Talk N’ Text broke away early from Barangay Ginebra and grabbed the first Finals slot of the PBA Governors’ Cup with a 102-90 victory Sunday night at the Araneta Coliseum while muddling up the standings in the process.
Fil-American Treat Huey, ranked 80th in the world in men’s doubles, teamed up with long-time partner Somdev Devvarman of India to beat Gilles Muller of Luxembourg and Jamie Murray of Great Britain, 6-2, 6-4, and barged into the semifinals of the $619,500 ATP Farmers Classic in Los Angeles. On the hunt for a fifth doubles [...]
National University found an unlikely hero in Lee Villamor as the Bulldogs ended a three-game skid with a 63-56 conquest of the Adamson Falcons in Season 74 of the UAAP basketball tournament Sunday at the Philsports Arena.
LAPU-LAPU City—A bloodied AJ “Bazooka” Banal triumphed by technical decision over a cocky Tyson Cave Saturday night to retain his World Boxing Organization Asia Pacific bantamweight crown at the Hoops Dome here. An accidental headbutt opened a nasty 3-cm cut on the corner of Banal’s right eyebrow in the fifth round, paving the way for [...]
Ateneo picked up from where it left off, overwhelming newcomer Maynilad in straight sets Sunday at the start of the Shakey’s V-League Season 8 Open Conference at the FilOil Flying V Arena in San Juan.
MANILA—Tim Cone and his Alaska Aces admit they may have already blown their best opportunity to reach the championship round. The Aces pummeled the B-Meg Llamados in the second half on the way to a 105-86 victory Sunday night, but Cone ruefully acknowledged it barely enhanced their chances of making the title series of the [...]
All eyes were planted on National University’s prized newcomer Ray Parks.
The Philippines’ Estefano Rivera of FERN-C Racing and Alessandra Madrigal of Alessandra Racing delivered the biggest feats for the country even as Singapore’s Andrew Tang of Kartronix International emerged the overall champion Sunday in the second leg of the 2011 Asian Karting Open Championship at the Carmona Racetrack. The 13-year-old Rivera delivered the lone title [...]
The NCAA kicked off its chess tournament at the SM Centerpoint in Sta. Mesa, Manila Sunday with league president Anthony Tamayo of host University of Perpetual Help and Policy Board member and lawyer Roberto Laurel of Lyceum attending the opening rit
Slowly but surely De La Salle has been finding its form.
Another Filipino world champion was born as light bantamweight Eumir Felix Marcial edged Turkey’s Cengiz Onat to wrest the gold in the 52-kg division of the Aiba World Junior Boxing Championship Saturday. The 15-year-old Marcial, hailing from Zamboanga City, is the first Filipino to nab gold since the competition’s first staging in 2001. Marcial, a [...]
Until a week ago, the Philippine national girls softball was struggling to raise the almost $50,000 they needed to buy airplane tickets for 12 players, four coaches and two sport officials. Completely cut off from government support, the team, a consistent placer in the World Series, was uncertain about making it to this year’s tournament [...]
The Grand Mall Tenpin Bowling Club and Davies Paints will stage their first invitational open bowling tournament on Aug. 7 to 21 at the Sta. Lucia East Grand Mall Bowling Center in Cainta, Rizal.
