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AS Bennie Boatwright continues to process his papers to become a naturalized Filipino citizen, the former University of South California Trojan gets to learn Filipino culture. A story on the Instagram page of the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) showed him trying out halo-halo at a restaurant in Makati City, …

Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas president Al Panlilio felt the federation has found “the right guy” in San Miguel Beer import Bennie Boatwright as he becomes the next Gilas Pilipinas naturalized player and one of the foundations of the program in the future. Panlilio finally met Boatwright in a meeting that …

FILIPINO rower Joanie Delgaco qualified for the Paris Olympics on Sunday, April 21, as she made history as the first female rower from the Philippines to compete in the Games. Delgaco made her way to the Olympics by finishing fourth in the women’s single sculls final in the Asian and …

Longtime Canadian sprinter Aaron Brown believes all athletes in an Olympic final, not only the winner, should be paid thousands of dollars by World Athletics when the best in track and field gather this summer in Paris.  ‘I’d like to see more compensation,’ says 2-time Olympic medallist. Longtime Canadian sprinter …

THE NU Lady Bulldogs look to clinch one of the two Final Four twice-to-beat incentives as they face the FEU Lady Tamaraws in the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament at the Smart Araneta Coliseum today, April 24. A Lady Bulldogs win over the Lady Tamaraws in the 4 p.m. …

MANILA, Philippines – A crack, four-strong Philippine table tennis team seeks to defy overwhelming odds as it shoots for Paris Olympics berths in the Southeast Asia Olympic Qualifying tilt set May 8-10 in Thailand. John Mari Nayre, John Russel Misal, Kheith Rhynn Cruz and Angel Joyce Laude will try to …

Courtesy: NBA Communications/X (@NBAPR)  Los Angeles, United States—Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic, the Dallas Mavericks’ Luka Doncic and Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander are the three finalists for the NBA Most Valuable Player award, the league said Sunday. The league unveiled three finalists for each of its individual awards for the …

Shagne Yaoyao earned precious UCI points which will boost her Paris Games bid after winning a silver medal in the UCI Cat 2 XCO Helaz Mountain Bike Series in Terengganu, Malaysia over the weekend. Shagne Yaoyao (PhilCycling)  The 27-year-old Yaoyao banked on her experience and timed in 1 hour, 22 …

The La Salle Lady Spikers/UAAP Media Bureau  MANILA, Philippines — The twice-to-beat race is heating up, as the La Salle Lady Spikers forced a three-way tie for the top spot of the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tourney with a 25-12, 25-12, 25-18 sweep of rivals Ateneo Blue Eagles Sunday …

Sarah Nurse scored twice, including the overtime winner, and Kristen Campbell made 37 saves as visiting Toronto defeated Montreal 3-2 before a record crowd in the Professional Women’s Hockey League on Saturday afternoon at the Bell Centre.  Sarah Nurse’s 2-goal effort helps club snap 2-game skid before 21,105 at Bell …