Alex Albon has committed his long-term future to Williams after it was announced Wednesday he had signed a “multi-year” contract extension with the British Formula One team. The Thai driver had been linked with Mercedes following Lewis Hamilton’s move to Ferrari for 2025 and also a return to Red Bull. But instead he has decided
Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert was fined $75,000 by the NBA on Tuesday for what the league called “making an inappropriate and unprofessional gesture” questioning “the integrity of the league and game officials.” Frenchman Gobert was seen by television cameras rubbing his thumb on his fingers in a “money-sorting” gesture during Minnesota’s 115-107 loss to
MANILA, Philippines–San Miguel Beer cut short Terrafirma’s dream run after showing its full might in the second half for a 110-91 victory in Wednesday’s do-or-die quarterfinal match and advanced to the PBA Philippine Cup semifinals at Ninoy Aquino Stadium. June Mar Fajardo led the charge with 21 of his 25 points in the second half
Only a sprinkling of Filipino cyclists have made it to the pinnacle of success in the Asian Continental Championships. John Andre Aguja and Gart Gaerlan are now part of that elite cast after climbing the podium of the 2024 Asian Mountain Bike Championships on the rugged trails of Putrajaya, Malaysia. “It really feels great. But
DENVER — Anthony Edwards was seeing double everywhere he turned. All by design as the Denver Nuggets doubled the attention on Minnesota’s standout guard. It was yet another wrinkle for the Nuggets, who held Edwards to 18 points — 15 below his average in this series — in their 112-97 win over the Timberwolves on
CHICAGO — Bronny James still has some lingering fears. He also has big dreams. Nearly a year after going into cardiac arrest during a workout, he is close to achieving his goal of playing in the NBA just like his famous father. “It’s just a great thing to happen to me, in terms of just
MANILA, Philippines — National University conquered its toughest title quest to complete a historic “four-peat” in the UAAP Season 86 men’s volleyball tournament. Behind Buds Buddin and Nico Almendras’ one-two punch and Owa Retamar’s brilliant plays, NU completed a Finals series sweep of the University of Santo Tomas, 25-21, 22-25, 25-17, 25-15, in Game 2
MANILA, Philippines—PBA player Kevin Alas and his wife Selina Dagdag are expecting their first child. After a string of unfortunate events in the past years, Kevin and Selina welcomed more good news as they announced they are now six months pregnant. “Who would’ve thought that a cancer survivor would still conceive? Yet here we are,
MANILA, Philippines—La Salle’s Julia Coronel and Thea Gagate have a lot of reasons to smile on Wednesday and it goes beyond more than being included in the Philippine national women’s volleyball team. Other than being awarded the bronze medal of the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament, Lady Spikers Coronel and Gagate were announced to
MANILA, Philippines — Angel Canino is thrilled to follow in the footsteps of her father and former national team member Rodel as she teams up with fellow La Salle stalwarts Thea Gagate and Julia Coronel and UAAP rivals including Bella Belen of National University to lead Alas Pilipinas in the upcoming AVC Challenge Cup. Canino
MANILA, Philippines — Call the Philippine volleyball teams, Alas Pilipinas from now on. The Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) and main sponsor Cignal unveiled the men’s and women’s squads’ new monicker on Wednesday at TV5 Media Center. “We’re delighted to kickstart this new chapter for Philippine volleyball by unveiling Alas Pilipinas, our new names for
DENVER — Nikola Jokic celebrated his third NBA MVP award by scoring 40 points and the Denver Nuggets shut down Anthony Edwards in a 112-97 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night. That put the reigning NBA champions one win away from the NBA Western Conference finals. Jokic also had 13 assists and seven
MANILA, Philippines — Bella Belen was crowned UAAP MVP for a second time hours before Wednesday’s Game 2 of the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball Finals where National University is looking to complete its title redemption tour against University of Santo Tomas at Mall of Asia Arena. Belen became the first NU women’s volleyball player
MANILA, Philippines — Josh Ybañez remained as the king of UAAP men’s volleyball after retaining his MVP crown in Season 86 moments before University of Santo Tomas’ do-or-die Game 2 against the four-peat-seeking National University on Wednesday at Mall of Asia Arena. The sophomore spiker became the first back-to-back league top individual player since his
MANILA, Philippines — In an attempt to fill each other’s needs, sister teams Akari and Nxled have traded players and coaching staff with Japanese coach Taka Minowa now taking over the Chargers, bringing Ivy Lacsina and some of his key players for Dindin Santiago-Manabat and four others ahead of the 2024 PVL Reinforced Conference. Multiple
NEW YORK — Jalen Brunson scored 44 points, reaching 40 for the fifth time in this postseason, and the New York Knicks moved a win away from their first NBA Eastern Conference finals trip since 2000 by beating the Indiana Pacers 121-91 on Tuesday night in Game 5. The Knicks rebounded from a blowout loss
UAAP volleyball Finals Game 2 schedule of games (May 15) Mall of Asia Arena (MOA Arena) 1 p.m. – UAAP Season 86 volleyball awarding 2 p.m. – UST Golden Spikers vs NU Bulldogs (Men’s Finals) 4 p.m. – NU Lady Bulldogs vs UST Tigresses (Women’s Finals) FULL SCHEDULE HERE. UAAP Finals Game 2 live updates:
There was no sign of hesitation on coach Dante Alinsunurin’s part when he spoke of his team’s intentions in the UAAP Season 86 volleyball tournament. “We are focused on our goal to dominate volleyball here in the UAAP,” Alinsunurin said. He was speaking about the National University (NU) Bulldogs, who are looking to annex a
The PBA Philippine Cup playoffs has not been short of competitiveness with two quarterfinal pairings even going its three-game distance. Unfortunately, the league could only hope that it could say the same thing about live attendance. “It’s a reality for us,” commissioner Willie Marcial told the Inquirer, referring to the increasing number of empty seats
A Premier Volleyball League crown remains elusive to Choco Mucho. But despite the latest bridesmaid finish, the search for glory continues for the Flying Titans. “I always tell my teammates every time we play, [we have] to believe, trust [each other] and win,” Sisi Rondina, one of the conference’s best outside spikers, said in Filipino
Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino scribbled in his notebook the list of Filipino athletes who could possibly join the country’s delegation to the 2024 Paris Olympics. The local Olympic chief found out that several hopefuls could still make it, more than his projected expectation. “I wrote down 25 athletes from various sports. But
LAUREL, Batangas – Precious Zaragosa and Mona Sarines surged to the top of the leaderboard in the girls’ 11-14 category in the Junior Philippine Golf Tour, both carding two-over 74s to seize a five-stroke lead in the 54-hole tournament at the Splendido Taal Golf Club here Tuesday. Zaragosa’s standout performance included a hole-in-one on No.
MANILA, Philippines—Denice Zamboanga has a shot at making history at ONE 167 and Joshua Pacio has no doubt his compatriot can pull it off. Zamboanga will finally get her hands on Stamp Fairtex for the ONE women’s atomweight championship on June 8 at Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand. Zamboanga and Fairtex were supposed to fight