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PH skateboarding sets tryouts for 30th SEA Games

PH skateboarding sets tryouts for 30th SEA Games

March 13, 2019, 7:09 pm

MANILA -- The search is on for skateboarders who will represent the country in the forthcoming 30th Southeast Asian Games. Skateboarding and Roller Sports Association of the Philippines, Inc. president Monty Mendigoria on Wednesday announced the staging of regional championships starting with the… Read More

Bataan zooms over Caloocan at start of playoff clash

Bataan zooms over Caloocan at start of playoff clash

March 13, 2019, 8:08 am

MANILA — The Bataan Risers wasted no time in dealing the Caloocan Supremos a sound 91-71 beating at the start of their Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) playoff series at the Bataan People's Center in Balanga on Tuesday night. Bataan raced to a 28-9 first quarter lead, and despite… Read More

Manila holds off Bulacan at start of MPBL playoffs

Manila holds off Bulacan at start of MPBL playoffs

March 13, 2019, 8:07 am

MANILA — The Manila Stars pipped the Bulacan Kuyas, 69-65, at the start of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) Playoffs at the Bataan People's Center in Balanga on Tuesday night. Despite a sluggish second quarter, where it only scored five points, and a third quarter threat from… Read More

Marañon hat trick lifts Ceres Negros over Becamex Binh Duong

Marañon hat trick lifts Ceres Negros over Becamex Binh Duong

March 13, 2019, 8:06 am

MANILA — Bienve Marañon dropped a hat trick on Becamex Binh Duong as Ceres Negros scored its second win in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup, 3-1, at the Go Dau Stadium in Thu Dau Mot, Vietnam on Tuesday night. Marañon started his three-goal haul in one of the biggest blunders a… Read More

Sportsfest set to celebrate 70 years PH-Korea diplomatic ties

Sportsfest set to celebrate 70 years PH-Korea diplomatic ties

March 12, 2019, 9:00 pm

MANILA – The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) and Korean embassy on Tuesday sealed a partnership for the holding of the first ever Korea-Philippines Sports Festival to celebrate the 70th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the Philippines and South Korea. The partnership was formally… Read More

 Kaya FC-Iloilo braces for tough match against Home United

Kaya FC-Iloilo braces for tough match against Home United

March 12, 2019, 8:09 pm

BACOLOD CITY -- The Philippines’ Kaya FC-Iloilo is bracing for a tough test against ASEAN Zonal champions Home United of Singapore in their first home game for the AFC Cup 2019 at the Panaad Stadium here on Wednesday afternoon. Both squads are lumped in Group H along with Lao Toyota of Laos and… Read More

Young Filipina swimmer bags six golds in Tokyo tourney

Young Filipina swimmer bags six golds in Tokyo tourney

March 12, 2019, 7:30 pm

MANILA – Swimming internationalist Micaela Jasmine Mojdeh pulled off another sterling performance in her budding career, winning six gold medals in another record-rampaging campaign in the recently concluded 2019 Age-Group Champs Swim Meet in Tokyo, Japan. Mojdeh, the country’s newest swimming… Read More

Pinoy WBO Oriental youth flyweight champ to see action in China

Pinoy WBO Oriental youth flyweight champ to see action in China

March 12, 2019, 7:07 pm

DAVAO CITY -- World Boxing Organization (WBO) Oriental Youth Flyweight Champion Jayson “Smasher” Mama is now qualified in the final round of the IBF Silkroad Tournament in China on March 28.Mama, who holds a record of 11 wins, 6 knockouts, and zero loss, will face Thai veteran and… Read More

‘Star Boy’ Magboo challenges Thai boxer for featherweight title

‘Star Boy’ Magboo challenges Thai boxer for featherweight title

March 12, 2019, 1:49 pm

DAVAO CITY -- JR “Star Boy” Magboo of Mindoro Oriental will fight Anurak Thisa of Thailand for the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) Asia featherweight title in Bangkok, Thailand on March 22.Magboo, 29, who holds a 17-2-2, eight KOs record, lost to George Kambosos of Australia in Kuala… Read More

MPBL South Playoffs finally set

MPBL South Playoffs finally set

March 12, 2019, 8:23 am

MANILA -- The first-round match-ups of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) Datu Cup Southern Division Playoffs are now set after the results of a triple-header, which was technically reduced to a doubleheader, in the final day of the regular season at the Batangas City Sports Center… Read More

