Sports

Pocari Sweat joins list of SEA Games sponsors

Pocari Sweat joins list of SEA Games sponsors

March 25, 2019, 5:35 pm

MANILA -- Sports drink Pocari Sweat has joined the growing list of companies lending support to the country's hosting of the 30th Southeast Asian Games. Pocari Sweat will serve as the Games' official rehydration isotonic drink, following the signing of the memorandum of agreement (MOA) between… Read More

GoPilipinasGo stages pep rally for PH SEA Games hosting

GoPilipinasGo stages pep rally for PH SEA Games hosting

March 25, 2019, 2:39 pm

MANILA -- Members of the national team will join several sporting legends as well as coaches and sports officials on Tuesday when the GoPilipinasGo movement stages a pep rally and concert for Team Philippines in the coming Southeast Asian Games. The program, which starts at 5 p.m., will also serve… Read More

Saigon Heat edges skidding Alab Pilipinas in ABL

Saigon Heat edges skidding Alab Pilipinas in ABL

March 25, 2019, 2:18 pm

HÀNỘI -- Saigon Heat defeated defending champion San Miguel Alab Pilipinas, 81-80, in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) on Sunday in Ho Chi Minh City. The Heat took the home court advantage, employing consistent offensive all throughout the game to upset the skidding Alab Pilipinas. De Angelo… Read More

NorthPort snaps long skid by blasting TNT

NorthPort snaps long skid by blasting TNT

March 24, 2019, 8:57 pm

MANILA -- NorthPort finally got a win after a long slide with a 109-83 mauling of TNT in the PBA Philippine Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on Sunday night. The Batang Pier began pulling away after going on a 31-15 second quarter to take a 53-31 halftime lead. The KaTropa tried to… Read More

German triathlete rules 2019 Ironman 70.3 male pros

German triathlete rules 2019 Ironman 70.3 male pros

March 24, 2019, 7:26 pm

DAVAO CITY — German triathlete Marcus Rolli ruled Sunday’s Alveo Ironman 70.3 under the male pros’ category. Rolli took the early lead and finished the 1.9-kilometer swim, 90-km bike and the 21-km run in three hours, 49 minutes and 29 seconds. Australian Craig Alexander, a five-time world… Read More

Cayetano eyes nat’l sports high school

Cayetano eyes nat’l sports high school

March 24, 2019, 4:45 pm

MANILA — Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee chairman Alan Cayetano is batting for a specialized high school that will cater to young athletes after the 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games. "Individually, with [Philippine Olympic Committee] chairman [Bambol] Tolentino and… Read More

Construction of 30th SEA Games venue ‘ahead of target’

Construction of 30th SEA Games venue ‘ahead of target’

March 24, 2019, 4:10 pm

MANILA — Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (PHISGOC) chairman Alan Cayetano said the New Clark City Sports Complex is now 60 percent done. "We are ahead of target," Cayetano said in a press conference on Saturday at Max's Kabisera in Taguig. Cayetano then denied rumors that… Read More

Dasmariñas, Salva win IBF eliminators

Dasmariñas, Salva win IBF eliminators

March 24, 2019, 10:52 am

MANILA — Michael Dasmariñas and Samuel Salva earned their rights to vie for the International Boxing Federation titles after beating their opponents at Rising Stars at Resorts World Manila in Pasay on Saturday night. Dasmariñas, who had to let go of his International Boxing Organization… Read More

Laguna rules Batang Pinoy Luzon qualifying leg

Laguna rules Batang Pinoy Luzon qualifying leg

March 23, 2019, 5:59 pm

ILAGAN CITY, ISABELA -- Laguna Province bagged nine more gold medals on Saturday to claim the overall title in the Philippine Youth Games-Batang Pinoy (PYG-BP) Luzon qualifying leg here. The golds from arnis (5), athletics (2) and badminton (2) gave Laguna a total of 38 gold medals to go with 35… Read More

PH stays as SEA Games host: Phisgoc

PH stays as SEA Games host: Phisgoc

March 23, 2019, 9:19 am

MANILA -- The Philippine SEA Games Organizing Committee (Phisgoc) has assured that the Philippines will host the SEA Games from November 30 to December 11. "We would like to assure our athletes, the sports community, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and the rest of the Filipino people that all… Read More

