MANILA, Philippines—Game 1 of the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament wasn’t Detdet Pepito’s breakout game, by any means. It was her coronation. Not really as a UAAP champion. No, that situation is quite far from her grasp as the Golden Tigresses succumbed to National University in Game 1 of the UAAP Season 86 women’s
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine volleyball will finally get a chance to see Angel Canino and Bella Belen play in one team as the last two UAAP MVPs have committed to represent the country in its hosting of the AVC Challenge Cup from May 22 to 29 at Rizal Memorial Stadium. Multiple sources confirmed to Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines will be represented by Strong Group Athletics (SGA) in the 43rd William Jones Cup slated from July 13 to 21 in Taiwan. Charles Tiu, who will call the shots for SGA in the upcoming tournament alongside Rajko Toroman, said the goal is to bring the Jones Cup title back to the Philippines.
MANILA, Philippines—Ray Parks and the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins are heading to the 2024 Japanese B.League semifinals after outlasting the Mikawa Seahorses, 84-75, on Sunday at Dolphins Arena. The Dolphins moved on to face Kai Sotto’s former squad, the Hiroshima Dragonflies. Parks played only nine limited minutes for Nagoya but still contributed five points and an
Kylian Mbappe was named France’s player of the year on Monday at an awards ceremony in Paris, as he comes to the end of his seven-season stay with Paris Saint-Germain. Mbappe, 25, picked up the prize for the best player in Ligue 1 at the UNFP (French players’ union) Trophies gala for the fifth time
LONDON — A British boxer has died after he lost on his professional debut in London. Sherif Lawal was knocked down by a blow to the head from Malam Varela in the fourth round of a scheduled six-round middleweight fight on Sunday at Harrow Leisure Centre. READ: Mexican teen boxer dies of injuries suffered in
Tyson Fury’s father John was seen with blood gushing from his forehead on Monday after a video seemed to show him butting a member of Oleksandr Usyk’s camp in the build-up to Saturday’s undisputed world heavyweight clash in Riyadh. The incident took place at the hotel hosting Monday’s pre-fight media day and was quickly broken
Former heavyweight king Mike Tyson said Monday his decision to step back into the ring at the age of 57 was a “no-brainer”, brushing off recent criticism that he was too old to make a comeback. At a press conference in New York to promote his upcoming bout against YouTuber-turned-fighter Jake Paul, Tyson admitted training
DALLAS — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder overcame a Dallas franchise playoff-record 13 blocks, rallying for a 100-96 victory Monday night to even their NBA Western Conference semifinal series at 2-2. Chet Holmgren and Lu Dort hit clutch 3-pointers late, and Jalen Williams drove for a dunk and a 94-91
CLEVELAND — Cavaliers star guard Donovan Mitchell missed Game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference semifinals against the Boston Celtics on Monday with a left calf injury, a devastating loss that will make it even tougher for Cleveland to get back in the series. Mitchell, who has been dealing with a left knee injury for
CLEVELAND — Even when it’s supposed to be somewhat easy, the Boston Celtics have a weird way of making things hard. On Monday night, they nearly stumbled against an overmatched Cleveland team. Jayson Tatum scored 33 points with LeBron James watching from a courtside seat and the Celtics beat the severely shorthanded Cavaliers 109-102 in
NBA teams were told Monday that Bronny James, the son of the Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James, has been medically cleared to play in the league and is expected to participate in the draft combine this week, a person with knowledge of the matter told The Associated Press. Teams were told of the clearance in
CLEVELAND — LeBron James attended Cleveland’s playoff game against the Boston Celtics on Monday night, an appearance certain to drive conversation about the superstar’s future. James, who can opt out of his contact with the Los Angeles Lakers and become a free agent this summer, played two stints in Cleveland. He led the Cavs to
Creamline’s most recent campaign in the Premier Volleyball League was far from perfect. But despite going through a lot of ups and downs in the All-Filipino Conference, the Cool Smashers proved that they are still the queens of volleyball after successfully defending their throne against sister team Choco Mucho, 20-25, 25-20, 22-25, 25-22, 15-11, in
On the eve of the championship series of the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament, University of Santo Tomas (UST) skipper Detdet Pepito joked about making a deal with friend and rival Bella Belen about not being targeted by the National University (NU) star spiker. “Oh, we’ve already talked about it,” the Tigresses’ ace libero
Whatever struggles Meralco had earlier in the PBA Philippine Cup feels like a distant memory now. The Bolts, after opening the crown jewel tournament with a 1-3 win-loss record, have now won five straight games. Their current winning streak features a tough victory over the mighty defending champion San Miguel, and back-to-back wins against NLEX
At the conclusion of the ICTSI Philippine Athletics Championships, four Philippine records were installed anew and at least two more Filipino track and field athletes are certain to accompany pole vaulter EJ Obiena to the 2024 Paris Olympics. With hurdlers John Cabang Tolentino and Lauren Hoffman virtually qualified, the national athletics squad could send a