Fiba Asia C’ship hosting ‘boon to PH basketball’
By Musong R. CastilloHOSTING a Fiba Asia tournament “doesn’t come every year,” according to the cage body’s secretary general, Hagop Khajirian.
HOSTING a Fiba Asia tournament “doesn’t come every year,” according to the cage body’s secretary general, Hagop Khajirian.
Philippine national team goalkeeper Neil Etheridge will be suiting up with Bristol Rovers on a month-long loan from Fulham, the club confirmed.
The Philippine women’s team stamped its class over Sri Lanka, 4-0, in their dual match that preceded the opening regular bouts of the 2012 PLDT-Abap National Amateur Boxing Championships yesterday at the municipal gym of this town noted for its Chocolate Hills.
Eighteen-year-old Alexis Sy banked on an explosive performance in the step-ladder finals to capture the girls masters crown and lead the Philippines to a second overall finish in the recent 16th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championships at the International Bowling Center in Nasr City in Cairo, Egypt. Sy, the 2010 Philippine International Open youth girls [...]
Vying to turn itself into a league contender, National University taps another Philippine youth team star to boost its UAAP men’s basketball campaign.
Rodolfo “J-Jay” Alejandro III committed Sunday to suit up for the Bulldogs just months after starring for the national under-16 team and the Mapua Red Robins in the NCAA juniors division.
The PSA (Philippine Sportswriters Association), the country’s oldest print media organization, celebrates its annual PSA Awards Night on March 3 at the historic Manila Hotel, with boxer Nonito Donaire Jr. and billiards hero Dennis Orcollo sharing co-Athletes of the Year honors for the year 2011.
The unexpected fall of defending champion Dennis Orcollo in the round of 32 marred the Philippine campaign in the 2012 World 8-Ball Championship in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday night. Shut out in the first five racks, Orcollo bowed to Karol Skowerski, 3-9 in the knockout stage after earlier hurdling Nasser Al Mujaibel of Kuwait [...]
Jeson Patrombon and Johnny Arcilla made quick work of their rivals in the reverse singles as the Philippines completed a 5-0 shutout of Pacific Oceania in their Asia-Oceania Davis Cup Group 2 tie Sunday at the USANT Forum here.
Team Philippines came up with its most productive harvest of nine golds from various fronts Monday but failed to lift the country out of the doldrums in the 26th Southeast Asian Games here.
Taekwondo jins John Paul Lizardo and Kristie Elaine Alora pulled through to spark a six-gold haul for the Philippines Tuesday in the 26th Southeast Asian Games.
SUBIC—Jan Emmanuel Garcia and Marie Antoinette San Diego continued to carry the fight for the Philippines at the halfway mark of the 2011 Asian Youth chess championships at the Subic Bay Travelers Hotel late Tuesday. Garcia beat countryman Dave Patrick Dulay in the fifth round to share the lead with Antonio Viani D’ Cunha of [...]