20 teams to lock horns in YFL 2019

20 teams to lock horns in YFL 2019

March 22, 2019, 9:45 pm

MANILA — A total of 20 clubs will battle for youth football supremacy in the new Youth Football League (YFL) season. The said squads will field in teams in all the six age groups-- the under-7, under-9, under-11, under-13, under-15, and under-17 divisions. “I think most of the club members are… Read More

Pugs for IBF title eliminators make weight

Pugs for IBF title eliminators make weight

March 22, 2019, 7:49 pm

MANILA — The four boxers eyeing a shot at an International Boxing Federation (IBF) world title made weight during the official weigh-in for Rising Stars, the first collaboration of MP Promotions and Ringstar Asia. Samuel Salva and Rene Mark Cuarto, the two protagonists in the IBF minimumweight… Read More

Laguna wrests overall lead in Batang Pinoy

Laguna wrests overall lead in Batang Pinoy

March 22, 2019, 3:02 pm

ILAGAN CITY, Isabela -- Laguna province won the girls 4x100m relay event on Friday to take the overall lead in the penultimate day of the 2019 Philippine Youth Games-Batang Pinoy Luzon qualifying leg at the Ilagan Sports Complex here. The team of Janine Dauba, Kyla Elona, Magvrylle Chrause… Read More

Imus sends MPBL playoff series vs. Batangas City to rubber match

Imus sends MPBL playoff series vs. Batangas City to rubber match

March 22, 2019, 7:45 am

MANILA — The Imus Bandera forced a Game 3 in their Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) playoff first-round series against the Batangas City Athletics with a 75-69 win at the Muntinlupa Sports Complex on Thursday night. Two nights after dropping the series opener, the Bandera bounced… Read More

Laguna swimmers dominate Batang Pinoy Luzon leg

Laguna swimmers dominate Batang Pinoy Luzon leg

March 21, 2019, 7:54 pm

ILAGAN CITY, ISABELA -- Laguna on Thursday claimed five more gold medals to dominate the swimming competition in the 2019 Philippine Youth Games-Batang Pinoy Luzon qualifying leg at the Isabela Sports Complex here. The Laguna tankers amassed a total of 13 gold medals, including four from Prince… Read More

Gerry's-Diliman defense caps rally to zap SMDC-NU

Gerry's-Diliman defense caps rally to zap SMDC-NU

March 21, 2019, 4:44 pm

MANILA -- Gerry's Grill-Diliman College completed a turnaround from 12 points down to a 12-point win against SMDC-NU, 82-70, in the PBA D-League at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig on Thursday. The Blue Dragons took over in the second half, limiting the Bulldogs to only 13 points in the third… Read More

PH Lady Volcanoes start SEAG preparation in Sabah

PH Lady Volcanoes start SEAG preparation in Sabah

March 21, 2019, 3:58 pm

MANILA -- The Philippine Lady Volcanoes are all set for their first preparation tournament for the 2019 Southeast Asian Games as they compete in Borneo Sevens on March 23-24 in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia. Acee San Juan, one of the Lady Volcanoes, said they are relying on foreign exposure to aid… Read More

SEA Games basketball to push through in MOA Arena

SEA Games basketball to push through in MOA Arena

March 21, 2019, 7:51 am

MANILA — After a week of speculations regarding a possible venue change, the five-on-five basketball events of the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) will take place at the Mall of Asia (MOA) Arena in Pasay City as originally planned. "Together with POC (Philippine Olympic Committee) president… Read More

Perpetual junior tracksters end 35-year title drought in NCAA

Perpetual junior tracksters end 35-year title drought in NCAA

March 20, 2019, 3:48 pm

IMUS CITY, Cavite -- Perpetual Junior Altas athletics team finally emerged overall champion since it joined the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) in 1984. The young Altas tracksters brought home 11 gold, 8 silver and 4 bronze medals for a total of 1,044 points to rule the NCAA… Read More

Dasmarinas to fight Demecillo March 23 in Resorts World

Dasmarinas to fight Demecillo March 23 in Resorts World

March 20, 2019, 11:47 am

DAVAO CITY – Singapore-based Michael “Hot and Spicy” Dasmarinas will fight Kenny “Big Heart” Demecillo of Cebu on March 23 at the Resorts World Hotel in Pasay City.The winner in the highly-touted non-title fight will emerge as likely challenger to the International Boxing Federation… Read More