Sports
Gomez wants to increase PSC’s capital outlay for 2024
October 26 2023, 6:07 pm
MANILA – Leyte Rep. Richard Gomez is pushing for an increase in the Philippine Sports Commission's (PSC) budget for 2024 to support Filipino athletes, enhance grassroots sports programs, and improve facilities. During the Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon public briefing, Gomez said the PSC reported… Read More
Reigning champs Denver Nuggets win season opener over LA Lakers
October 25 2023, 9:07 pm
ISTANBUL – Defending champion Denver Nuggets won the season opener with a 119 -107 win against the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday. The Nuggets led the first quarter 34-20, but the Lakers fought in the second period, scoring 34 points at the Ball Arena. Denver had a 63-54 lead before the break… Read More
Perpetual beats Letran anew, boosts semis campaign
October 25 2023, 9:06 pm
MANILA – University of Perpetual Help downed Letran, 73-61, and boost its semifinal campaign in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Season 99 men's basketball tournament at the Filoil EcoOil Arena in San Juan on Wednesday. Marcus Nitura had 17 points, seven rebounds, four steals… Read More
PH chess team gearing for strong finish in 4th Asian Para Games
October 25 2023, 6:32 pm
HANGZHOU – Filipino para chessers paced three divisions in both individual and team standings Wednesday, inching closer to delivering the country another potential golden windfall in the 4th Hangzhou Asian Para Games chess tournament at the Hangzhou Qi-Yuan Chess Hall here. International Chess… Read More
UAAP: La Salle routs UST for 5th win; Lady Tams ends 4-game slump
October 25 2023, 5:17 pm
MANILA – Kevin Quiambao came up with another brilliant performance as De La Salle University overpowered the University Santo Tomas, 100-69, in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 86 men's basketball tournament at the SM Mall of Asia Arena on Wednesday. The MVP… Read More
Letran conquers Santa Rosa City in Spikers' Turf Invitational
October 25 2023, 5:11 pm
MANILA – Vince Virrey Himzon scored 15 points, 12 on attacks, to lift the Saints and Lattes-Letran pulled off a 25-21, 25-18, 25-16 victory over Santa Rosa in the Spikers’ Turf Invitational Conference at the Paco Arena in Manila on Wednesday. Himzon, the NCAA Season 98 Rookie of the Year, also… Read More
Fil-Dutch athlete eyes medal in PH Asian Masters Athletics tourney
October 25 2023, 4:26 pm
MANILA – Fresh from winning gold in the 87th Sloterplasloop road race in Amsterdam on Oct. 7, Netherlands-based Filipina marathoner Rachel de Weerd said she will do her best to win a medal for the Team Philippines in the 22nd Asian Masters Athletics Championships from Nov. 8 to 12 in New Clark… Read More
Veteran swimmer Gawilan cops 1st PH gold in Asian Para Games
October 24 2023, 11:01 pm Updated on October 25, 2023, 1:10 am
HANGZHOU – Veteran para swimmer Ernie Gawilan achieved the coveted golden breakthrough for Team Philippines Tuesday night, retaining the men’s 400-meter freestyle S7 crown in runaway fashion at the 4th Hangzhou Asian Para Games swimming championships here. Relegated to the bronze medal in… Read More
Mangliwan bags 1st PH silver in 4th Asian Para Games
October 24 2023, 9:10 pm
HANGZHOU – Running a brilliant tactical race, Jerrold Mangliwan surged past South Korea’s Jeon Jeongdae in the last 30 meters in snatching the silver medal in the men’s 100-meter T52 finals of the 4th Hangzhou Asian Para Games trackfest at the Huanglong Sports Stadium oval here Tuesday.… Read More
Lyceum ends 3-game slide, stops Jose Rizal U in overtime
October 24 2023, 7:36 pm
MANILA – Lyceum banked on Vince Cunanan and Enoch Valdez to beat Jose Rizal University (JRU) in overtime, 99-96, during the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Season 99 men's basketball at Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan City on Tuesday. Cunanan and Valdez delivered 11 of the… Read More
