Sports
Banario submission highlights Brave 22 prelims
March 15, 2019, 9:46 pm
MANILA — Harold Banario needed only 41 seconds to stop fellow Filipino Ariel Oliveros in the preliminaries of Brave 22: Storm of Warriors at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City on Friday night. The younger brother of former ONE featherweight champion Honorio Banario quickly took Oliveros at the… Read More
NBTC seeding games now set
March 15, 2019, 8:41 am
MANILA — The match-ups for the seeding games in the 2019 National Basketball Training Center National Finals were unveiled Thursday night following a draw that was streamed live on Facebook. The Narvacan National High School was drawn as the 25th seed and will take on Isabela Colleges, which was… Read More
Loman, Boudegzdame make weight ahead of title fight
March 14, 2019, 9:52 pm
MANILA — The main event of the first offering of Brave Combat Federation in the Philippines is officially on. Stephen Loman and Elias Boudegzdame both made the 135-pound cut for their Brave bantamweight title fight at Brave 22: Storm of Warriors at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. During… Read More
African center makes waves in CDO basketball scene
March 14, 2019, 7:56 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- African national Stephane Kazembe is making waves on the hard court here in Cagayan de Oro after leading newcomer, the Philippine Countryville College (PCC) Stags, to the final of the 14th Loyola Cup.The Stags will clash with defending champions, the Southern Philippine… Read More
QC ends Makati's record streak with playoff shocker
March 14, 2019, 8:12 am
MANILA — The Quezon City Capitals put the Makati Skyscrapers' Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) record 15-game winning streak to an end with an 88-77 stunner in Game 1 of their playoff series at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City on Wednesday night. QC, which had an impressive… Read More
Huge win vs. ASEAN champs shows hard work of Kaya FC-Iloilo
March 14, 2019, 8:11 am
BACOLOD CITY -- The emphatic 5-0 victory of the Philippines’ Kaya FC-Iloilo over reigning ASEAN Zone champions, Home United of Singapore, is a testament to the team’s hard work, head coach Noel Marcaida said. “My players accepted the challenge. They’re very hungry to play in this level.… Read More
PH skateboarding sets tryouts for 30th SEA Games
March 13, 2019, 7:09 pm
MANILA -- The search is on for skateboarders who will represent the country in the forthcoming 30th Southeast Asian Games. Skateboarding and Roller Sports Association of the Philippines, Inc. president Monty Mendigoria on Wednesday announced the staging of regional championships starting with the… Read More
Bataan zooms over Caloocan at start of playoff clash
March 13, 2019, 8:08 am
MANILA — The Bataan Risers wasted no time in dealing the Caloocan Supremos a sound 91-71 beating at the start of their Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) playoff series at the Bataan People's Center in Balanga on Tuesday night. Bataan raced to a 28-9 first quarter lead, and despite… Read More
Manila holds off Bulacan at start of MPBL playoffs
March 13, 2019, 8:07 am
MANILA — The Manila Stars pipped the Bulacan Kuyas, 69-65, at the start of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) Playoffs at the Bataan People's Center in Balanga on Tuesday night. Despite a sluggish second quarter, where it only scored five points, and a third quarter threat from… Read More
Marañon hat trick lifts Ceres Negros over Becamex Binh Duong
March 13, 2019, 8:06 am
MANILA — Bienve Marañon dropped a hat trick on Becamex Binh Duong as Ceres Negros scored its second win in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup, 3-1, at the Go Dau Stadium in Thu Dau Mot, Vietnam on Tuesday night. Marañon started his three-goal haul in one of the biggest blunders a… Read More
Sportsfest set to celebrate 70 years PH-Korea diplomatic ties
March 12, 2019, 9:00 pm
MANILA – The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) and Korean embassy on Tuesday sealed a partnership for the holding of the first ever Korea-Philippines Sports Festival to celebrate the 70th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the Philippines and South Korea. The partnership was formally… Read More
Kaya FC-Iloilo braces for tough match against Home United
March 12, 2019, 8:09 pm
BACOLOD CITY -- The Philippines’ Kaya FC-Iloilo is bracing for a tough test against ASEAN Zonal champions Home United of Singapore in their first home game for the AFC Cup 2019 at the Panaad Stadium here on Wednesday afternoon. Both squads are lumped in Group H along with Lao Toyota of Laos and… Read More
Young Filipina swimmer bags six golds in Tokyo tourney
March 12, 2019, 7:30 pm
MANILA – Swimming internationalist Micaela Jasmine Mojdeh pulled off another sterling performance in her budding career, winning six gold medals in another record-rampaging campaign in the recently concluded 2019 Age-Group Champs Swim Meet in Tokyo, Japan. Mojdeh, the country’s newest swimming… Read More
Pinoy WBO Oriental youth flyweight champ to see action in China
March 12, 2019, 7:07 pm
DAVAO CITY -- World Boxing Organization (WBO) Oriental Youth Flyweight Champion Jayson “Smasher” Mama is now qualified in the final round of the IBF Silkroad Tournament in China on March 28.Mama, who holds a record of 11 wins, 6 knockouts, and zero loss, will face Thai veteran and… Read More
‘Star Boy’ Magboo challenges Thai boxer for featherweight title
March 12, 2019, 1:49 pm
DAVAO CITY -- JR “Star Boy” Magboo of Mindoro Oriental will fight Anurak Thisa of Thailand for the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) Asia featherweight title in Bangkok, Thailand on March 22.Magboo, 29, who holds a 17-2-2, eight KOs record, lost to George Kambosos of Australia in Kuala… Read More
MPBL South Playoffs finally set
March 12, 2019, 8:23 am
MANILA -- The first-round match-ups of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) Datu Cup Southern Division Playoffs are now set after the results of a triple-header, which was technically reduced to a doubleheader, in the final day of the regular season at the Batangas City Sports Center… Read More
CDO Sharks rip Crusaders; sets title clash vs. Bukidnon
March 11, 2019, 8:40 pm
TOP MAN. Southern Philippine College Sharks center Rudjug Daga scores an easy lay-up against Xavier University Crusaders in the semis of the 14th Loyola Cup Collegiate Division semis. SPC beat XU 84-68. (Photo by Jack S. Biantan) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Philippine College (SPC) Sharks Sunday… Read More
Dagupan tops Region 1 athletic meet anew
March 11, 2019, 5:04 pm
LAOAG CITY -- The Department of Education (DepEd) Schools Division of Dagupan City clinched the overall championship in this year’s Region 1 Athletic Association (R1AA) meet held from March 6 to 11 in this city. Though there was no overall ranking for this year’s conduct of R1AA meet, the… Read More
NU Bullpups to defend crown in NBTC tourney
March 11, 2019, 4:16 pm
MANILA -- Fresh from winning the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) title, the Nazareth School of National University looks to add the National Basketball Training Center championship to its 2019 list as it will defend the crown from March 18-24 at the Mall of Asia Arena in… Read More
SMB, Ginebra score huge wins to boost QF bid
March 11, 2019, 7:54 am
MANILA — The San Miguel Beermen and Barangay Ginebra bolstered their chance of making the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup quarterfinals after pipping their respective foes at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on Sunday night. The Beermen downed the NorthPort Batang… Read More
