Sports
SMB to stretch winning run; Blackwater battles for survival
June 5, 2018, 12:34 pm
Games on Wednesday(Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City)4:30 p.m.-Magnolia vs. Blackwater7:00 p.m.-San Miguel vs. Columbian MANILA – The Blackwater Elite has its back against the wall as it takes on Magnolia Hotshots as the PBA Commissioner's Cup resumes at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon… Read More
Laguna bares signing of Bugas, Clarino Brothers
June 4, 2018, 10:08 pm
MANILA -- Stallion Laguna was the second club to announce its PFL mid-season transfer window signings by baring that it acquired the services of Pao Bugas and OJ and Gino Clarino. "We added more speed," Coach Ernie Nierras said in a statement on Monday posted in the club's Facebook page. OJ… Read More
Run Rio-UP Team's Halagueña rules girls 5,000 meters walk
June 4, 2018, 3:26 pm
ILAGAN CITY, Isabela -- Alana Julianne Halagueña, representing Run Rio-University of the Philippines Team, won the girls 5,000 meters walk on Monday in the 2018 Ayala Philippine Athletics Championships at the Ilagan Sports Complex here. Halagueña, a Grade 11 student at the University of Asia… Read More
SMB holds off Ginebra in OT; TNT zooms back to top with win vs NLEX
June 4, 2018, 8:41 am
MANILA -- San Miguel Beermen's Renaldo Balkman prevailed over fellow Alab Pilipinas world import Justin Brownlee in their first meeting against each other. Balkman's team, however, needed five more minutes to notch the win. San Miguel turned back Barangay Ginebra, 104-97, in their PBA… Read More
Jeron Teng, 2 others injured in clash outside BGC bar
June 3, 2018, 8:57 pm
MANILA -- Former La Salle players Jeron Teng, Norbert, and Thomas Torres were injured following a commotion outside a bar at the Bonifacio Global City (BGC) in Taguig early Sunday. Based on the report of the Philippine National Police’s office in Taguig, a copy of which was obtained by the… Read More
8 teens comprise PH delegation to Allianz football camp
June 3, 2018, 8:52 pm
STA. CRUZ, Laguna -- Eight young footballers will represent the Philippines in this year's Allianz Junior Football Camp (AJFC) in Bangkok, Thailand. This time, however, five girls will join three boys as they were named at the end of the Allianz National Youth Futsal Invitational at the Laguna… Read More
Host team Laguna gets boys’ U14 gold in Allianz Futsal
June 3, 2018, 6:09 pm
STA. CRUZ, Laguna -- Laguna ruled the boys’ U14 division of the Allianz National Youth Futsal Invitational after beating Dipolog, 3-1, in the finals at the Laguna Sports Complex on Sunday. The home side banked on its defense to shut down the visitors and take the gold in the division. David… Read More
Verdadero, Cuyom lead Dasmariñas City to 4x100 meters relay gold
June 3, 2018, 2:58 pm
ILAGAN CITY, ISABELA -- Veruel Verdadero and Eliza Cuyom were named as the tournament's most bemedalled athletes in the 2018 Ayala Philippine Athletics Championships after leading Dasmariñas City to victory in the girls’ and boys’ 4x100 meters mixed relay event at the Ilagan Sports Complex… Read More
Dasmariñas City's Caminong sets new high jump nat’l record
June 2, 2018, 4:50 pm
ILAGAN CITY, ISABELA -- Dasmariñas City's Evangelene Caminong has set a new Philippine record in girls high jump on Saturday, the day she collected her second gold medal in the Ayala Philippine Athletics Championships at the Ilagan Sports Complex here. The 17-year-old Caminong, who is coached by… Read More
Meralco stuns Ginebra in Brownlee return
June 2, 2018, 7:56 am
MANILA -- If there's one team that knows Justin Brownlee too much, that would be Meralco. And that was proven on Friday night when the Bolts spoiled Brownlee's comeback with Barangay Ginebra through a 93-82 rout in the PBA Commissioner's Cup at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay. With emotions… Read More
