Sports
Magnolia beats Ginebra in 'Clasico' QF rubber match
April 11, 2019, 7:16 am
MANILA — The Magnolia Hotshots took the last seat in the Philippine Basketball Association Philippine Cup semifinals after eliminating Barangay Ginebra, 85-72, in the final game of the quarterfinal round at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on Wednesday night. The Hotshots pulled away… Read More
SMB trips TNT, enter PH Cup semis
April 10, 2019, 8:23 pm
MANILA — San Miguel moved on to the PBA Philippine Cup semifinals after drubbing TNT, 96-86, in the final game of their best-of-three quarterfinal series at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on Wednesday night. The Beermen zapped the KaTropa from the get go, outscoring them, 25-10, in… Read More
KAPA Alabel, METO Printers, Housing enter reg’l basketball tourney
April 10, 2019, 8:10 pm
DAVAO CITY -- The Kapa Alabel, METO Printers, and KAPA Housing entered the semifinals to join early qualifiers in the first KAPA Regional basketball tournament in Alabel, Sarangani on Wednesday.The Gensan team is set to face Alabel while the Printers will collide with Housing. Alabel crushed KAPA… Read More
Magic Johnson steps down as Lakers president of basketball operations
April 10, 2019, 2:09 pm
NEW YORK -- Magic Johnson stepped down as the Los Angeles Lakers' president of basketball operations on Tuesday night. The 59-year-old Johnson didn't tell the club's high management about his decision before he announced it in front of reporters less than two hours before the Lakers'… Read More
12 teams see action in Nat'l Tchoukball Championships
April 10, 2019, 8:37 am
BACOLOD CITY -- A total of 12 teams, both in the Women’s and Men’s Divisions, are competing in the three-day National Tchoukball Championships, which opens at the STI-West Negros University Gym in this city on Wednesday. The competition, organized by the Tchoukball Association of the… Read More
Lady Bulldogs crowned UAAP tennis champion
April 9, 2019, 8:02 pm
MANILA -- National University outplayed De La Salle University, 3-1, to sweep the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) women's tennis final series on Tuesday at the Colegio de San Agustin courts in San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan. NU defeated Ateneo, 3-2, in the final opener last… Read More
Obstacle course race back as regular sport in 30th SEA Games
April 9, 2019, 6:26 pm
MANILA -- Obstacle course race will debut in the Southeast Asian Games as a regular sport. This was announced by Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Ricky Vargas when he graced the weekly Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum at the Hotel Amelie Manila in Malate on Tuesday.… Read More
Vargas wants ‘transparent, less political’ POC
April 9, 2019, 6:24 pm
MANILA -- Just a year and two months into the job as Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president, Ricky Vargas learned the hard way it’s a lonely thing being on top. In as much as he wants to cultivate changes right away within the country’s Olympic governing body, Vargas admitted it will… Read More
PBA scribes pick Perkins ‘Player of the Week’
April 9, 2019, 2:49 pm
MANILA -- Phoenix sophomore forward Jason Perkins opened the 2019 PBA Philippine Cup with a noteworthy playoff effort on the way to capturing the Cignal-PBA Press Corps Player of the Week award. The left-handed big man out of La Salle showed his readiness for the playoffs after registering a new… Read More
Ilagan City bags 3 golds in Singapore dancesport tilt
April 9, 2019, 12:51 pm
CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela – The City of Ilagan collected three gold medals at the 4th Brillante International Dancesport Championship held at the Orchard Hotel in Singapore over the weekend. City General Services Officer and designated sports coordinator Ricky Laggui said the city’s homegrown… Read More
NorthMin booters ready for Palarong Pambansa
April 9, 2019, 11:51 am
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Veteran coach Wilbert Racines and his young Region 10 elementary boys football team are ready for the Palarong Pambansa set late this month in Davao City. The head coach of the Corpus Christi School elementary boys team from Cagayan de Oro City has been preparing for the… Read More
TNT sends QF series vs SMB to rubber match
April 8, 2019, 10:09 pm
MANILA -- TNT forced a deciding Game 3 in its PBA Philippine Cup quarterfinal series against San Miguel with a 93-88 Game 2 win at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on Monday night. Troy Rosario scored the go-ahead trey as the KaTropa recovered from stinging Game 1 defeat on Saturday night… Read More
DavOcc claims South title, dethrones Batangas City as MPBL champ
April 8, 2019, 9:39 pm
MANILA -- Davao Occidental took home the MPBL Southern Division championship with a 66-51 win against Batangas City in the decider of their best-of-three divisional finals at the Almendras Gym in Davao City on Monday night. The Tigers set the tone in the first quarter, limiting the Athletics to… Read More
Esports World Federation launched in PH
April 8, 2019, 8:31 pm
MANILA -- The Esports World Federation (ESWF), which is the first internationally-oriented esports federation in the Philippines, was formally launched on Monday at the SM Megamall Building A Activity Center. ESWF president Arniel Gutierrez said the federation aims to hold the E-World Cup in the… Read More
Magnolia sends playoff vs Ginebra to rubber match
April 8, 2019, 8:22 pm
MANILA -- Magnolia led from wire to wire to beat Ginebra, 106-77, in Game 2 of the PBA Philippine Cup quarterfinals at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on Monday night. The Hotshots opened the game on an 11-0 run and never looked back, even bringing their lead up to 31 points in the… Read More
20K delegates expected in Davao City for Palarong Pambansa
April 8, 2019, 8:21 pm
DAVAO CITY – Around 20,000 athletes and other delegates from 17 regions across the country are expected to converge here for the 2019 Palarong Pambansa from April 27 to May 4. This as the city government represented by City Administrator Zuleika Lopez and Department of Education (DepEd)… Read More
Allianz to kick off Mindanao leg of nat'l futsal elimination
April 7, 2019, 7:07 pm
DAVAO CITY — Allianz Philippines has called on local football players to aim for international competitions as it kicks off the Mindanao leg of the Allianz National Youth Futsal Invitational (ANYFI) in Tubod, Lanao del Sur on April 13. At the launching of the 2019 ANYFI here at the Marco Polo… Read More
1Bataan qualifies for FIBA 3x3 World Tour Doha Masters
April 7, 2019, 5:42 pm
MANILA -- 1Bataan will join Pasig in the FIBA 3x3 World Tour in Doha after making the finals of the Chooks-To-Go 3x3 Asia-Pacific Super Quest at the SM Megamall Fashion Hall in Mandaluyong City on Sunday. The Risers punched a seat to the Doha tournament after beating the Jakarta West Bandits,… Read More
Manila's 'Silencer' KOs foe to win WBC Asian belt
April 6, 2019, 8:07 pm
DAVAO CITY – Arnel “The Silencer” Baconaje of Manila knocked out Tomjune “War Dog” Mangubat of Cebu in the 8th round to win the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) Asian Boxing Council Silver featherweight title on Friday night at the South Town Centre Mall in Talisay City.Baconaje scored… Read More
Pinoy boxers suffer defeat in US bout
April 6, 2019, 8:07 pm
DAVAO CITY -- Filipino boxers Neil John Tabanao and John Vincent Moralde suffered separate defeats on Friday (April 6 in Manila) in non-title fights at Sam’s Town Hotel and Gambling Hall in Las Vegas, Nevada.Tabanao bowed to undefeated Angelo “El Chinito” Leo of US by a unanimous10-round… Read More
