In the past, it was an ordeal being patient while watching the French Open. Keeping track of the ball on my TV screen was a challenge. The fact that the rallies lasted so long didn’t help. However, as I wrote here before, the organizers have managed to quicken the pace of the famous red clay [...]
BACOLOD CITY —Joper Escueta kicked off his title drive in two divisions with a pair of straight-set victories in the MVP Sports Foundation-Bingo Bonanza Philippine Badminton Ranking System () tournament yesterday at the Pohang Badminton Courts in Bacolod City. Escueta, seeking a second straight championship in the Under-19 category, toppled UP-Diliman’s Gio Fajardo, 21-7, 21-1, [...]
MANILA—Clyde Mondilla settled for a two-over-par 74 yesterday but still sealed the No.1 seeding for today’s first round of the 2011 Philippine Amateur Closed championship at Wack Wack’s East course. Riding a hot 34 on the front nine, the Bukidnon stalwart shrugged off a 40 coming home to post a 147 total and beat pint-sized [...]
MANILA—Smart Gilas Pilipinas offset a cold shooting night with a stellar defensive effort to turn back Iraq’s Duhok, 74-64 and remain unbeaten in the 22nd FIBA Asia Champions Cup Tuesday at the Philsports Arena in Pasig. The Nationals, who led by as much as 15, were put in a precarious position after Duhok came back [...]
MANILA—Dave Ildefonso and diminutive Wilson Lagaras presided on a second half tear as Meralco-Quezon City crushed Talk ‘N Text-Taytay, 72-30, yesterday in the championship match of the 2011 Batang PBA Summer League championship at the FilOil Flying V Arena. With the Batang Bolts up by nine in the second period, Ildefonso and Lagaras joined hands [...]
MANILA—The Philippines’ bid in this year’s Southeast Asian Games will be more formidable than the past two staging of the biennial meet. Philippine Sports Commission chair Richie Garcia expressed optimism, on Tuesday, of crashing the Top 3 in this year’s meet set from Nov. 12 to 23 in Palembang and Jakarta, Indonesia. “I think we [...]
MANILA—Pharex found the perfect time to snap its four-game slide in the PBA D-League Foundation Cup. The Bidang Generix stunned the Cobra Ironmen with a 96-66 rout in their knockout match on Tuesday to complete the quarterfinal cast at the end of the first round of the playoffs at the FilOil-Flying V Arena in San [...]
MANILA, Philippines – The Pharex Bidang Generix and the FCA Cultivators barged into the quarterfinals of the PBA D-League Foundation Cup after booting out separate foes Tuesday at the Arena in San Juan. In the second game, Pharex crushed the Cobra Energy Drink Ironmen, 96-66, with rhythmic offense from its wards all game long. James [...]
The National Basketball Association (NBA) said Tuesday it was hoping to win more fans in India through a partnership with the country’s largest media company as it seeks to replicate its success in China.
Robin Soderling is going to get another chance to double Rafael Nadal’s career loss record at the French Open.
MANILA—The Philippine national football team gets to gauge its progress in its preparation for the 2014 Fifa World Cup Qualifying when it takes on the United Football League All-Stars on Sunday in a friendly at the University of Makati pitch. It will be the last test match for the Azkals before they leave for Duren, [...]
ABC 5 Aksyon TV is set to nail a five-year contract for the coverage of the Philippine Basketball Association beginning with the 2011-2012 season in September following the withdrawal of ABS-CBN from the bidding process last Friday.
MONACO—Sebastian Vettel profited from a large stroke of fortune to win Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix and strengthen his championship lead, beating Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button in a thrilling and incident- Defending F1 champion Vettel has won five of six races for Red Bull this season, with only McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton beating him in China. [...]
