MANILA, Philippines–The Philippine women’s football team called up four U-17 players and two first-timers for its pair of friendly matches against South Korea next week in Icheon. Nina Mathelus, Aiselyn Sia, Alexa Pino and Gabrielle Baker, in contention to be included in the Philippine squad for the Asian Football Confederation U-17 Asian Cup, were among
MANILA, Philippines–CJ Perez seemed to have picked up where he left off from the PBA All-Star Game with his best performance in the early stages of the Philippine Cup. The San Miguel Beer star finished with 32 points, four rebounds, five assists and two steals as the Beermen rolled to a 116-102 win over the
MANILA, Philippines—Filipino tennis ace Alex Eala promised to bounce back and she kept her word. Less than two weeks after failing to make the main draw of the Miami Open, Eala redeemed herself with a second doubles title this year. Eala and her French partner Estelle Cascino ruled the W75 Croissy-Beaubourg tournament in France by
MANILA, Philippines—Gilas Pilipinas Women’s stellar run in the 2024 Fiba 3×3 Asia Cup came to a screeching halt on Sunday at Singapore Sports Hub. After a dominant start in the tournament, Gilas found its match in a red-hot Chinese Taipei side and fell, 19-9, in the quarterfinals. It was Gilas’ first loss after rolling in
MANILA, Philippines–San Miguel hardly looked like it lost a step during the long break, picking apart Phoenix, 116-102, in the PBA Philippine Cup on Easter Sunday. CJ Perez brought his hot shooting from the midseason extravaganza, top-scoring the Beermen with a season-best 32 points to help will the club to a 3-0 win-loss mark in
Tall American southpaw Sebastian Fundora stunned previously unbeaten Australian Tim Tszyu on Saturday to unify two world junior middleweight boxing titles in a bout that became a bloody spectacle. After a strong start, Tszyu struck his head accidentally on the left elbow of the 6-foot-5 (1.97m) challenger in the second round, a deep bleeding gash
Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs may be headed to a bottom-of-the-table finish, but the sensational French rookie has no doubt he’s on the right trajectory in his first NBA season. The towering 20-year-old said nothing showed the young team’s progress more than their 130-126 overtime triumph over the New York Knicks on Friday,
ORLANDO, Florida — Wendell Carter Jr. had 15 points and 13 rebounds, Jalen Suggs and Cole Anthony added 15 points each and the Orlando Magic broke a three-game losing streak with a 118-88 rout of the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night. A day after committing two late turnovers and blaming himself for a loss to
ATLANTA — Giannis Antetokounmpo had six dunks while scoring 36 points and the Milwaukee Bucks overcame Bogdan Bogdanovic’s 38 points to beat Atlanta 122-113 on Saturday night, ending the Hawks’ four-game winning streak. Antetokounmpo added 16 rebounds and Khris Middleton scored 21 points as the Bucks snapped a two-game losing streak. Milwaukee point guard Damian
MANILA, Philippines – Just when another shocking defeat looked imminent for defending champion Creamline, Tots Carlos delivered a performance for the ages. Carlos erupted for a career-high 38 points — the highest single-game scoring output by a local player in the Premier Volleyball League, lifting the Cool Smashers over the Cignal HD Spikers in a
NEW ORLEANS — Jayson Tatum scored 23 points and the Boston Celtics rebounded from back-to-back losses to Atlanta, pulling away in the third quarter for a 104-92 win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday in the NBA. Kristaps Porzingis added 19 points, 10 rebounds and four blocked shots and Jaylen Brown scored 17 as
The Sacramento Kings lost another key player to an injury for the rest of the regular season with star sixth man Malik Monk out at least four weeks with a knee injury. The Kings said Saturday that Monk has a sprained MCL in his right knee and will be re-evaluated in four weeks. Monk got
MANILA, Philippines—Gilas Pilipinas Men got bounced while the country’s women’s team remained in title contention in the 2024 Fiba 3×3 Asia Cup on Saturday at OCBC Square, Singapore. Gilas suffered back-to-back losses to Australia and Japan that led to its elimination in Pool C. The Philippines opened with a 21-13 loss to the Aussies, who
It’s no secret that EJ Obiena has one name he should make a target if he wants to strike gold in the Paris Olympics this year: Armand Duplantis. The Swedish-American pole vault machine is known by his nickname “Mondo.” Quite apt, as it means world in Italian. And the athletics star currently holds the world
Teams sitting at the top of the standings are hoping that the long layoff won’t serve as a momentum-killer as action in the PBA Philippine Cup resumes on Sunday. San Miguel Beer will be one of those looking to sustain its terrific start to the all-Filipino tournament at Smart Araneta Coliseum with a 3 p.m.
Tim Cone had said—just days after announcing a 12-man pool for Gilas Pilipinas that would hopefully take the Philippines back to the World Cup and Los Angeles Olympics in 2028—that like in “any other basketball team,” change in national team personnel is inevitable. With that being said, Bennie Boatwright, San Miguel Beer’s ace in the
There was something different in National University (NU) when it took on University of Santo Tomas (UST) for the second time around this season of the UAAP women’s volleyball tournament. Nine games into Season 86, the Lady Bulldogs have patiently worked on themselves to be the cohesive unit everyone—including themselves—knew they were capable of being
Justin Brownlee has been called many things throughout his time in the Philippines. He has been called a king by Barangay Ginebra’s diehard followers, and a hero by fans of a national program that has been yearning for a place on the international stage. He has been those for quite a while now. But when
MANILA, Philippines—Iron sharpens iron and so far in his career over at ONE Championship, Joshua Pacio’s iron is undoubtedly Jarred Brooks. Not too long ago after his second bout with Jarred Brooks that ended rather controversially, Pacio revealed that in his young MMA career nobody has pushed him to his limits more than the fighter