindanao qualifying tournament in Davao City on May 18-19.The girls of coach Junieto Actub leaned on the… Read More

Guiao proposes longer training for World Cup-bound Gilas Pilipinas

Guiao proposes longer training for World Cup-bound Gilas Pilipinas

April 23, 2019, 6:01 pm

MANILA — Gilas Pilipinas head coach Yeng Guiao forwarded to the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) a “simple proposal” that calls for a longer and more extensive training for the team that will vie in the FIBA World Cup in China. “We’re hoping we can start earlier,” said Guiao… Read More

Search for outstanding triathletes launched

Search for outstanding triathletes launched

April 23, 2019, 4:38 pm

MANILA -- Go For Gold Philippines on Tuesday launched a talent search to discover outstanding triathletes. Go For Gold program head Jeremy Go said the top male and female competitors, after a series of races co-organized by Sunrise Sprint and Swim-Bike-Run PH, will be offered a contract to become… Read More

Magnolia survives late ROS run to tie PH Cup semis series

Magnolia survives late ROS run to tie PH Cup semis series

April 23, 2019, 9:28 am

MANILA – The Magnolia Hotshots held on despite a late Rain Or Shine Elasto Painters fightback and took a 94-91 win in Game 4 of the Philippine Basketball Association Philippine Cup semifinals at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on Monday night. Up by 21 points, 60-39, early in the third… Read More

DavaoOcc rally force MPBL Finals decider vs. San Juan

DavaoOcc rally force MPBL Finals decider vs. San Juan

April 23, 2019, 9:25 am

MANILA – The Davao Occidental Tigers crawled back in the final frame to beat the San Juan Knights, 77-66, in Game 4 of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League National Finals at the FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan City on Monday night. The Tigers outscored the Knights, 32-13, in the final… Read More

Gab Banal wins MPBL MVP plum

Gab Banal wins MPBL MVP plum

April 22, 2019, 8:28 pm

MANILA — Gab Banal was named the Most Valuable Player of the MPBL Datu Cup following the season awards at the FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan City on Monday night. The Bacoor City forward got the nod after the tallying of votes from the coaches of the 26 participating teams, the sportswriters… Read More

Phoenix edges SMB for 1st PBA semis win

Phoenix edges SMB for 1st PBA semis win

April 22, 2019, 7:42 am

MANILA — Phoenix Fuel Masters bounced back in its Philippine Basketball Association Philippine Cup semifinal series against San Miguel Beermen with a 92-90, Game 3 win at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on Sunday night. Clutch free throws from Matt Wright helped the Fuel Masters hold… Read More

PSC sending ‘lean and mean’ team to Arafura Games 2019

PSC sending ‘lean and mean’ team to Arafura Games 2019

April 21, 2019, 4:36 pm

DAVAO CITY — A lean and mean team will represent the Philippines in the Arafura Games 2019 set to be held from April 26 to May 4 in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.Mark Edward Velasco, Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) national training director and the delegation’s Deputy Chef de… Read More

Casimero beats Espinoza for interim WBO title

Casimero beats Espinoza for interim WBO title

April 21, 2019, 4:32 pm

MANILA — John Riel Casimero took the vacant World Boxing Organization interim bantamweight title after knocking out Ricardo Espinoza of Mexico at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, USA on Sunday (Philippine Time). In a bout that was ordered by the WBO to be an interim title… Read More