 CDO Sharks rip Crusaders; sets title clash vs. Bukidnon

CDO Sharks rip Crusaders; sets title clash vs. Bukidnon

March 11, 2019, 8:40 pm

TOP MAN. Southern Philippine College Sharks center Rudjug Daga scores an easy lay-up against Xavier University Crusaders in the semis of the 14th Loyola Cup Collegiate Division semis. SPC beat XU 84-68. (Photo by Jack S. Biantan) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Philippine College (SPC) Sharks Sunday… Read More

Dagupan tops Region 1 athletic meet anew

Dagupan tops Region 1 athletic meet anew

March 11, 2019, 5:04 pm

LAOAG CITY -- The Department of Education (DepEd) Schools Division of Dagupan City clinched the overall championship in this year’s Region 1 Athletic Association (R1AA) meet held from March 6 to 11 in this city. Though there was no overall ranking for this year’s conduct of R1AA meet, the… Read More

NU Bullpups to defend crown in NBTC tourney

NU Bullpups to defend crown in NBTC tourney

March 11, 2019, 4:16 pm

MANILA -- Fresh from winning the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) title, the Nazareth School of National University looks to add the National Basketball Training Center championship to its 2019 list as it will defend the crown from March 18-24 at the Mall of Asia Arena in… Read More

SMB, Ginebra score huge wins to boost QF bid

SMB, Ginebra score huge wins to boost QF bid

March 11, 2019, 7:54 am

MANILA — The San Miguel Beermen and Barangay Ginebra bolstered their chance of making the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup quarterfinals after pipping their respective foes at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on Sunday night. The Beermen downed the NorthPort Batang… Read More

Ex-WBO champ wins in ABF Bantamweight title bout

Ex-WBO champ wins in ABF Bantamweight title bout

March 10, 2019, 6:30 pm

DAVAO CITY -- Former World Boxing Organization (WBO) Silver champion Denver “The Excitement” Cuello scored a second-round technical knockout against Indonesian Jack Amisa to win the Asia Boxing Federation (ABF) bantamweight title on Friday night at the Angono gym in Angono, Rizal. Cuello, 32,… Read More

Catalan KO's Naito to inch closer to ONE title shot

Catalan KO's Naito to inch closer to ONE title shot

March 9, 2019, 4:46 pm

MANILA -- Rene Catalan pulled off a major stunner at ONE: Reign of Valor after beating former ONE strawweight champion Yoshitaka Naito at the Thuwanna Indoor Stadium in Yangon on Friday night. A series of right hand punches to the face from Catalan opened a huge cut on Naito's right cheek, and the… Read More

Meralco escapes NorthPort in 2OT classic; SMB zaps NLEX

Meralco escapes NorthPort in 2OT classic; SMB zaps NLEX

March 9, 2019, 8:56 am

MANILA -- Meralco needed two overtime periods before upending NorthPort, 126-123, in the PBA Philippine Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on Friday night. The Bolts, needing a late fightback in the fourth quarter to force the first overtime and another in the same period to force… Read More

PSC to meet with POC, PHISGOC

PSC to meet with POC, PHISGOC

March 8, 2019, 8:32 pm

MANILA -- The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) is planning to sit down with officials from the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) and the Philippine SEA Games Organizing Committee (PHISGOC) next week about the preparations for the biennial tournament. PSC chairman William "Butch" Ramirez has… Read More

MPBL commish orders completion of halted Navotas-Munti match

MPBL commish orders completion of halted Navotas-Munti match

March 8, 2019, 4:09 pm

MANILA -- Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) commissioner Kenneth Duremdes told both the Navotas Clutch and Muntinlupa Cagers to finish their match at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, preceding the scheduled twin bill at the Angeles University Foundation Gym. Both the Clutch and the Cagers faced… Read More

SEA Games preps for e-sports in full gear

SEA Games preps for e-sports in full gear

March 8, 2019, 3:12 pm

MANILA -- A planning workshop for SEA Games 2019 e-sports National Federations was conducted by the Philippine SEAG E-Sports Union (PSEU), the Philippine South East Asian Games Organizing Committee (PHISGOC), and Asian Electronic Sports Federation (AESF). The workshop was held to finalize the… Read More