La Salle's Quiambao leads UAAP MVP race
October 24 2023, 6:19 pm
MANILA – La Salle's Kevin Quiambao and Ateneo's Kacey dela Rosa are leading the MVP race in men’s and women’s basketball, respectively, after the first round of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 86 tournament. Quiambao garnered 118 points, 67 rebounds, 36… Read More
PH bags 2 silvers, 4 bronzes in World Combat Games
October 24 2023, 5:00 pm
MANILA – The Philippines kicked off its campaign at the 2023 World Combat Games (WCG) on a high note on Monday, winning two silver and four bronze medals at the King Saud University Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Agatha Wong and Clemente Tabugara Jr. delivered the silver medals, while teammates… Read More
PH tankers Gawilan, Bejino bag bronze each in 4th Asian Para Games
October 24 2023, 8:05 am
HANGZHOU – National para swimmers Ernie Gawilan and Gary Bejino produced a pair of third-place finishes on Monday night for the country’s first medals at the start of the 4th Hangzhou Asian Para Games swimming championships at the Hangzhou Olympic Center (HOC) Aquatic Arena. Aiming to defend… Read More
PH chessers start strong in 4th Asian Para Games
October 23 2023, 8:57 pm
HANGZHOU – The national para chess team opened their campaign in the 4th Hangzhou Asian Para Games on a promising note Monday as the men’s and women’s physically impaired (PI) chessers won all of their three matches in the first round of the standard events. Competing at the Hangzhou Qi-Yuan… Read More
La Salle, Woodrose win NCR leg of Nat'l Inter-school swimfest
October 23 2023, 7:59 pm
MANILA – La Salle Green Hills and Woodrose School emerged overall champions in the National Capital Region (NCR) leg of the inaugural Speedo National Inter-school Swimming Championships on Oct. 7-8 at the Xavier School in San Juan City. In a news release on Monday, La Salle Green Hills tallied… Read More
Adamson's Jardin wins 2 golds in ROTC Games National Championships
October 23 2023, 7:51 pm
MANILA – Adamson University's Kent Francis Jardin kicked off his campaign in the Reserves Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Games National Championships with two gold medals at the Philsports track and field stadium in Pasig City on Monday. The 19-year-old Jardin, representing the Philippine Navy,… Read More
Bea Bell rules Philracom Juvenile Stakes Leg 2
October 23 2023, 11:16 am
MANILA – Top favorite Bea Bell of the Bell Racing Stables ruled the second leg of the 2023 Philippine Racing Commission (Philracom) Juvenile Stakes Series at the Metro Manila Turf Club in Malvar, Batangas on Sunday. The grey filly by He's Had Enough out of Tocqueville and trained by Donato… Read More
Soaring Falcons beat Lifesavers in Spikers' Turf Invitational
October 23 2023, 11:10 am
MANILA – Davies Paint-Adamson stamped the Philippine Coast Guard team, 25-19, 25-22, 25-14, for its first victory in Pool C of the Spikers’ Turf Invitational Conference at the Paco Arena in Manila Sunday night. Francis Casas and Marc Kenneth Paulino delivered the points that gave the Soaring… Read More
UST Tigers thwart FEU Tams, end 19-game UAAP skid
October 22 2023, 7:47 pm
MANILA – University of Santo Tomas finally barged into the win column after more than a year, beating Far Eastern University, 68-62, in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 86 men's basketball at SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City on Sunday. UST finally won after… Read More
Dusky Bicolana crowned Miss ROTC Philippines
October 22 2023, 6:37 pm
MANILA – Philippine Army cadet Angel Brahms Bernaldez was crowned Miss ROTC (Reserve Officers’ Training Corps) Philippines at Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay City on Saturday night. The morena beauty from the fishing town of Rapu-Rapu in Albay province bested 23 cadets from different higher… Read More
