Memories of Campo
By Bobby Ang
Last Friday would have been the 92nd birthday of Hon. Florencio Campomanes, someone who all chess-loving Filipinos should remember. He, together with Ramon Lontoc, Jr., share the distinction of being the first Filipino National Masters (in 1956). He was also the Philippine national champion in 1956 and 1960 and represented the country at five Chess Olympiads: Moscow 1956, Munich 1958, Leipzig 1960, Varna 1962 and Havana 1966.
Jerwin ‘Pretty Boy’ Ancajas rolls to Mexico to defend IBF crown
INTERNATIONAL Boxing Federation world super flyweight champion Jerwin “Pretty Boy” Ancajas pushes through with a previously shelved title defense fight this weekend in Mexico but against a different opponent.
UP pads playoff push with victory over NU
THE University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons padded their playoff push in UAAP Season 82 with an 80-77 victory over the National University Bulldogs on Wednesday.
Aric del Rosario-mentored Parañaque Patriots debut versus Caloocan Supremos in MPBL opening
ARIC DEL ROSARIO has no plans of slowing down.
In fact, the 70-year-old coach is making a coaching comeback as head mentor of the Yakimix...
MPBL determined to move past game-fixing and betting issues, make the league better
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Philippine volleyball team in Japan for training
IN A BID to boost its chances of ending a 26-year gold medal drought, the Philippine women’s volleyball team flew to Japan on Sunday for a 12-day training camp as part of its final preparations for the 30th Southeast Asian Games.
Carlo Biado pads ranking
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
Senior Reporter
BOOSTED by his strong finish to the year that saw him win the World 9-Ball Championship, Filipino champion billiards...
Northport shoots for solo PBA tourney leadership
LEAGUE-LEADING Northport Batang Pier go for their fifth win in a row in the Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner’s Cup, and solo leadership in the standings, when they return to action today against the Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Unsettling future for golf after Woods crash
ALREADY in the final chapter of one of golf’s greatest careers, Tiger Woods may have penned a shocking end to that story on Tuesday when the winner of 15 majors was involved in a single-car crash and taken to the hospital with multiple injuries.
Solid fundamentals doing wonders for Filipina player in the US
A CONSCIOUS effort to learn the right fundamentals of the sport of basketball has allowed a 16-year-old Filipina player to steadily make a name for herself in the United States.
ESPN hopes docu The Last Dance provides an escape amid COVID-19
AS THE WORLD continues to grapple with the growing concern over the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, American sports channel ESPN hopes to provide some form of escape by moving up the showing of the much-anticipated documentary series The Last Dance.
Youth football standout Chavez out to make most of US scholarship
GIVEN the opportunity to further his studies and develop his game abroad, Philippine youth football standout Samuel Reuben Wilhelm Chavez is out to make the most of it.