June Mar Fajardo regained the top spot in the season Most Valuable Player race even after missing a significant number of games in the Commissioner’s Cup which also dislodged him in the battle for the Best Player of the Conference Award. San Miguel Beermen star June Mar Fajardo (PBA Images) …
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Rookie Poyos stars as Golden Tigresses slay Red Warriors
UST’s Angeline Poyos (17)/UAAP Media Bureau MANILA, Philippines — Rookie Angeline Poyos powered the UST Golden Tigresses to their second straight win in the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament against the gritty UE Lady Red Warriors, 18-25, 25-19, 25-17, 25-22, Wednesday evening at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon …
Read More »PSC confident row with world doping group resolved soon
Shown here are (from left) PSC Executive Director Paulo Tatad, PSC chairman Richard Bachmann, and Phi-NADO officer Nathan Vazquez The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) is extremely confident the brewing issue with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which has placed the country under threat of suspension from international competitions, will be …
Read More »Two-way battle for Ladies Open crown
From the looks of it, it would be a tight duel for the national championship between Grace Pauline Quintanilla and Laurea Duque. Grace Pauline Quintanilla Quintanilla turned in a four-under-par 67 to hike her total to 137, just up by four strokes against closest pursuer Duque, who made a 69 …
Read More »Fritz downs Paul to capture ATP Delray Beach Open title
MIAMI (AFP) — Top-seeded defending champion Taylor Fritz stretched his win streak in ATP finals to six matches on Monday, Feb. 19, defeating Tommy Paul, 6-2, 6-3, to capture the Delray Beach Open. USA’s Taylor Fritz (AFP) World number nine Fritz claimed his seventh career ATP title in the all-American …
Read More »Vaughn axed as head coach of Nets after 21-33 start
Head coach Jacque Vaughn of the Brooklyn Nets directs his team during the second half against the Boston Celtics at the Barclays Center on February 13, 2024 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Sarah Stier / Getty Images / AFP) NEW YORK – Jacque Vaughn was fired as …
Read More »Dutch sprinter Femke Bol breaks world indoor 400-m record
Femke Bol (Anadolu) ANKARA –Dutch sprinter Femke Bol broke the world indoor 400-meter record with a time of 49.24 seconds on Sunday. The 23-year-old Bol, improved her record at the Dutch Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn to retain the title on home soil. “It’s a dream come true to run another world record …
Read More »Rondina, Flying Titans ready to take flight
Sisi Rondina More than her dynamic style of play, Sisi Rondina’s leadership will be a crucial element aimed at guiding the Choco Mucho Flying Titans to a dream finish in the Premier Volleyball League. Despite their setback in the last All-Filipino Conference, where they narrowly missed snaring the championship against …
Read More »Ladies Open unfurls Tuesday
The 59th Philippine Ladies Open Presented by Monde Nissin tees off on Tuesday, Feb. 20, at the posh Manila Golf Club with the chase for the national crown expected to be a wide-open race after top contender Mafy Singson pulled out due to an illness. Singson, a national team mainstay, …
Read More »FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers is first step to Olympics for Gilas, Cone stresses
Members of Gilas Pilipinas begin practice at the Philsports Arena in Pasig City. (Philstar.com / Ralph Edwin Villanueva) MANILA, Philippines – One step at a time to the Olympics. With the upcoming first window of the FIBA Asia Cup, Gilas Pilipinas head coach Tim Cone said his personal goal for …
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