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MANOLO FORTICH, Bukidnon — There’s nothing left for Del Monte to do but play its celebratory round on Sunday, Feb. 25, and make official its coming — finally — as a Championship division winner in the Philippine Airlines Seniors Interclub tournament. Romeo Jaraula  Playing with the unforgiving second round roster that again delivered the goods on Saturday, Feb. …

Adriana Leon had two goals and Cloé Lacasse scored one and set up two more as Canada cruised to a 6-0 over El Salvador at the inaugural CONCACAF W Gold Cup on Thursday in Houston. Adriana Leon scores twice en route to 6-0 win at Houston’s Shell Energy Stadium. In …

Grace Quintanilla  Grace Quintanilla lost ground in the opening nine, but recovered beautifully in the last five holes to survive an intense finale over Laurea Duque and win by two in the 59th Philippine Ladies Open Presented by Monde Nissin held at the Manila Golf and Country Club here yesterday. …

Gilas Pilipinas applauding the Filipino crowd in Hong Kong/FIBA  MANILA, Philippines — The Filipino crowd in Hong Kong was a big boost for Gilas Pilipinas as they defeated the hometown team on Thursday night, Philippine team head coach Tim Cone said. Gilas steamrolled Hong Kong, 94-64, in the Nationals’ first …

Filipina cue artist Chezka Centeno made a huge comeback against Austria’s Jasmin Ouschan to eke out a 0-4, 4-1, 4-3 win and barge into the last 16 of the women’s 10-Ball Las Vegas Open at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino on Friday, Feb. 23 (Manila time). Chezka Centeno (File …

Angel Canino (STAR / File)  MANILA, Philippines — Reigning champion La Salle zoomed to a second straight win in as many games with a 25-20, 25-17, 25-22 romp over Far Eastern U in the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament yesterday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. Sophomore star spiker Angel …

Alex Eala  Alex Eala, who has earned around $36,392 in her young professional career over the first two months of the year 2024, continued to move up in the world rankings and rose to a new high. The 18-year-old Eala went up by a point, to another career-high of 184, …

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)  …

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 …

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 …