Tight UAAP race looms; UST’s Aljon Mariano earns POW
By Jasmine W. Payo
If the first week is any indication, the UAAP men’s basketball tournament this season will be a tight race.
If the first week is any indication, the UAAP men’s basketball tournament this season will be a tight race.
Meet nine-year-old Nathaniel Gayares, already a Taekwondo red belt holder.
MANILA, Philippines—Every victory is crucial to Ginebra’s claim to make it to the next round. And Mark Caguioa was up to the task of delivering the goods to the Gin Kings in the crucial stretch of the elimination round of the 2012 PBA Commissioners’ Cup. The veteran guard exploded in the second half and carried [...]
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines sparkled in the recently concluded 2012 AFC Challenge Cup as it proudly took home the bronze medal. And one of those behind the wheel that steered the Azkals drive is top scorer Phil Younghusband, who was awarded with the Golden Boot award. “It’s my first award at the senior level, [...]
He roughly stands at six-foot-five and has a lanky frame that’s not built to bang in the inside.
With defending champion NLEX made up of high-caliber players headed by college stars RR Garcia and Calvin Abueva, slotman Ian Sangalang sometimes may get overlooked.
Will to win is what separates the good ones from the great.
Jeff Chan just couldn’t help but flaunt his lethal range.
Averaging 24 points in Rain or Shine’s last two triumphs, Chan emerged as Inquirer Sports’ Performer of the Week from Oct. 30 to Nov. 7.
Instead of Barbie dolls, the best birthday gift Ada Martha Caballo, could ever receive would be balls. Tennis ball, basketball, volleyball—you name it, Ada, who just celebrated her seventh birthday last October 7, would love it. Even at a very young age, her passion for sports is already overflowing. Ada would even spend some minutes before her [...]
Study hard, play later for Angelyn. What started out as just a hobby, turned out to be one of the many things Angelyn Mananghaya from Bay, Laguna excels in. Angelyn, 17, is a full time student at University of the Philippines-Los Banos taking up BS Statistics, but is also a competitive badminton player at the [...]
Photo by Top Rank Boxing/Chris Farina Armed with a lethal combination of speed and power, Nonito Donaire showed why he’s one of boxing’s best pound-for-pound fighter. Donaire breezed through against a too-wary Omar Narvaez Sunday night to retain his twin world bantamweight titles at the Madison Square Garden’s The Theatre in New York. The Filipino [...]
Jesseree Faye Mangonon—smart and sporty rolled into one—is a spiker turned striker after giving up volleyball to fully focus on football. A 15-year-old scholar at Quezon City Science High School, Jesseree is unlike any other teenager her age as she excels in sports and academics—but admits that balancing both is the toughest thing to do. [...]
Eight-year-old Jana Macalalad wasn’t into swimming —until she tested the waters. Jana, a second grade student at Colegio San Agustin in Binan, Laguna, knew she has something to prove being the youngest of five. In just her first crack at a swimming competition, Jana placed second in the The Gabriel Symphony aquathlon event, 7-8 age [...]
