10,000 runners set to join the 10th TCS Clark Animo International Marathon
CLARK GLOBAL CITY -- The De La Salle Alumni Association Pampanga Chapter is to set to hold the 10th TCS Clark Animo International Marathon on March 10 this year, promising a more fun and exhilarating run to this year’s event with internationally certified courses and special activities.
San Juan Knights, Bataan Risers pumped up for Chooks-to-Go 3×3
THE 12-field tournament Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 President’s Cup fires off this weekend and all combatants have expressed readiness for it, including teams from San Juan and Bataan.
No stopping MPBL
By Rey Joble
At the maximum, the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL)still has two games left this season depending on the outcome of the ongoing national finals between San Juan and Davao Occidental. The Knights are enjoying a 2-1 advantage and have a chance to wrap things up with a win at home. A Tigers victory would send the series back to Davao to determine the first-ever National Champion of the Datu Cup.
Gilas Pilipinas eager to prove it belongs on the world stage
FOR THE SECOND straight time the Philippine men’s national basketball team is playing in the FIBA Basketball World Cup. It is something it views with much significance and with pride even as it buckles down to work to prove it belongs on the world stage.
Ateneo recovers in time to beat FEU
THE defending University Athletic Association of the Philippines men’s basketball champions Ateneo Blue Eagles stayed unbeaten in Season 82, coming from behind to down the Far Eastern University Tamaraws, 65-55, in league action on Wednesday at the Mall of Asia Arena.
Esports gains ground in the country with new school-based program
INTERSCHOOL esports in the country is getting a big boost with an agreement that looks to engage more than one thousand teams from over 200 schools with the opportunity to train, compete, be coached, win scholarships and eventually become medal-winning esports athletes.
Filming Last Dance Bulls a challenge on its own
THE original airings of the 10-part documentary The Last Dance came to an end last week, finishing well received and making documentary content history on ESPN. It is a result that the people behind the production take much pride and satisfaction in, considering the process of making it was not easy.
Lastimosa’s coaching debut a big hit in NLEX-SCTEX’s MCBL triumph
FROM PBA legend Jojo Lastimosa, to Batang Gilas’ participation and the invasion of ex-pros, the Marikina City Basketball League (MCBL) has become a great...
Singapore’s ‘coffee-grinder’ Joseph Schooling roasts Asian swimming rivals
JAKARTA — Singapore’s Olympic swim champion Joseph Schooling shrugged off a horror turnaround yesterday to top the heats for the 50 metres butterfly at the Asian Games after a fitful night’s sleep.
Young to compete in World Senior Chess Championship in Romania
BOUYED his success in the recent 2019 National Senior Chess Championship (Standard competition) at the Philippine Academy for Chess Excellence (PACE) at 56 Mindanao Ave., Project 6, Quezon City last Friday, 8-times Illinois, USA chess champion International Master (IM) Angelo Abundo Young once more is set to take the world stage in the 2019 World Senior Chess Championships in Bucharest, Romania to be held on Nov. 11 to 24.
A true national match
By Bobby Ang
When Loyola Life Plans agreed to sponsor the match between Asia’s first two grandmasters they pulled out all the stops to make it a true spectacle. Total prize package is P50,000 with P30,000 to the winner. More than the prize fund though they promoted the heck out of the event.
Khabib stops McGregor in wild fight, retains title
ULTIMATE Fighting Championship world lightweight champion Khabib “The Eagle” Nurmagomedov retained his title after stopping challenger and former champ Conor “The Notorious” McGregor by rear-naked choke in the fourth round of their headlining fight at “UFC 229” on Sunday in Las Vegas which was marred by a brawl after the fight.