FILIPINO Aston “Mighty” Palicte returns to the ring as he takes on Japanese Kazuto Ioka on Wednesday for the vacant World Boxing Organization super flyweight title at the latter’s home turf of Japan. It is a fight that one analyst said requires for the Philippine fighter to be at his utmost best.

AFTER being off for a fortnight to give way to the World Cup campaign of the national team, the best-of-seven Philippine Basketball Association Governors’ finals series between the Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok and Alaska Aces rolls off today at the Mall of Asia Arena.

REIGNING International Boxing Federation super flyweight champion Jerwin “Pretty Boy” Ancajas is set to return to the ring on May 4 for his seventh title defense. And the Filipino titleholder said he is coming in “more prepared” and bent on churning out a convincing victory.

IN the history of basketball, few women proved that they could also stood out in a game usually being managed by men.

SHE finished her University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) career sans a championship to show for but Far Eastern University (FEU) star Bernadeth...

STRUGGLING teams Rain or Shine Elasto Painters and Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters seek to break their respective two-game slides in the Philippine Basketball Association Governors’ Cup when they meet today at 7 p.m. at the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay City.

JANUARY 27 marks the deadline for aspirants to submit their application for the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft, which now boasts of a fortified pool after a number of quality players added their names to the list.

DAVAO CITY -- Construction of the P8-billion Davao City-UP Sports Complex is now 80% complete and the local government is positioning to host national and international events, including the 2019 South East Asian Games (SEA Games) in December.

BOOSTED BY two quality victories in 2019, bantamweight champion Stephen “The Sniper” Loman of Team Lakay was adjudged “fighter of the year” in Brave Combat Federation for the second year in a row.

WORLD BOXING ORGANIZATION (WBO) bantamweight champion John Riel “Quadro Alas” Casimero of the Philippines retained his title, and he did it in impressive fashion by dominating Ghanaian challenger Duke Micah with a third-round technical knockout victory on Sunday (Manila time) in Connecticut.

ITS second game against Australia in the FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers does not come until after its match against Chinese Taipei on Friday but Gilas Pilipinas has its sights on the Boomers, vowing to give the latter a better showing when they next meet.

FACING in a Philippine Basketball Association finals for the third time in the last four years, imports Justin Brownlee of the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Kings and Allen Durham of the Meralco Bolts said the championship feeling does not get old even as they said they are looking forward to playing anew in the Big Dance.