President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. hailed the national women's football team for their historic stint in the FIFA World Cup, saying it will be the first of many victories for the team. (Photo courtesy of AFP) "Congratulations, Filipinas, on your remarkable journey in the 2023 FIFA Women's...
AUCKLAND (AFP) -- The United States may need a big win against Portugal at the Women's World Cup on Tuesday, August 1, to top Group E, but coach Vlatko Andonovski has warned his team to focus on simply securing their place in the last 16. *U.S.A Women's Football team. (AFP)* The holders and...
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (2nd-R) shakes hands with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen after a signing ceremony at Malacanang Presidential Palace in Manila on July 31, 2023. The two leaders are expected to hold bilateral meetings to bolster European Union-Philippines...
Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara on Monday, July 31 hailed the Philippine women’s national football team or the Filipinas for their historic victory at the FIFA Women’s World Cup. Sen. Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara (Senate PRIB Photo) “Expectations...
BANGKOK, Thailand -- A bomb blast in southeastern Myanmar killed one person and wounded 12 others on Monday, an official said. Violent clashes have ramped up since the military deposed Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government in February 2021, unleashing a bloody crackdown on dissent that has left...
SYDNEYÂ (AFP) -- Co-hosts Australia have to beat Canada on Monday, July 31, or risk an unthinkable exit from the Women's World Cup in the first round, while former champions Japan take on Spain with top spot in their group on the line. *Australia's coach Tony Gustavsson (left) and player Emily...
It won’t be the last of the Philippine women’s national football team in the FIFA Women’s World Cup. An emotional Filipinas co-captain Hali Long only had good things to say about the Nationals’ experience in the grandest football showpiece despite their early exit after a 6-0 loss to world...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned on Sunday that "war" was coming to Russia after three Ukrainian drones were downed over Moscow. "Gradually, the war is returning to the territory of Russia -- to its symbolic centres and military bases, and this is an inevitable, natural...
ABUJA, Nigeria -- African leaders on Sunday gave the junta in Niger one week to cede power or face the possible use of force, and slapped financial sanctions on the putschists, after the latest coup in the jihadist-plagued Sahel region raised alarm on the continent and in the West. In the third coup...
Haji Ghulam Ali (2nd R), governor of KP province greets an injured man in a hospital in Peshawar on July 30, 2023, after at least 44 people were killed and dozens more wounded by a suicide bombing at a political gathering of a leading Islamic party in northwest Pakistan. (Photo by Abdul Majeed AFP...
A dream cut short. The Philippine women’s national football team suffered a knockout defeat at the hands of world No. 12 Norway, 6-0, in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup on Sunday, July 30, at Eden Park in New Zealand. *Norway players celebrate while the Filipinas agonize after the former scored...
MOSCOW, Russia -- Three Ukrainian drones were downed over Moscow early Sunday, Russia's defence ministry said, in an attack that briefly shut an international airport. While one of the drones was shot down on the city's outskirts, two others were "suppressed by electronic warfare" and smashed into...
