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Coo clinches bronze in Asian Games BMX Racing

Coo clinches bronze in Asian Games BMX Racing

October 1, 2023, 5:06 pm

HANGZHOU – Patrick Coo clinched bronze on Sunday in Chun’an to continue the Philippines' medal tradition in BMX racing of the cycling event in the 19th Asian Games. Coo’s bronze was the seventh for Team Philippines and it came the morning after Ernest John ‘EJ” Obiena bagged an expected… Read More

Obiena nails first PH gold in Hangzhou Asiad with record-breaking leap

Obiena nails first PH gold in Hangzhou Asiad with record-breaking leap

October 1, 2023, 12:03 am

HANGZHOU, China – As expected, World No. 2 pole vaulter Ernest John Obiena gave the Philippines a gold medal at the 19th Asian Games here on Saturday night, exactly a week since the meet opened. The 27-year-old Obiena cleared 5.90 meters to outclass the competition at Hangzhou Olympic Sports… Read More

Defending champs Chiang Kai Shek, CEU win WNCAA opening games

Defending champs Chiang Kai Shek, CEU win WNCAA opening games

September 30, 2023, 7:11 pm

MANILA – Host Chiang Kai Shek College (CKSC) kicked off its juniors title defense on a high note with a 51-40 victory over De La Salle-Zobel in the 54th Women's National Collegiate Athletic Association (WNCAA) season opener at CKSC gymnasium in Manila on Saturday. Jessica Ashley Mabazza… Read More

Lady Warriors oust Lady Stags, gain SSL volleyball playoff spot

Lady Warriors oust Lady Stags, gain SSL volleyball playoff spot

September 30, 2023, 6:50 pm

MANILA – University of the East (UE) pulled off a 25-18, 25-20, 25-20 victory over San Sebastian College-Recoletos to claim a playoff berth in the 2023 Shakeys’ Super League (SSL) Collegiate Pre-Season Championship Season 2 at Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila on Saturday. Veteran KC Cepada… Read More

Eala-Alcantara delivers bronze; PH counts on Obiena for first gold

Eala-Alcantara delivers bronze; PH counts on Obiena for first gold

September 29, 2023, 10:53 pm

HANGZHOU, China – Alexandra Eala and Francis Alcantara bagged the bronze medal in the mixed doubles of tennis competitions at the 19th Asian Games here Friday. Taiwanese Liang En-Shuo and Huang Tsung-hao beat the Filipino pair, 7-5, 6-3, in the semifinals. “If overachievement is a thing, then… Read More

Blazers defuse Heavy Bombers in overtime, notch first NCAA win

Blazers defuse Heavy Bombers in overtime, notch first NCAA win

September 29, 2023, 8:28 pm

MANILA – College of Saint Benilde (CSB) beat Jose Rizal University (JRU) in overtime, 93-85, for its first win in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Season 99 at Filoil EcoOil Center in San Juan on Friday. Miguel Corteza scored 21 points while reigning MVP Will Gozum, back from… Read More

CSB crowned V-League Collegiate Challenge women's champion

CSB crowned V-League Collegiate Challenge women's champion

September 29, 2023, 6:41 pm

MANILA – College of Saint Benilde (CSB) displayed its awesome form to claim the women's title over Far Eastern University, 25-18, 25-19, 25-18, in the 2023 V-League Collegiate Challenge on Friday. Zamantha Nolasco finished with seven attacks and five blocks as the Lady Blazers swept the… Read More

Alex Eala ends 17-year medal drought with a bronze

Alex Eala ends 17-year medal drought with a bronze

September 28, 2023, 8:13 pm

HANGZHOU, China – Alex Eala suffered 1-6, 7-6 (7-5), 3-6 defeat to Chinese top seed Zheng Qinwen but successfully ended the country’s 17-year medal drought in tennis competition of the 19th Asian Games on Thursday at the city’s Olympic Tennis Centre here. Several inches shorter than the… Read More

New Clark City Aquatics Center to host freediving pool tourney

New Clark City Aquatics Center to host freediving pool tourney

September 28, 2023, 7:22 pm

MANILA – The Association Internationale pour le Développement de l’Apnee (AIDA) Philippines will hold its first National Freediving Pool Championship from Sept. 29 to Oct. 1 at the New Clark City Aquatics Center in Capas, Tarlac. Freedivers from all over the country are expected to join the… Read More

PFF gets new equipment from Japan embassy

PFF gets new equipment from Japan embassy

September 28, 2023, 7:18 pm

MANILA – The Philippine Football Federation (PFF) on Thursday formally received a donation of practice jerseys and footballs from the Embassy of Japan through the Japan Football Association at the national sports association's office in Pasig. First Secretary Shigehiro Matsuda represented the… Read More

