Sports
Otom, Bernardo flag-bearers in Asian Para Games debut
October 21, 2023, 7:34 pm
HANGZHOU – Chess player Darry Bernardo and swimmer Angel Mae Otom will be the flag-bearers in their debut at the Hangzhou Asian Para Games here on Sunday night. The opening ceremony of the Games’ fourth edition will be held at the 80,000-seat Hangzhou Olympic Stadium. Bernardo and Otom were… Read More
Mapua nips Perpetual to keep NCAA lead
October 21, 2023, 5:30 pm
MANILA – Mapua University nipped Perpetual Help, 62-61, to keep the top spot in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Season 99 men's basketball at Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan City on Saturday. Marc Cuenco scored 13 points, highlighted by three triples, and made four assists,… Read More
Generals nip Blazers, climb to share of No. 4 with 5th win
October 20, 2023, 6:49 pm
MANILA – Emilio Aguinaldo College limited College of Saint Benilde to only three points in the final three minutes to escape with a 78-76 win in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Season 99 men's basketball at Filoil EcoOil Arena in San Juan City on Friday. JP Maguliano scored… Read More
All systems go for ROTC Games National Championships
October 20, 2023, 5:15 pm
MANILA – All is set for the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Games National Championships featuring the country’s best cadet-athletes. The gold and silver medalists of the qualifying legs in Luzon (Cavite), Visayas (Iloilo City), Mindanao (Zamboanga City) and National Capital Region… Read More
19 Filipino athletes to join World Combat Games in Saudi Arabia
October 19, 2023, 8:01 pm Updated on October 19, 2023, 9:50 pm
MANILA – The Philippines will send 19 athletes to the 2023 World Combat Games scheduled from Oct. 20 to 30 at the King Saud University Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Hangzhou Asian Games bronze medalists Jenna Kaila Napolis (ju-jitsu) and Jones Inso and Clemente Tagubara Jr. (wushu) will lead… Read More
Ganapin guns for gold in Asian Para Games to renew Paralympic bid
October 19, 2023, 2:16 pm
HANGZHOU – A casualty of the Covid-19 pandemic was one-armed taekwondo jin Allain Ganapin, whose bid to compete in the Tokyo Paralympic Games in 2021 was derailed after he was struck down by the virus just a few days before he was to go and see action in the Japanese capital. That painful… Read More
Go on dope claim vs. Obiena: ‘No cure for envy’
October 18, 2023, 6:06 pm
MANILA – The wife of 2012 Olympic gold medalist pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie, who insinuated through a social media post that Filipino pole vaulter EJ Obiena is using banned substances, might be jealous or has malicious intent, according to Senator Christopher Lawrence Go. In a news release on… Read More
Puerto Princesa gears up for Ironman 70.3 triathlon event
October 18, 2023, 5:39 pm
PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan – The city government here is preparing to host a series of athletic competitions in a bid to turn this place into a hub for international sporting events, on top of its fame as a tourist destination. Puerto Princesa sports director Rocky Austria said on Wednesday that… Read More
Lady Falcons nail 2nd win in UAAP basketball
October 18, 2023, 5:31 pm Updated on October 19, 2023, 2:21 pm
MANILA – Adamson University dominated Far Eastern University, 71-50, to claim its second straight win in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 86 women's basketball at the Adamson University gym on Wednesday. Francine Meniano had 14 points, five rebounds and four… Read More
Adamson's Jardin optimistic on ROTC Games National Finals stint
October 16, 2023, 6:35 pm
MANILA - Adamson University trackster Kent Francis Jardin hopes to make a mark when he competes in the Reserves Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Games National Finals scheduled from October 22-27 at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Malate, Manila. Jardin, representing the Philippine Navy,… Read More
San Sebastian whips EAC in NCAA men's basketball
October 15, 2023, 10:21 pm
MANILA – San Sebastian College downed Emilio Aguinaldo College, 86-70, to boost its Final Four bid in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Season 99 men's basketball at Filoil EcoOil Arena in San Juan City on Sunday. Raymart Escobido fired four triples to finish with 23 points as… Read More
Lady Bulldogs dominate Lady Archers
October 15, 2023, 7:43 pm
MANILA – Seven-time champion National University clobbered De La Salle University, 91-53, to keep its share of second place in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 86 women's basketball at Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City on Sunday. Camille Clarin scored 19… Read More
LGUs rev up for PNVF Challenge Cup in November
October 15, 2023, 4:42 pm
MANILA – Nearly three weeks of volleyball action are scheduled in November with the staging of the Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) Challenge Cup at Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila. Nine men’s teams and six women’s squads -- all local government unit (LGU)-based -- have so… Read More
Cebu’s Remolino, Laguna’s Ellis rule Nat’l Age Group Aquathlon elite
October 15, 2023, 4:06 pm
MANILA – Andrew Kim Remolino of Cebu and Kira Ellis of Laguna emerged champions in the elite category of the National Age Group Aquathlon at the Vermosa Sports Hub in Cavite on Sunday. Remolino, a silver medalist in the Cambodia Southeast Asian Games last May, clocked 16 minutes and 20 seconds… Read More
Red Lions conquer Heavy Bombers
October 14, 2023, 6:55 pm
MANILA – Jacob Cortez scored a game-high 24 points, including six triples, as San Beda University escaped with a 74-70 victory over Jose Rizal University (JRU) in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Season 99 men's basketball at Filoil EcoOil Arena in San Juan City Saturday. Cortez also… Read More
Ateneo notches 4th straight win in UAAP women's basketball
October 14, 2023, 4:06 pm
MANILA – Ateneo de Manila University sustained its winning form in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 86 women's basketball, beating Far Eastern University (FEU), 72-64, at Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City on Saturday. Kacey dela Rosa had 20 points, 11 rebounds… Read More
Generals triumph over Chiefs in NCAA men’s basketball
October 13, 2023, 8:07 pm
MANILA – Emilio Aguinaldo College (EAC) outplayed Arellano University, 79-76, to forge a two-way tie for third place in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Season 99 men's basketball at the Filoil EcoOil Arena in San Juan on Friday. JP Maguiliano had 19 points and seven rebounds… Read More
PH keeps Asiad basketball gold despite Brownlee's failed drug test
October 13, 2023, 2:47 pm Updated on October 13, 2023, 2:56 pm
MANILA – The 19th Asian Games men's basketball gold medal will not be taken away from the Philippines despite the failed doping test of naturalized player Justin Brownlee. In a news release on Friday, the International Testing Agency (ITA), mandated by the Olympic Council of Asia to… Read More
Brownlee fails Asian Games doping test
October 13, 2023, 2:49 am
MANILA – Justin Brownlee, a member of the Philippine men’s basketball team, failed a doping test in the Hangzhou, China Asian Games, the International Testing Agency (ITA) announced Friday night.The ITA is mandated by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) to independently handle areas of the… Read More
PUP's bet captures boxing gold medal in ROTC Games
October 12, 2023, 9:55 pm
MANILA – Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) bet Florence Sumpay captured the boxing featherweight gold medal in the Philippine Army category of the 2023 Reserves Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Games National Capital Region leg on Thursday. Sumpay defeated City of Malabon University's… Read More