Sports
GAB accepts Blackwater owner’s apology
July 20, 2020, 7:50 pm
MANILA – The Games and Amusements Board (GAB) accepted the apology of Blackwater owner Dioceldo Sy for holding what was deemed as a practice session despite of the quarantine protocols in place amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. "Commissioner Edward Trinidad and I have met… Read More
Gold winner calls for obstacle course race inclusion in 2021 SEAG
July 20, 2020, 2:03 pm
BAGUIO CITY – A gold medalist in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) remains hopeful that triathlon and obstacle course race (OCR) will be included in the 31st edition which Vietnam will host in November next year. Sandi Menchi Abahan, the country’s top female ultra-marathoner and trail… Read More
Figure skater found dead in Moscow
July 19, 2020, 10:22 am
MOSCOW – Figure skater and junior world champion Yekaterina Alexandrovskaya has been found dead in Moscow, a source in the law enforcement informed TASS on Saturday, adding that she has committed suicide. The source informed that her body had been found near her house in Moscow. She was 20. "The… Read More
Garcia wins 2nd Haridas Pascua online tourney
July 18, 2020, 6:19 pm
BAGUIO CITY – International Master (IM) Jan Emmanuel Garcia scored 97 points on a 66-percent winning rate to run away with the 2nd IM Haridas Pascua birthday online chess tournament held Friday. The tournament was played over the online chess game Lichess. Garcia played 44 games and was 10 up on… Read More
Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski elected to IOC exec board
July 18, 2020, 4:42 pm
MANILA – Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski will become part of the powerful International Olympic Committee (IOC) executive board after she was voted into the body during the virtual IOC session early Saturday. Jaworski, a gold medalist in the 2002 Asian Games in equestrian, is set to become the first… Read More
Real Madrid clinches La Liga Santander title
July 17, 2020, 3:19 pm
MANILA – Real Madrid ended a three-year wait for a La Liga Santander championship after clinching it at home with a 2-1 victory over Villarreal at the Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium in the Spanish capital early Friday (Manila time). Karim Benzema's brace sealed Real Madrid's fate even if it had to… Read More
Kickboxing rules upgraded
July 17, 2020, 10:39 am
BAGUIO CITY – The Samahang Kickboxing ng Pilipinas (SKP) is expected to apply the new rules of kickboxing in its upcoming tournaments it will join and host. “The new rules will be used in upcoming events of kickboxing. It should have been used in the Juniors World Championship this November… Read More
NFL: 72 football players contract coronavirus
July 17, 2020, 9:45 am
ANKARA – The National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) announced Thursday that 72 players tested positive for the coronavirus as of July 10. The union said the players are quarantined and the NFLPA started working with the NFL to prepare protocols with new measures against the… Read More
Blackwater slapped with P100-K fine for quarantine violation
July 17, 2020, 7:31 am
MANILA – The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) meted a PHP100,000-fine to the Blackwater Elite for what is deemed as a violation of quarantine protocols amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic. On Thursday, the league slapped the Ever Bilena franchise with the sanction after its… Read More
IOC 'fully committed' to staging 2021 Tokyo Games with spectators
July 16, 2020, 3:26 pm
PARIS – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) remains "fully committed" to staging the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021 and is considering "multiple scenarios" to ensure the safety of all participants, IOC president Thomas Bach said on Wednesday. The Tokyo Olympic Games, which was initially… Read More
ABL 'deemed concluded' due to Covid-19
July 16, 2020, 7:54 am
MANILA – The Asean Basketball League (ABL) has officially called off its 10th season as the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic continues to hamper Southeast and East Asian sports. "The Asean Basketball League board has met and announces today (Wednesday) that the ABL Season 2019-2020… Read More
PSC exec thanks LandBank for uncovering payroll padding
July 15, 2020, 7:01 pm
MANILA – Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) officer-in-charge Ramon Fernandez on Wednesday thanked Land Bank of the Philippines for giving his office a heads-up regarding the alleged payroll padding scheme made by one of its employees. Marietta Cabusao, the LandBank's assistant vice president,… Read More
Arnisadores hope inclusion of sport in Vietnam SEAG
July 14, 2020, 4:52 pm
BAGUIO CITY – Arnis players from the Cordilleras are hoping the sport they love will be included in the 2021 Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) which Vietnam will be hosting. Vietnam has recently released 36 events that they intend to include when they host the event in November next year. Three… Read More
NBA: Rockets star Westbrook tests positive for coronavirus
July 14, 2020, 1:19 pm
ANKARA – Houston Rockets All-Star guard Russell Westbrook has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, an NBA insider tweeted. ''Rockets guard Russell Westbrook says he has tested positive for coronavirus and is in quarantine,'' Shams Charania said on Monday. Westbrook, 31, won the 2017 NBA… Read More
Manchester City's European competitions ban lifted
July 13, 2020, 7:44 pm
ANKARA – European football's governing body on Monday confirmed that English Premier League club Manchester City’s two-year ban on participating in UEFA competitions has been lifted. "UEFA takes note of the decision taken by the Court of Arbitration for Sport [CAS] to reduce the sanction… Read More
NBA to resume play on July 30 with 22 teams
July 12, 2020, 5:49 pm
ANKARA – NBA is set to return at the end of July as teams arrived at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando, Florida this week to return to work. Players have begun practices while following the new coronavirus safety protocols in a secluded place largely called the "Orlando… Read More
Olympic hopefuls wait for IATF nod to resume training
July 12, 2020, 11:49 am
MANILA – The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) remains keen on having the national athletes resume their training for the Tokyo Olympic qualifiers amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic. "We are working towards the approval of the training of our national athletes who have earned… Read More
Baguio chess master in FIDE online Olympiad qualifier
July 10, 2020, 1:34 pm
BAGUIO CITY – Six of the country’s top woodpushers will be seeking slots in the first-ever FIDE (Federation Internationale des Echecs) Online Chess Olympiad from July 22 to August 30. Qualifier game starts at 10 a.m. on July 11 as International Master Haridas Pascua goes literally to “war”… Read More
40-year-old player returns to NBA with Brooklyn Nets
July 9, 2020, 8:05 pm
ANKARA – Jamal Crawford, an experienced basketball player, agreed with the Brooklyn Nets to play the game, an NBA insider said on Thursday. "Jamal Crawford has agreed to a deal with the Brooklyn Nets, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium," Shams Charania tweeted. Crawford, 40, has been a free… Read More
Roque backs resumption of Olympic qualifiers' training
July 9, 2020, 7:20 pm
MANILA – Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said he would personally support the request of sports officials to allow the resumption of training of Tokyo-bound Filipino athletes and others seeking Olympic slots. In a virtual presser, Roque said the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management… Read More
