MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines found a new darling in archery in Bianca Roxas-Chua Gotuaco. Only 14 but already a bemedalled bet, Gotuaco looms as the brightest hope in the Youth Olympics in 2014 and the Summer Olympics in 2016 in Brazil. “I train very hard and I’m thankful that I’m getting the fruits of all my [...]
More on-court heroes stepped up in a season of repeat champions.
And these varsity standouts will get their due when the UAAP-NCAA Press Corps and Smart host the annual Collegiate Basketball Awards on Jan. 21 at the Gateway Suites in Cubao.
It was a left counterpunch that nobody saw coming. Especially not Fernando Montiel.
Nonito Donaire Jr.’s sensational second round annihilation of the feared Mexican title-holder to wrest the WBC and WBO bantamweight titles at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas last Feb. 19 was enshrined in the sport by ESPN and RingTV.com as Knockout of the Year for 2011.
MANILA, Philippines—Pool legend Efren “Bata” Reyes capped a resurgent finish for the year in top form. Avenging a previous loss, Reyes downed China’s new star Wu Jia Qiang, 9-6, to rule the final duel of the Philippine Bigtime Billiards (PBB) Face Off Series late Friday at the Pagcor Airport Casino in Parañaque City. “Luck played [...]
Cebu’s motorsports king David Lim bagged the Philippine Autocross Championship Regional Driver of the Year for the third straight time. DGL, as he is called in the autocross industry, was feted during the Visayas Series prize-giving ceremony held Dec. 20. The team captain of the multititled DGL Motorsports Race Team put in a consistent showing [...]
Dallas finally got their NBA title defense on track on Friday, with France’s Ian Mahinmi leading a strong showing by the Mavericks reserves in a 99-86 victory over Toronto Raptors.
Unbeaten US boxing champion Floyd Mayweather, already facing three months in jail, Friday pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge stemming from an altercation with a security guard.
LeBron James celebrated his 27th birthday Friday by scoring 34 points to lead Miami to another narrow NBA victory, 103-101 over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Paris Saint-Germain’s bid to sign David Beckham from the Los Angeles Galaxy may be thwarted by family matters, the French club’s sporting director Leonardo said Friday.
Attorneys for boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. completed the second part of a plea deal Friday that let the championship fighter pay a $1,000 fine and avoid trial and jail time for a November 2010 scuffle with a homeowner association security guard in an argument about parking tickets.
A fourteen-year PBA veteran leads at least eight Filipino cagers, who will suit up as imports in Season 3 of the Asean Basketball League (ABL).
Nic Belasco—the multi-titled 6-foot-6 forward who last saw action with Sta. Lucia in the pro league—will beef up the Westports Malaysia Dragons along with two Filipino guards.
University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos (UNO-R) and St. Joseph School-La Salle (SJS-LS) toppled their respective rivals to remain unbeaten after two games in the Seaoil NBTC Elite League at the West Negros College gym in Bacolod City recently.
Opinions are divided on whether sports television presenters should have opinions or not. My opinion is that I don’t really have an opinion on the issue. In my opinion though, presenters should be facilitators, drawing the opinions out of studio guests who have played football at the highest level and lifted actual trophies as opposed [...]