Mandal delivers 1st PH silver in 19th Asian Games

Mandal delivers 1st PH silver in 19th Asian Games

September 28, 2023, 6:40 pm

HANGZHOU, China – Sanda fighter Arnel Mandal dropped his final encounter against a favored foe on Thursday, delivering the first silver medal for the Philippines in the 19th Asian Games. The 27-year-old Mandal unloaded a large number of punches in a desperate attempt to knock out China’s Jiang… Read More

PSC chief keeps hopes high despite PH’s slow start in Asiad

PSC chief keeps hopes high despite PH’s slow start in Asiad

September 28, 2023, 4:56 pm

HANGZHOU, China – Philippine Sports Commission chairman Richard “Dickie” Bachmann is not yet losing hope, saying that Filipino athletes can still deliver despite their slow start in the 19th Asian Games here. In a conversation with Filipino sportswriters, Bachmann said he is counting on… Read More

Smashing Asiad debut for Gilas women’s team

Smashing Asiad debut for Gilas women’s team

September 28, 2023, 8:24 am Updated on September 28, 2023, 11:35 am

HANGZHOU – Welcome to the Asian Games, Gilas women’s team. The Filipina cagebelles had a rousing triumph in their first-ever game in the history of the quadrennial meet, hacking out an 83-59 rout of Kazakhstan Wednesday night at the Shaoxing Olympic Sports Centre gymnasium. Janine Pontejos… Read More

UE bags V-League Collegiate Challenge bronze medal

UE bags V-League Collegiate Challenge bronze medal

September 27, 2023, 9:35 pm

MANILA – The University of the East outplayed the University of Perpetual Help System DALTA, 28-26, 25-23, 25-23, to secure the bronze medal in the women's division of the 2023 V-League Collegiate Challenge at the Paco Arena in Manila on Wednesday. Outside hitter Casiey Monique Dongallo led the… Read More

Alex Eala pulls off huge comeback to beat Japanese in Asian Games

Alex Eala pulls off huge comeback to beat Japanese in Asian Games

September 27, 2023, 5:55 pm

HANGZHOU, China – Alex Eala pulled off one of the biggest comeback wins in the tennis history of the Asian Games with a 0-6, 7-5, 6-0 win over Japanese Kyoka Okamura at the Olympic Tennis Centre here Wednesday, assuring Team Philippines of another bronze medal. Eala, seeded No. 4, looked like a… Read More

WNCAA season 54 kicks off Sept. 30

WNCAA season 54 kicks off Sept. 30

September 27, 2023, 5:53 pm

MANILA – Centro Escolar University (CEU) and Chiang Kai Shek College (CKSC) will kick off their basketball title-retention bid at the Women's National Collegiate Athletic Association (WNCAA) Season 54 on Sept. 30. CEU, the seniors champion, will battle San Beda College Alabang at 1:30 p.m. while… Read More

Skateboarders Didal, Feliciano make medal round; Eala gains QF

Skateboarders Didal, Feliciano make medal round; Eala gains QF

September 26, 2023, 9:16 pm

HANGZHOU, China – Skateboarders Margielyn Didal and Renzo Mark Feliciano barged into the women’s and men’s street event medal round in the 19th Asian Games at Qiantang Roller Sports Centre in Zhejiang Province, China on Tuesday. Didal, the 2018 gold medalist, landed sixth in the preliminary… Read More

Wushu produces another Asiad bronze for PH

Wushu produces another Asiad bronze for PH

September 26, 2023, 12:01 am

HANGZHOU, China – Taolu specialist Jones Inso saved the day for Team Philippines on Monday, producing another bronze medal in the 19th Asian Games.The 26-year-old from La Trinidad, Benguet missed out on a medal in the Cambodia Southeast Asian Games in May but more than made up for it on a bigger… Read More

UST, Adamson advance in Shakey's Super League volleyball tourney

UST, Adamson advance in Shakey's Super League volleyball tourney

September 25, 2023, 6:47 pm

MANILA - University of Santo Tomas UST) made it to the next round after prevailing over defending NCAA titlist College of Saint Benilde (CSB), 25-13, 22-25, 25-12, 25-22, in the 2023 Shakey’s Super League (SSL) Collegiate Pre-Season Championship Season 2 at the Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan… Read More

'Cam From Behind' wins Philracom Sampaguita Stakes race

'Cam From Behind' wins Philracom Sampaguita Stakes race

September 25, 2023, 5:12 pm

MANILA - Rancho Sta. Rosa’s Cam From Behind ruled the Philippine Racing Commission (Philracom) Sampaguita Stakes at the Metro Manila Turf Club in Malvar, Batangas last Sunday. The Havana out of Miss Lemon Drop mare became only the third back-to-back winner of the annual event for older female… Read More