MANILA—Marvin Malig smashed a two-run home run and Edward Landicho added two more runs with a single as defending champion Manila nipped Cebu, 5-4, Saturday in the Baseball Philippines Series 7 at the Felino Marcelino Stadium in Taguig City. Malig cut Cebu’s lead to 3-2 with his homer off Christian Maghanoy in the bottom of [...]
RECENTLY APPOINTED Maynilad President/CEO Victorico “Ricky” P. Vargas has long been joking about buying a PBA franchise for his new company.
MANILA—The Philippines may have finished the AFF Suzuki Cup qualifying tournament unbeaten, but national team manager Dan Palami expects a far tougher time in the main tournament next month in Hanoi, Vietnam. Palami said preparation will be key for the RP booters as they target a first semifinal appearance in the tournament. The [...]
MANILA—The World Boxing Organization named pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao “Fighter of the Year” at the gala closing of its 23rd Annual Convention in Hotel Caribe in Cartegena, Colombia. Pacquiao couldn’t attend the ceremony since he was training at the Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles for his Nov. 13 showdown against Antonio Margarito at [...]
It’s probably no coincidence that Alex Cabagnot found the rock in his possession with a chance to win the game for the Beermen in the dying seconds.
While the San Francisco Giants face the Texas Rangers in the World Series, three things all-Filipino will crash into California’s prime time psyche in a single pitch.
JAKARTA—Juvic Pagunsan put himself in the perfect position to claim the US$80,000 Mercedes-Benz Masters Indonesia and secure the MB Tour Order of Merit championship after taking the third-round lead on a day of high drama. The Filipino, who leads the Merit race, enters the final round with a two-shot lead over compatriot Antonio Lascuña, [...]
THE SUCCESS of Filipino athletes such as boxing’s pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao, billiards great Efren “Bata” Reyes and bowling legend Paeng Nepomuceno in international competitions instills national pride and unity in a country beset with many problems.
MANILA—Veteran driver Joey Pery thrived under heavy rains to complete a sweep of the two races in the Yokohama Philippine Grand Touring Championships Friday at the Clark International Speedway. But Pery’s feat wasn’t enough to stop William Tan from capturing the overall crown and the the GT Driver of the Year plum after winding [...]
MANILA—Renowned trainer Freddie Roach has made a slight change in sparring plans, keeping the likes of undefeated Vanes Martirosyan and hard-hitting Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin, from Manny Pacquiao, the Inquirer learned Friday. Martirosyan had earlier announced he would try to grab the $1,000 bonus Roach has dangled to any sparring partner who can knock [...]
MANILA—Coach Junel Baculi has been pressing his players to play solid ball for 48 minutes. It turned out Barako Bull needed only half the time to get the job done. The Energy Boosters were in cruise control the entire second half after creating a comfortable cushion on the way to demolishing the Air21 Express, [...]
They may not have booked a ticket to the Asian Games, but the Philippine women’s basketball team did the country proud by nailing the Southeast Asian crown.
MANILA—Jasmine Ouschan, the green-eyed, blonde pool bombshell, finally realized a childhood dream when she turned back South Korea’s Kim Ga-young, 10-6, Friday to put away the Women’s 10-Ball crown before a raucous gallery that embraced her as its own at the Atrium of Robinsons Galleria in Ortigas. Ouschan, who started playing the game as [...]
