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Gilas Pilipinas received an encouraging news on Friday as sweet-shooting Dwight Ramos has been cleared to play from his leg injury. The 24-year-old Filipino-American wingman showed up on Friday’s practice with Gilas Pilipinas at the Meralco gym. Dwight Ramos FIBA PHOTO  “All good with Dwight, he’s been practicing already since …

THE bragging right of being the best performing ballclub in the PBA On Tour exhibition games belongs to the Magnolia Chicken Timplados. The Hotshots earned that badge after scoring a runaway 103-88 victory over Rain or Shine in their road game on Saturday, July 15, at the Lamberto Macias Sports …

With Kai Sotto’s NBA Summer League stint with the Orlando Magic drawing to a close, Gilas Pilipinas coach Chot Reyes expects the 7-foot-3 slotman to join the team’s practice by Tuesday, July 18. Sotto’s camp has been in constant communication with Reyes, who confirmed to the Manila Times that the …

While its Pool B rivals go through pressure-packed finishes to fuel their respective semis drive, Creamline continued to dominate Pool A with its sheer power, coasting to the next round with another straight-set 25-21, 25-20, 25-21 romp over PLDT in the Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference at the Philsports Arena …

Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach Phil Handy has inspirational words for Kai Sotto moments after he was again benched in Orlando Magic’s losing game against New York Knicks on Thursday (Manila Time) at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Handy approached the Filipino 7-3 center who was on …

FOR the third straight game, Filipino prospect Kai Sotto logged a DNP (did not play) for the Orlando Magic which bowed to the New York Knicks, 80-82, in overtime in the NBA Summer League at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Thursday, July 13 (Manila time). …

LONDON: Ons Jabeur says she wants to make history for Tunisia and Africa by winning a Grand Slam title after reaching her second successive Wimbledon final on Thursday. The sixth seed, a beaten finalist last year, powered back from a set and 4-2 down to beat world number two Aryna …

THE Philippine men’s team quietly but strongly pulled off a major accomplishment by leapfrogging 111 notches from No. 167 down in the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) world rankings to No. 56 following two victories at the ongoing Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Challenge Cup for Men in Taipei. “This is one …

SEATTLE: Elias Díaz hit a two-run homer off Félix Bautista in the eighth inning, and the National League (NL) snapped a nine-game losing streak in the All-Star Game with a 3-2 win over the American League on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila). The NL won for the first time since an …

LONDON: Novak Djokovic reached a 12th Wimbledon semifinal and record-equalling 46th at the Grand Slams on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) as Elina Svitolina stunned world No. 1 Iga Swiatek, delivering an emotional boost for her war-torn Ukraine homeland. IN HIGH GEAR Serbia’s Novak Djokovic jumps to return the ball to …