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With less than a month before the start of Season 48 of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), TNT’s Filipino-American guard Mikey Williams is still not back with his team. TNT debuted in the East Asia Super League Season 2 on Wednesday night, October 11, with a 93-75 beating at the …

(UPDATE) MEMBERS of the victorious Gilas Pilipinas from the Asian Games men’s basketball are assured of at least a 10-day break from their respective PBA mother squads. Gilas team manager Alfrancis Chua gave that assurance to players, so as to give them enough time to rest following their Asian Games …

Filipino-American rookie guard Taylor Miller is soaking up everything from the Terrafirma veterans as he prepares himself for the upcoming PBA grind. With Season 48 set to open on Nov. 5, the 6-foot-2 Miller said he’s glad to learn from the Dyips’ big brothers in Alex Cabagnot, along with 2021 …

University of the Philippines (UP) survived Far Eastern University in overtime, 80-76, to stay unbeaten in the UAAP Season 86 men’s basketball tournament on Wednesday at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. Janjan Felicilda scored 17 points, four rebounds and two assists while Malick Diouf added 11 markers, …

Creamline Cool Smashers captain Alyssa Valdez said her team is adjusting without longtime teammate Jia Morado-De Guzman, who is now playing in Japan. In a press briefing of the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) Second All-Filipino Conference on Wednesday, Valdez said while she and her team will miss Morado’s leadership, Creamline …

If he must go through the regular route, Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao cannot fulfill his dream of seeing action in the 2024 Paris Olympics in Paris. But if there’s one dose that could help resuscitate the dwindling popularity of boxing in the Olympics, it could be in the form …

At a Glance Gilas Pilipinas team manager Alfrancis Chua said incentives await members of the men’s basketball team following their gold-medal feat in the 19thAsian Games in Hangzhou, China. Gilas Pilipinas team manager Alfrancis Chua said incentives await members of the men’s basketball team following their gold-medal feat in the …

WITH the historic Asian Games gold medal run in the just-concluded men’s basketball tournament, the next question now is will the San Miguel Corp. (SMC) bloc continue supporting the Gilas Pilipinas team in future international competitions? Gilas team manager Alfrancis Chua, who serves as SMC sports director, shared that the …

Filipino pole vault ace Ernest John ‘EJ’ Obiena believes he has better odds of making the podium of the Paris Olympics next year than what he had at the Tokyo Games in 2021. Obiena, who was coming off a gold medal finish in the 19th Asian Games, made this known …

LOS ANGELES: South Korea’s Kim Hyo-joo strolled to a wire-to-wire victory at The Ascendant LPGA in Texas on Sunday (Monday in Manila), shooting a two-under-par 69 to win by four strokes. Bianca Pagdanganan of the Philippines and Thailand’s Atthaya Thitikul shared second place on nine under. Pagdanganan and Atthaya both …