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MANILA, Philippines: For the record, Angel Canino is not turning professional, not pregnant, and is not failing in her academics. This is the statement Angel’s mother Sol made amidst the speculations hurled online before and after La Salle’s Thursday’s game against UP in the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament …

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Lionel Messi is coming back to Inter Miami’s lineup, with the team saying his absence for a hamstring injury will end Saturday, April 6, at home in an MLS match against the Colorado Rapids. Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi (AP)  “He’s back,” the team wrote …

Maxine Esteban/Courtesy of Carol Esteban  MANILA, Philippines – Crucified and blamed in social media after Maxine Esteban went on to make the Paris Olympics for Ivory Coast, the Philippine Fencing Association Inc. broke its silence and defended itself from the onslaught. It stressed it had to choose between Sam Catantan …

Philippines’ Hidilyn Diaz reacts after placing first in the women’s 55kg weightlifting competition during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo on July 26, 2021. (AFP / Vincenzo Pinto)  MANILA, Philippines — Hidilyn Diaz, the first and only Olympic gold medallist from the Philippines, vowed …

Sans reigning Rookie of the Year-Most Valuable Player Angel Canino, defending champion De La Salle turned back University of the Philippines, 26-24, 25-18, 24-26, 27-25, in the second round of the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament on Thursday, April 4, at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. …

Canadian GM Gina Kingsbury didn’t see a need for major changes to the team that lost the final to the U.S. last year. She thinks the team had a strong performance in 2023, even if it didn’t result in a championship.  Canadians play 1st game against Finland on Thursday at …

Boxer Claire Hafner’s brain may help future women athletes, patients with neurodegenerative conditions, survivors of intimate partner violence and soldiers with head trauma. She’s one of 17 Canadian athletes participating in a landmark study of the effects of head trauma on 900 living athletes, mostly from combat sports. Claire Hafner’s …

The Newfoundland Growlers won’t finish out the 2023-2024 season, marking the second time a Toronto Maple Leafs minor league affiliated team has left the province. With six games left on the schedule, the ECHL announced on Tuesday its board of governors voted to terminate the club’s membership effective immediately “for …

Photo By John Mac  (https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnmac612/53558910406/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=145963861)  New York, United States—A US women’s basketball record television audience of 12.3 million people watched sensation Caitlin Clark lead Iowa over rival Louisiana State University in the college playoffs, telecaster ESPN said Tuesday. The previous record was 11.83 million viewers for …

Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria on Aug. 20, 2023 (Anadolu) ISTANBUL – Formula One owner Liberty Media has agreed to buy MotoGP from Spain-based owners Dorna in a deal valued at USD4.5 billion (PHP253.8 billion). “Liberty Media will acquire 86 percent of MotoGP with MotoGP management retaining approximately 14 percent of …