Karl Eldrew Yulo turned last year’s silver finish into gold at the Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Barely missing victory in the vault during the previous continental showpiece in Singapore, Yulo captured the ultimate prize this time in the junior category for his first gold medal in the Asian Championships. The younger sibling
MANILA, Philippines—Allein Maliksi turned in a silent but lethal performance to push Meralco past Ginebra in Game 2 of the PBA Philippine Cup semifinals at Mall of Asia Arena on Sunday. In danger of falling to a tough 0-2 predicament, the Bolts relied on one of their veterans to tie their best-of-seven series despite Christian
Major League Baseball is expected to investigate former Angels player David Fletcher for gambling on sports with a bookmaker who also took bets from Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Saturday because they weren’t at liberty to
MANILA, Philippines–Meralco got back at Barangay Ginebra behind its main weapons with a 103-91 win that tied their best-of-seven semifinal series in the PBA Philippine Cup at 1-1 Sunday at Mall of Asia Arena. Allein Maliksi scored 25 points while Chris Newsome, Cliff Hodge, Chris Banchero and Raymond Almazan came through in the fourth quarter
Max Verstappen secured his eighth consecutive pole position in qualifying for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola on Saturday to equal the record of Ayrton Senna. The Red Bull three-time world champion’s dominance in qualifying drew him level with Senna’s run of eight poles, poignantly three decades after the late great Brazilian’s tragic death
Carlos Yulo burst into the limelight with a hair-raising act in the floor exercise in a world championship atmosphere. The Filipino bundle of energy hasn’t changed one bit since that gold-medal feat in the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. Yulo, powered by his desire to medal in the coming Paris Olympics, mastered
NEW YORK — Starting forwards Josh Hart and OG Anunoby are both listed as questionable to play for the New York Knicks on Sunday in Game 7 of their NBA Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Indiana Pacers. The Knicks have been without Anunoby since he strained his left hamstring in Game 2. Anunoby scored
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Oleksandr Usyk has been shorter, lighter and older than all of his opponents since he moved up to the heavyweight division. Usyk’s heart and skill are enormous, and he overcame a major size disadvantage against Tyson Fury to become the world’s first undisputed heavyweight boxing champion in 24 years. Usyk defeated
DALLAS — Kyrie Irving probably wondered if his uncanny run of closeout victories without a loss in his career was finally near an end. The streak lives, and the Dallas Mavericks are through to the NBA Western Conference semifinals for the second time in three seasons. P.J. Washington Jr. made two free throws before an
Because even if they seem to know the Bolts from head to toe, coach Tim Cone acknowledged that they may have to buy some time before figuring a way to get past their best-of-seven semifinal series in the PBA Philippine Cup. “This is a familiar team, but they have a different system,” Cone said as
Carlos Edriel Yulo had long desired to reach the Asian summit of the men’s artistic gymnastics individual all-around competition. Now armed with a view from the top, perhaps it won’t be a stretch if the Filipino dynamo aspires to climb the Mt. Everest of his event at the 2024 Paris Olympics. “We were jumping with
If St. Benilde remains unchecked, it will continue a run of wins that has gone on for 30 games thus far. In the current NCAA Season 99, women’s volleyball championship, Letran remains the last team that can put the brakes on the streak. So maybe it’s easy to dismiss the Knights, or at least label
There were not a lot of expectations for University of Santo Tomas (UST) prior to the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament. The Golden Tigresses were composed of mostly rookies and sophomores with only a third-year libero skipper guiding them. And they were once dubbed “Mini Miss UST” due to their relatively shorter player composition.
Buoyed by a joint runner-up finish in Japan, Lloyd Go is gearing up for a shot at a second Philippine Golf Tour (PGT) victory as he joins the competitive field in the ICTSI Villamor Philippine Masters starting May 21 at Villamor Golf Club in Pasay. Go, who nailed his first PGT win at Palos Verdes
MANILA, Philippines—Ginebra is determined to make a deep run in the PBA Philippine Cup playoffs even without one of its key cogs Jamie Malonzo. Scottie Thompson, who’s one of the most vocal leaders of the Gin Kings, said that the squad’s focus to win the championship is at an all-time high without everyone trying to
MANILA, Philippines—It might take a few more games but Marcio Lassiter can leapfrog to the top of the list of the PBA’s all-time leader in three-pointers made. And the San Miguel shooter has an ideal scenario on when he wants that to happen. “I’m not a good mathematician with numbers like that but it would
MANILA, Philippines—Things weren’t expected to be like this—at least not from the perspective of National University star and UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball champion and MVP Bella Belen. While the glory beckoned for the Lady Bulldogs and Belen on Wednesday at Mall of Asia Arena, Belen admitted that she didn’t expect to be the holder
MANILA, Philippines —They may have had contrasting endings to their UAAP women’s volleyball Finals stories, but Bella Belen and Detdet Pepito still shared the same feeling at the end of the day. Pride. From teammates at Lucas R. Pascual Memorial Elementary School in Baesa, Quezon City to leading their teams in the UAAP women’s volleyball