Sports
Juan Gomez De Liaño signs with Lithuanian club
October 20, 2022, 9:04 pm
MANILA – Betsafe Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga (LKL) BC Wolves made headlines on Thursday night after announcing the acquisition of Juan Gomez De Liaño. The Wolves, the league's newest addition, made the six-foot-one high-flying guard the first male baller from the Philippines to join a European… Read More
New Clark City Sports Complex lauded at PropertyGuru Awards
October 20, 2022, 7:53 pm
MANILA – The New Clark City Sports Complex has been given a special citation by the online property portal PropertyGuru. During the recent PropertyGuru Philippines Property Awards, the sporting venue in Capas, Tarlac was given special recognition for a public facility. This is the latest in the… Read More
Int’l Table Tennis Federation coach to hold training camp
October 20, 2022, 6:40 pm
MANILA – International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Level 3 coach Mohammad Atoum of Jordan will conduct a training camp at the Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym in Quezon City from Oct. 22 to 31. The camp scheduled from 8-11 a.m. and 2-5 p.m. will be participated by members of the Ateneo varsity men's and… Read More
3 PH teams fly to KL for Filbasket International Championship
October 20, 2022, 6:20 pm
MANILA — Three Filipino squads will try to steal the show from seven other Southeast Asian teams that will compete in the Filbasket International Championship next week in Kuala Lumpur. The BGC Builders, Pilipinas Aguilas, and the Makabayan Warriors will be the Philippines' representatives to… Read More
Ochoa to lead PH ju-jitsu squad in Abu Dhabi World Championships
October 20, 2022, 4:23 pm
MANILA – Six athletes, led by Southeast Asian Games back-to-back gold medalist Margarita Ochoa, will represent the Philippines in the forthcoming Ju-jitsu World Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Ochoa won the women's minus 48-kg category in the 2019 (Manila) and 2022 (Vietnam)… Read More
NLEX beats TNT behind Clark's explosion
October 20, 2022, 8:27 am
MANILA – Earl Clark put up a monster game to help give Frankie Lim his first win as NLEX Road Warriors head coach as the team turned back TNT Tropang Giga, 110-101, in their PBA Commissioner's Cup meeting on Wednesday night at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City. Clark finished with 45 points on… Read More
Phoenix edges Meralco for 3rd straight win
October 19, 2022, 7:11 pm
MANILA – Phoenix scored its third straight win in the PBA Commissioner's Cup after pipping Meralco, 89-82, on Wednesday at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City. The Fuel Masters, however, needed to persevere in the end after the Bolts tried to pull off a huge comeback. Just when the Fuel Masters… Read More
NBA finalists soar to start new season
October 19, 2022, 7:09 pm
MANILA – Boston and Golden State, the two finalists of the previous National Basketball Association (NBA) season, began the new year on a high note as the 2022-23 season officially started on Wednesday (Philippine Time). The season officially began with the Celtics dropping the Philadelphia… Read More
8 Filipino bowlers to compete in World Cup
October 19, 2022, 1:04 pm
MANILA – Vietnam SEA Games double-gold medalist Merwin Tan will banner the Philippine campaign in the International Bowling Federation (IBF) World Cup scheduled from Nov. 13 to 23 at the Suncity Bowl in Queensland, Australia. The other members of the team are Jordan Dinham, Emerson Gotencio,… Read More
Abad siblings hopeful in World Beach Pencak Silat Championships
October 19, 2022, 11:25 am
MANILA – After winning 11 medals at the 6th Asian Pencak Silat Championships held recently in India, the national team is gearing up for the World Beach Games, which will be held in Mactan, Cebu in December. Leading the team are brothers Alfau Jan and Almohaidib Abad, who won the gold medal in… Read More
UAAP suspends CJ Austria, Adama Faye for Oct. 19 games
October 19, 2022, 10:22 am
MANILA – De La Salle University's CJ Austria and the University of Santo Tomas' (UST) Adama Faye will not be seeing action in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines' (UAAP) Wednesday edition at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay as they will serve their one-game suspensions. Austria… Read More
Nearly 3M tickets sold for 2022 FIFA World Cup
October 18, 2022, 8:37 pm
ANKARA – Almost 3 million tickets have been sold as the 2022 FIFA World Cup is set to start in Qatar next month, the world football's governing body said on Monday. "Ticket sales for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 are approaching 3 million as the countdown continues to the first edition of the… Read More
PBBM to PSC: Take care of athletes’ nutrition
October 18, 2022, 7:10 pm
MANILA – Among the immediate priorities of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) under chairperson Noli Eala is to boost and enhance the nutrition program for the national athletes. No less than President Ferdinand R. Marcos cited the importance of proper nutrition, which helps guarantee a… Read More
New season in NBA set to start on Tuesday
October 18, 2022, 10:16 am
ANKARA -- The 2022-23 NBA regular season will begin with two games on Tuesday, as the Philadelphia 76ers will visit the Boston Celtics and the defending champions Golden State Warriors will host the Los Angeles Lakers on the opening night. It has been four months since Stephen Curry-led Warriors… Read More
Nichol Pareja named Best Asian in Tour De Langkawi Stage 7
October 17, 2022, 9:33 pm
MANILA – Philippine national team rider Nichol Pareja stole the show among the Asian cyclists competing in the Petronas Tour De Langkawi and posted the best finish among the Asians in the seventh of eight races in this season's cycling tournament in Malaysia on Monday. Pareja finished in a… Read More
Neymar to stand trial on corruption, fraud charges
October 17, 2022, 7:15 pm
OVIEDO, Spain – Brazilian football player Neymar da Silva Santos Jr. arrived at a Barcelona court on Monday morning, where he will stand trial on corruption and fraud charges over his transfer to FC Barcelona nearly a decade ago. Just a month before the World Cup in Qatar kicks off, Spanish… Read More
PH bags 11 medals in Asian pencak silat tourney
October 17, 2022, 3:40 pm
MANILA – The Philippines captured 11 medals, including one gold courtesy of Abad brothers -- Alfau Jan and Almohaidib in the 6th Asian Pencak Silat Championships at the Sher-i Kashmir Indoor Stadium in Srinagar, India from Oct. 14 to 16. Alfau Jan and his younger brother Almohaidib came out with… Read More
9 PH athletes to compete in World Weightlifting Championships
October 17, 2022, 11:40 am
MANILA – Nine athletes, including 2022 Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo, will compete in the World Championships scheduled from Dec. 5 to 16 in Bogota, Colombia. The World Championships is the first qualification tournament on the road to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.… Read More
Pinay5 bounces back to split series vs. Guam
October 17, 2022, 8:35 am
MANILA – The Philippine women's futsal team avenged its close defeat to Guam with a 3-1 win in their Sunday night rematch at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium. Hannah Muros, the granddaughter of athletics legend Elma Muros-Posadas, struck the opening goal for the Pinay5 side barely four minutes into the… Read More
City of Manila backs swimming grassroots dev’t
October 16, 2022, 6:40 pm
MANILA - The City of Manila has given its full support to the Swimming League Philippines (SLP) for the staging of the Manila Swim Fest on Nov. 5 at the Philippine Columbian Association swimming pool in Plaza Dilao in Paco. Manila Sports Council (MASCO) chairman Roel De Guzman signed a memorandum… Read More
