MANILA, Philippines — Faith Nisperos, the lone holdover from last year’s Philippine women’s volleyball team that competed in the AVC Challenge Cup, is thrilled to share the same passion and goal in ushering the Alas Pilipina era in this year’s competition at Rizal Memorial Coliseum. From representing the Nationals with the core of Akari Chargers
MANILA, Philippines — Fifi Sharma is elated to reunite with her former La Salle teammates as they lead the Alas Pilipinas — the new era of the women’s volleyball national team — in the AVC Challenge Cup, which opens on Wednesday at Rizal Memorial Coliseum. Despite having a short preparation, Sharma didn’t have a hard
MANILA, Philippines — As Angel Canino debuts for Alas Pilipinas in the AVC Challenge Cup starting on Thursday, expect the La Salle star outside spiker to bring the same intensity and be more passionate in front of her countrymen. “Kung paano ako maglaro sa UAAP, I think mas gusto kong angatan pa doon kasi siyempre
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Thunder might just be scratching the surface of their potential. Oklahoma City’s season ended Saturday night with a loss to Dallas in the second round of the Western Conference playoffs. But the fact that the Thunder even got that far should concern the rest of the league. After missing
DENVER — The Denver Nuggets couldn’t quiet an epic second-half comeback by Minnesota or the noise emanating from a boisterous Timberwolves locker room. It was a thunderous and stinging reminder of the obvious — their reign as NBA champions was over, and much sooner than expected. The young and confident Timberwolves came into Denver’s house
EJ Obiena, hands down the nation’s brightest hope for a medal in the Paris Olympics, opened his 2024 Olympic season with a blast, launched by a victory at the prestigious Los Angeles Grand Prix. The Filipino pole vault hero seized the gold medal from fellow Tokyo Olympians Chris Nilsen and KC Lightfoot and two-time world
Carlos Yulo was a cut above the rest after cornering the vault and parallel bars titles for a mighty four-gold collection at the conclusion of the 2024 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The Filipino fireball revalidated his billing anew as the continent’s finest, counting those earlier victories in the individual all-around and floor
NEW YORK — Jalen Brunson carried the New York Knicks as far as he could, until he ended up like so many of his teammates. He broke his left hand Sunday in the second half of Game 7 of the NBA Eastern Conference semifinals, one final injury for a team that was decimated by them.
DENVER — Anthony Edwards overcame a slow start and the Timberwolves roared back from a 20-point second-half deficit to eliminate the reigning NBA champion Denver Nuggets 98-90 in a Game 7 Minnesota masterpiece on Sunday night. The Timberwolves erased a 15-point halftime deficit — the largest comeback in a Game 7 in NBA playoff history
NEW YORK — When the Indiana Pacers compiled one of the best offensive seasons in NBA history, they were just getting warmed up. For Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, they delivered something really spectacular. Tyrese Haliburton scored 26 points and the Pacers set an NBA playoff record by shooting 67.1% from the field,
The word “pick your poison” seems to be the running theme after the first two games of the PBA Philippine Cup semifinal series between old rivals Meralco and Barangay Ginebra. On Sunday, the Bolts, 103-91 winners that evened the best-of-seven series at 1-1, somewhat succeeded in the ploy that coach Luigi Trillo described as something
Being under the wings of Ramil de Jesus, De La Salle University’s Angel Canino has learned two important virtues, among other things: Discipline and respect. “We have to bring [those] because [if] not … [how can] you [represent] the school and also [the] Philippine flag?” Canino said. “Everywhere you go, you have to have that
After a lot of planning and negotiations in a bid to make the field more competitive, the PVL has finalized the first-ever Rookie Draft. “Drafts are the great equalizer in pro leagues. This season, we will hold our first-ever Draft with guidelines influenced by some of the top leagues in the world,” said PVL commissioner
Carlos Yulo may be extending his gold collection in different apparatuses. But he proved he is still a force to reckon with after in the floor exercise, the discipline that pushed him into the limelight when he won the gold five years ago in the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. Yulo, sharpening
St. Benilde is on the verge of a third straight 11-game title sweep in NCAA women’s volleyball and even as it showed off its dominance against Letran in Game 1 of Season 99’s championship series, coach Jerry Yee refuses to be complacent. “I know there is still a next game that we have to work
MANILA, Philippines—On Sunday, San Miguel Beer moved two wins away from another trip to the PBA Philippine Cup Finals. But while being that close to making the championship round is enough reason to feel excited, the Beermen see it differently. “As of now, two wins are nothing,” said coach Jorge Gallent after the Beermen’s 106-89
MANILA, Philippines—Christian Standhardinger was in no mood to celebrate his latest career feat on Sunday. After all, his herculean effort went down the drain after Barangay Ginebra lost to Meralco in Game 2 of their PBA Philippine Cup semifinal series. Standhardinger set a career-high 41 points that went with 11 rebounds and four assists but
MANILA, Philippines—It was another day at the office for June Mar Fajardo on Sunday in Game 2 of the PBA Philippine Cup semifinals. Like clockwork, Fajardo had a field day in the third quarter where he made his first five attempts in the period and scored 18 of his game-high 22 points to propel San
MANILA, Philippines—A week after Kiefer Ravena and Shiga earned their promotion back to the B1 division of the B.League, the Lakes gave themselves a fitting sendoff by claiming the B2 championship. Shiga completed a sweep of the Koshigaya Alphas following an 89-87 win at Shiga Daihatsu Arena on Sunday. Ravena proved to be one of Shiga’s
MANILA, Philippines–June Mar Fajardo lorded the paint in the third quarter to propel San Miguel Beer to a 106-89 rout of Rain or Shine and a 2-0 lead in their PBA Philippine Cup semifinal series Sunday at Mall of Asia Arena. Fajardo scored 18 of his 22 points in that period in the paint as