Sports NEWS

A couple of new faces had joined the first Gilas Pilipinas practice which was held behind closed doors at the Meralco Gym in Pasig City, Monday night, Aug. 15

Blacklist International just gave Omega Esports a dose of its own medicine.

TNT big man Poy Erram got a huge sigh of relief after the Tropang Giga pulled through and booked a spot to the finals despite his absence late in their 87-74 victory over Magnolia last Sunday.

Shaq Delos Santos, currently the coach of Cignal in the Premier Volleyball League, has taken over as head coach of the women’s volleyball team of University of the Philippines.

Collegiate champions National University and College of St. Benilde have been invited to participate in the Shakey’s Super League (SSL) 2022 Collegiate Pre-Season Women’s Volleyball Championship happening this year.

Magnolia star guard Paul Lee remained proud of his team’s performance in the PBA Philippine Cup despite falling short once again against TNT in their second-straight all-Filipino playoff duel.

Benedict “BennyQT” Gonzales took over in Game 3 with his Wanwan pick to survive a valiant stand from a promising Onic Philippines side, 2-1, in the MPL Philippines Season 10 at the ICite Auditorium in Libis, Quezon City on Sunday, Aug 14.

Fourth-ranked flyweight contender Danny “The King” Kingad believes that the perfect challenger awaits the winner of the rematch between ONE Flyweight World Champion Adriano “Mikinho” Moraes and Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson. 

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has conferred Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) and PhilCycling President Bambol Tolentino as Honorary Member during its congress concurrent with the 44th Chess Olympiad recently in Chennai, India.

Jalen Green wrapped up his “JG4 Manila Tour” by visiting Ilocos Sur, the home province of her mother Bree Purganan, which is just one of the many ways to reconnect with his Filipino roots.

Will it be Gilas or TNT?

Jeo Santisima unleashed lethal left hooks to stop veteran Japanese Hiroshige Osawa and score a fifth-round knockout win in their eight-round featherweight bout at the EDION Arena in Osaka, Japan Sunday, Aug. 14.

The king of PBA Philippine Cup will get the chance to defend the throne.

Bren Esports finally shook off the rookie jitters and tripped TNC Pro Team ML with a clean 2-0 sweep to pick up its first win in the MPL Philippine Season 10 at the ICite Auditorium in Libis, Quezon City on Sunday, Aug. 14.

On its third straight stab at pro glory, Creamline didn’t crack and won for the second straight time, cutting erstwhile unbeaten KingWhale-Taipei down to size with a 25-21, 25-19, 25-8 victory for the Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference crown before a roaring Sunday crowd at the SM Mall of Asia Arena.