MANILA, Philippines–Camille Victoria and Ivy Lacsina saved Nxled from a third-set meltdown to shatter Capital1, 25-13, 25-23, 25-22, in the PVL All-Filipino Conference on Tuesday at PhilSports Arena. Victoria led the Chameleons with 17 points from 14 attacks and three blocks while Lacsina added 12 points, 11 coming from attacks, to power Nxled to its
MANILA, Philippines—The Final Four race in the NCAA Season 99 women’s volleyball tournament intensified with Mapua and Perpetual Help tallying wins to create a logjam for the last semifinal slot on Tuesday. The Lady Altas squeaked by San Beda, 20-25, 25-13, 22-25, 25-17, 15-6, at San Juan Arena. Shaila Omipon powered Perpetual Help with 26
MANILA, Philippines — Fatigue aside, Jau Umandal was again a man on a mission as he steered Cignal to its second straight five-set victory in the 2024 Spikers’ Turf Open Conference. It took everything and more for Cignal to outlast star-studded newcomer Criss Cross in five grueling sets through the unassailable scoring exploits of newly
MANILA, Philippines — Shevana Laput and Vince Maglinao delivered the goods as De La Salle University posted big-time wins in the homestretch of the UAAP Season 86 women’s and men’s volleyball tournaments. The two ace spikers clicked from all cylinders to help the La Salle squads go 2-0 in the crucial period entering the final
MANILA, Philippines—San Miguel remained invincible in the PBA Philippine Cup, improving to 7-0 after defeating NorthPort on Sunday. The reason for the Beermen’s exemplary success is the squad’s efforts behind closed doors. “Sometimes in practice, we really hurt each other,” said Perez in Filipino after their 120-100 win over the Batang Pier. READ: PBA: San
Inter Milan won Serie A on Monday after beating AC Milan 2-1 and creating an unassailable lead at the top of the league with their sixth straight derby victory. Goals from Francesco Acerbi and Marcus Thuram gave Inter a 17-point advantage over closest challengers Milan and secured their 20th league crown with five matches of
Formula One fans could be treated to the sight of Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton roaring around the steamy streets of Bangkok, with Thailand keen to host a race. Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin hosted F1 boss Stefano Domenicali on Monday to pitch the government’s vision of bringing a grand prix to the sprawling, traffic-clogged Thai
DENVER — Jamal Murray sank a 15-foot step-back jumper at the buzzer and the Denver Nuggets wiped out a 20-point second-half deficit to stun the Los Angeles Lakers 101-99 Monday night and take a 2-0 lead in their NBA Western Conference playoff series. Murray’s fadeaway, falling-down game-winner provided the Nuggets with their first lead since
MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Clippers remain unsure just when they’ll have their top players back on the floor. So far, they’ve still managed to do just fine in their respective NBA first-round playoff series. Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo hasn’t played since straining his left calf April 9 and Los Angeles’ Kawhi Leonard
Jordi Fernandez, who guided Canada to a bronze medal in last year’s World Cup, was named as the new head coach of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets on Monday. The 41-year-old Spaniard, who had served as associate head coach of the Sacramento Kings for the past two seasons, will replace interim coach Kevin Ollie, who took
NEW YORK — Donte DiVincenzo made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 13 seconds remaining after a desperate scramble, and the New York Knicks beat the Philadelphia 76ers 104-101 on Monday night to take a 2-0 lead in their NBA first-round playoff series. The Knicks trailed by five points within the final 30 seconds, on the verge
CLEVELAND — Donovan Mitchell scored 23 points, Jarrett Allen had 20 rebounds and the Cleveland Cavaliers outlasted the Orlando Magic 96-86 on Monday night to take a 2-0 lead in their NBA first-round Eastern Conference series. Mitchell set the tone as the Cavs led from start to finish, just as they did in Game 1.
(First of a series) There are six apparatuses in men’s artistic gymnastics. And while Carlos Edriel Yulo is gearing up for all six as he prepares for a second Olympic appearance, there will be three he will pay close attention to: Floor exercise, parallel bars and vault. Yulo ruled the floor exercise and the vault
Marcio Lassiter has been in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) for a long time to know that winning streaks, while pleasant, could also be dangerously intoxicating. That is why on the heels of yet another cutthroat victory, the San Miguel sniper warned about getting too caught up about the unbeaten run his squad is currently
Assistant coach Noel Orcullo has said very little concerning the status of Angel Canino. But this time, what he said had a lot of meat in it. “Hopefully she can return, if not in our game against UST (University of Santo Tomas), in the semis [for sure],” Orcullo said, referring to the anticipated return of
South Africa’s Henri Schoeman just beat everyone out of the water on Sunday but put on a show on land to claim the centerpiece men’s pro division title of the Ironman 70.3 Lapu-Lapu in Mactan, where Els Visser of The Netherlands emerged victorious in the women’s side. The bronze medal winner in the Rio de
Choco Mucho will be heading into the semifinals of the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) All-Filipino Conference still carrying a big white and hot pink-colored chip on its shoulder. The Flying Titans lost to defending champion Creamline for the 12th straight time late last week, and playing the eliminated Foxies at 6 p.m. on Tuesday to