Postponed Iloilo-Cebu match officially forfeited in Iloilo's favor
June 1, 2018, 9:53 pm
MANILA -- On the eve of its return to his home, Kaya Iloilo got three points added to its total without sweat. The Liga Futbol Inc., the PFL's governing body, awarded Iloilo a 3-0 forfeiture win on Friday after handing out its decision on the postponed Iloilo-Cebu game on May 2. "Global Cebu FC… Read More
TNT batters Columbian, 123-95
June 1, 2018, 8:18 pm
MANILA -- TNT pounced Columbian, 123-95, in the PBA Commissioner's Cup at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay on Friday night. The KaTropa wasted no time in bludgeoning the Dyip early on, opening a 36-17 lead after the first quarter and never looking back. Troy Rosario tallied 21 points on 10-of-14… Read More
Philippine Army's Salaño wins 10K meters gold
June 1, 2018, 5:55 pm
ILAGAN CITY, ISABELA – The Philippine Army's Richard Salaño topped the men's 10,000 meters run event on Friday to collect his second gold medal in the Ayala Philippine Athletics Championships at the Ilagan Sports Complex here. Salaño, an Information Technology graduate ofthe University of the… Read More
GlobalPort, Magnolia make roster shuffle ahead of Saturday games
June 1, 2018, 5:42 pm
MANILA -- Looking to shore up its wing rotation, GlobalPort has taken the services of former Lyceum player Jebb Bulawan, the PBA announced on Friday. Bulawan, who became prominent by winning the 2015 NCAA Slam Dunk Contest, was selected in the third round -- 31st overall -- by Meralco in last… Read More
Golden State downs Cleveland in NBA Finals opener
June 1, 2018, 2:18 pm
MANILA – The Golden State Warriors waxed hot in the overtime period to down the Cleveland Cavaliers, 124-114, in Game 1 of the NBA Finals at the Oracle Arena in Oakland on Friday (Philippine time). LeBron James's first career 50-point playoff game went down the drain as the Cavaliers wasted two… Read More
TNT players to stack Gilas' Asian Games team
June 1, 2018, 10:28 am
MANILA -- The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) has decided to bring in eight TNT Katropa players to the Gilas Pilipinas lineup that will play in the Asian Games from August 18-31 in Indonesia. National team veterans Jayson Castro, Terrence Romeo, RR Pogoy, and Troy Rosario will lead the way… Read More
Ravena's FIBA ban includes PBA stint
June 1, 2018, 8:04 am
MANILA -- The PBA confirmed on Thursday that Kiefer Ravena's FIBA ban includes his stint with NLEX Road Warriors. “It's very clear naman in the ruling na all leagues,” said SBP president Al Panlilio, who is part of the PBA board of governors as Meralco's representative, during a press… Read More
Adamson's Fabellon wins women's high jump gold
May 31, 2018, 2:48 pm
ILAGAN CITY, Isabela -- Raziebel Fabellon gave Adamson University its first gold medal in the Ayala Philippine Athletics Championships after winning the women's high jump event on Thursday at the Ilagan Sports Complex here. The 19-year-old athlete from the town of Naujan in Oriental Mindoro… Read More
NLEX trounces Blackwater, 93-89
May 31, 2018, 1:38 pm
MANILA -- With no Kiefer Ravena to lead the team, the NLEX Road Warriors turned to a total team effort to turn back Blackwater Elite, 93-89, at the resumption of the PBA Commissioner's Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on Wednesday night. As Ravena sat out the game with the Samahang… Read More
4 players make comeback in PBA Friday fixtures
May 31, 2018, 1:24 pm
Games on Friday:(Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City)4:30 p.m.-Columbian vs. TNT7:00 p.m.-Ginebra vs. Meralco MANILA -- Two imports and two top locals will make a return to the PBA Commissioner's Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on Friday night. Imports Joshua Smith and Justin… Read More
