Thrill of a lifetime for Luigi
Just before he made the all-important decision to coach the Alaska Aces, Luigi Trillo found himself at a vital crossroads in his basketball career.
Just before he made the all-important decision to coach the Alaska Aces, Luigi Trillo found himself at a vital crossroads in his basketball career.
Filipino Treat Huey and Dominic Inglot of Great Britain barged into the men’s doubles quarterfinals of the Power Horse Cup ATP 250 Tuesday with a hard-earned 5-7, 7-6 (7-2), 10-2 victory over local bet Philip Marx and Florin Mergen of Romania in Dusseldorf, Germany.
The Philippine Malditas, as promised by their coach, are creating a stir in the Asian AFC Women’s Qualifying.
Veteran Mars Pucay and Carl Santos-Ocampo assembled bogey-free 4-under-par 68s yesterday to share a one-stroke lead over a bunch of pursuers after the first round of the ICTSI Orchard Golf Championship at Palmer course here.
Filipino Grandmaster Julio Catalino Sadorra continued his rampage in the Manny Pacquiao Cup Asian Continental Chess Championship by dumping erstwhile co-leader GM Mohammed Al-Sayed of Qatar in the fourth round Tuesday night at Midas Hotel in Pasay City.
San Miguel Beer may have swept Sports Rev Thailand in the eliminations, but all four wins didn’t come easy.

Boracay Rum survived a thriller to advance to the Final Four for the first time while Big Chill forged a winner-take-all in its own quarterfinal duel in the PBA D-League Foundation Cup yesterday at Blue Eagle Gym.
San Miguel Beer may boast the league’s longest winning streak, but coach Leo Austria knows the record won’t matter when the Final Four of the Asean Basketball League (ABL) fires off tomorrow.
JOSEPH Briones and national gymnast Charmaine Dolar showed outstanding form to rule the men’s and women’s aerobics gymnastics of the POC-PSC Philippine National Games at GAP gym inside the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex Monday night.
MULTI-TITLED Pamela Mariano shot a 6-over-par 78 yesterday to grab the top seeding heading into the match play event of the Class A competition of the Philippine Golf Foundation Junior Masters at the wet Alabang Golf and Country Club in Muntinlupa City.
UPSETS marked the day as Bryan Ortile and John Lery Enriquez ruled their respective classes recently in the kickoffs of the 2013 Philippine Underbone King Championships and the 2013 FDR Philippine Scooter Racing Championships at Batangas Racing Circuit in Rosario, Batangas.
RIDING high on impressive wins, San Beda and University of the East continue their drive for a quarterfinal berth when they battle separate rivals today in the Filoil Flying V Hanes Premier Cup.
STREAKING Filipino Grandmaster Julio Catalino Sadorra trounced Chinese International Master Wang Chen Monday night to share the top with Qatari GM Mohammed Al-Sayed in the $100,000 Manny Pacquiao Cup Asian Continental Chess Championships at Midas Hotel in Pasay City.