NCAA Junior wars

By Bobby Ang
93rd NCAA Athletic Season 2017 NCAA Chess Team Championship Juniors 1. Colegio de San Juan de Letran (CSJL), 25.0/36 Bd01 Christian Mark Daluz 8.0/9, Bd02 Melito Ocsan, Jr....

Calvin Abueva: Starting over again on the right foot with Phoenix Fuel Masters

SIX-YEAR Philippine Basketball Association veteran Calvin Abueva began his new journey in the league, making his debut with the Phoenix Fuel Masters on Wednesday; a solid first game as he helped his new team get off to a good start in the season-ending PBA Governors’ Cup.

Sporting community mourns passing of young Olympian Ian ‘Yanyan’ Lariba

THE local sporting community is mourning the passing of young Olympian Ian “Yanyan” Lariba, who lost her battle with leukemia late Sunday night. She was 23.

PHL women’s spikers make SEA Games debut

By Michael Angelo S. Murillo Reporter FOLLOWING the debut of its men’s counterpart early this week, the Philippine national women’s volleyball team makes its first on-court...

MPBL: QC Capitals eye share of lead vs Imus Bandera

HOST Quezon City tries to join co-leaders Navotas and Batangas City on top of the standings when it battles Imus in the main game...

WIM Shania Mae Mendoza

By Bobby Ang
June has been a great month for Ms. Shania Mae Mendoza. She won the Philippine Women’s Championship in Alphaland Makati, and then enplaned for Davao where she won the ASEAN Under-20 Championship. This brought with it the automatic Woman International Master (WIM) title as well as a Woman International Grandmaster (WGM) title norm. Two more norms and she will get the full WGM title.

ONE: Eustaquio and Moraes battle in round 3 of trilogy

FILIPINO mixed martial arts fighter Geje “Gravity” Eustaquio and Brazilian Adriano “Mikinho” Moraes makes ONE Championship history today as they make a go in round three of their trilogy, the first for the promotion.

High hopes for ONE Championship in Japan

TOKYO -- The long-sought and awaited debut of ONE Championship in Japan came to fruition yesterday as its “A New Era” event was held at the Ryogoku Kokugikan here.

Hotshots now playing under the Magnolia brand in the PBA

A NEW era descended on one of the popular teams in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) as the Hotshots team is set to play...

MPBL race to top eight

By Rey Joble
Bataan Risers, Muntinlupa Cagers, Manila Stars, Davao Occidental Tigers, San Juan Knights, Bacoor Strikers, Makati Super Crunch and Batangas City Athletics. Halfway in the MPBL Datu Cup and these teams appeared to be locked in for a spot in the playoffs, cracking themselves in the top four of their respective divisions in the tournament put up by Senator Manny Pacquiao with PBA legend Kenneth Duremdes serving as commissioner.

Identified as a growth market, PHL delivering for the NBA

TWO decades since being eyed by the National Basketball Association (NBA) as one of the key markets to grow its business globally, the league is happy to share that it has been scoring big in the Philippines, chalking up the numbers across various matrix.

Organizers tout warm support of private sector for 30th Southeast Asian Games

WITH less than two months away from the country’s hosting of the 30th Southeast Asian Games, organizers expressed confidence in holding a successful staging of the biennial regional sporting meet with added support coming from the private sector.