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Princess Superal  The second Simone Asia Pacific Cup unfolds Thursday (Dec. 21) in Indonesia with defending champion Princess Superal expecting a heightened level of competition despite the absence of major champions with world No. 9 Atthaya Thitikul of Thailand and Japan’s Nasa Hataoka adding a touch of star power to …

Biñan City’s Clarysse De Matta Escoses bounced and twisted her way to golds in the uneven bars (8.25), balance beam (10.55) and individual all-around (40.35) of the women’s artistic gymnastics FIG junior for the biggest haul in Day 4 of the competition. (STAR / Jun Mendoza)  MANILA, Philippines – An …

YOUNG Filipino big man Kai Sotto is expected to finally see action in two weeks after recovering from a back injury that has kept him out of action for the 2023-24 Japan B.League season. But the 7-foot-3 Sotto will be playing for his new team Yokohama B-Corsairs instead. Kai Sotto …

MANILA, Philippines – Quendy Fernandez of Puerto Princesa delivered a tsunami of a performance as she ruled the women’s 200-meter backstroke Wednesday to emerge the first quintuple gold medal winner in the Philippine National Games at the PhilSports swimming pool in Pasig. Riding high from a tidal wave-like four-gold haul …

Sambo Pilipinas president Paolo Tancontian with his victorious Philippine Sambo team  Team Philippines showcased its indomitable power in sambo, winning five gold medals in the recent Southeast Asian Sambo Championships at the Viva Home Mall, Jalan Loke Yew in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Leading the charge were Southeast Asian Games combat …

MANILA, Philippines: World Championships veteran Micaela Jasmine Mojdeh of Paranaque City was unstoppable after claiming her fourth gold medal in the 2023 Batang Pinoy swimming competition on Wednesday at the Teofilo Yldefonso Swimming Pool inside the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila. The 17-year old ‘water beast’ of Philippine swimming …

Chance Comanche  LOS ANGELES—Chance Comanche, an NBA G League player with the Stockton Kings, will be charged with open murder in the death of a 23-year-old woman who went missing in Las Vegas, police said Sunday. Comanche was released by the Sacramento Kings’ G League affiliate based in Stockton, California, …

Alex Eala was courtside in Game 2 of the finals of the 2023 PVL 2nd All-Filipino Conference at the Smart Araneta Coliseum./PVL Media Bureau  MANILA, Philippines – Philippine tennis sensation Alex Eala is setting the bar even higher for herself after an optimistic result to her 2023 season. During her …

(UPDATE) AFTER finishing seventh in each of the past four conferences, Choco Mucho turned things around in the 2023 PVL 2nd All-Filipino Conference. The Flying Titans took flight and reached the Finals for the first time albeit bowed to the perennial champions Creamline Cool Smashers, 0-2. Middle blocker Maddie Madayag …

he San Beda Red Lions erupt in celebration at the buzzer, with the team beating the Mapua Cardinals, 76-66, in NCAA Season 99 title decider last night at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. (Jun Mendoza)  MANILA, Philippines —  San Beda needed just five years to reclaim its old place on top …