The Fiba World Cup unfurls on August 25 in three cities in Asia with the Philippines serving as the main host of this year’s biggest basketball event. Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City and Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City are the main venues for the 16 teams playing in the Philippines. Fiba World …
Eumir Marcial goes to his corner after knocking down Argentine Ricardo Villalba last February. —PHOTO FROM EUMIR MARCIAL’S INSTAGRAM With his fifth professional fight called off and the new date set running smack into the Hangzhou Asian Games, Eumir Marcial will train his sights solely on the Asiad, seeing the event as his last chance …
FILE–Athletes start in the women’s 200m freestyle final during swimming competition at the 30th Southeast Asian Games in New Clark City, Tarlac province, northern Philippines on Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana) The proposed biennial Philippine National Games (PNG) bill received resounding approval during its third and final reading in the House session held …
Peter Molina wins gold in the men’s 200m in the ROTC Games at Iloilo Sports Complex. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO MANILA, Philippines-Sprinter Peter Molina ruled the men’s 200 meters by a hairline that kicked off the athletics competition in the 2023 Philippine ROTC Games Visayas qualifying leg at Iloilo Sports Complex. The 20-year-old Physical Education major from …
The fixture list for the 2023/24 season of South Africa’s T20 cricket league have been announced, with all 34 games to be shown live on Sky Sports. Beginning on January 10, the SA20 league will run for four weeks and comprises 30 group matches as well as two qualifiers and an eliminator prior to the …
Ronamae Capuras. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO MANILA, Philippines-Salazar Colleges of Science and Institute of Technology began its campaign at the 2023 Philippine Reserved Officers’ Training Corp (ROTC) Games on an auspicious note after walloping Capiz State University, 25-9, 25-10, 25-10 in women’s volleyball on Monday. Ronamae Capuras pummeled the other side of the floor with 14 attacks …
FILE – PBA commissioner Willie Marcial. The Bay Area Dragons had to face tough crowds during their stint here last year. For its second guest appearance in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), the Hong Kong-based squad could finally have a handful of “home games.” PBA commissioner Willie Marcial said the league is looking to play …
Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo has a heavy lineup of events. —PDI FILES Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo will not be defending her Asian Games gold medal in China in October. She will head there to win a new one. Though not calendared as an Olympic qualifying event which Diaz-Naranjo initially left out of her schedule, the Hangzhou, China Games will …
Selected members of the Filipinas a day after their arrival in the Philippines from the Women’s World Cup. –Lance Agcaoili/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — After a historic Fifa World Cup stint, the Philippine women’s football team seeks to keep its momentum going into the Asian Games in China in September and the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in …
FILE – San Antonio Spurs guard Devonte’ Graham (4) dribbles towards the basket in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks, Feb. 23, 2023, in Dallas. The NBA has suspended Graham for two games without pay after he pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated, the league announced Tuesday, Aug. 1, …