BEYOND THE GAME PH bowlers reach podium at 2025 IBF Para Bowling World Championships By Brian Yalung The Philippines bagged a couple of bronze medals at the 2025 International Bowling Federation Para Bowling World Championships in Hong Kong on Thursday, January 23. Photo shows Filipino...
An international bazaar to be participated in by at least 40 countries will open once again with the theme, “Shop global, help local,” at the World Trade Center starting November 3. Photos by Mark Balmores The International Bazaar Foundation, Inc. (IBF) partnered with the Spouses of the...
CEBU CITY -- After bungling two chances to fight for a world title belt, Christian “The Bomb” Araneta is determined to finally get the job done when he fights for another world title eliminator on Jan. 26 at a posh hotel in South Road Properties here. Pio Paulo Castillo (left to right), head of...
CEBU CITY -- Pedro “Kid Pedro Heneral” Taduran inched closer to becoming a world champion again after he dominated Jake "El Bambino" Amparo in their International Boxing Federation (IBF) minimumweight title eliminator on Thursday night, Dec. 28, at the Bohol Wisdom School Gym in Tagbilaran...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- American Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez stopped Sunny Edwards in the ninth round on Saturday, Dec. 16, to add the previously unbeaten Briton's International Boxing Federation flyweight world title to his own World Boxing Organization crown. Sunny Edwards (right) of Great Britain throws...
TAKING THE LEAD IBF chairperson Pamela Louise Manalo Not a lot of events can get me to willingly leave my bed before 6:30 in the morning but the annual International Bazaar hosted by the International Bazaar Foundation (IBF) is one of the very few that can. Coordinated by the International Bazaar...
By MARK REY MONTEJO Zach Sales Ramin and Merwin Tan are set to headline the Philippine team in the 2023 IBF World Championships next month at the Kuwait Bowling Sporting Club in Salmiya, Kuwait. Zach Sales Ramin (Singapore Bowling Federation) Ramin and Tan are expected to boost...
TASTING THE FUTURE TOGETHER From left: Tippi Tambunting, Armin Amrein, Tom Bascon, and Amb. Alain Gaschen Swiss chef Armin Amrein is in town to bring his brand of Swiss culinary expertise to the country and its foodies. Just this week, he worked with M Dining + Bar chefs Tippi Tambunting and Tom...
Expect a rejuvenated and a more fueled Jerwin Ancajas when he takes on International Boxing Federation (IBF) junior bantamweight champion Fernando Martinez in a much-awaited rematch on Saturday night, Oct. 7, (Sunday in Manila) at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. Jerwin...
Rene Mark Cuarto absorbed a split decision loss and blew away his International Boxing Federation minimumweight title against Mexican foe Daniel Valladares in Monterrey, Mexico Saturday, July 2 here in Manila. Rene Cuarto (right) and Daniel Valladares exchange punches (Photo from Bxstrs Promotions)...
Butler's WBO strap up next for Inoue Nonito Donaire's "road to undisputed" may have come to an end at this point as Naoya Inoue emerged victorious anew and settled their business once and for all in the second part of "Drama in Saitama" last June 7. Naoya Inoue (right) corners Nonito Donaire in...
Naoya Inoue unloaded power punches and only needed almost half of the second round to knock out Nonito Donaire in their unification rematch Tuesday night, June 7 at the Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Japanese "Monster" Naoya Inoue (left) and "Filipino Flash" Nonito Donaire trade punches during...