Photo B.League Matthew Aquino saw very limited action in his very first B.League game that ended with the Shinshu Brave Warriors taking down the Akita Happinets, 76-51, at home Saturday, Nov. 6. Aquino was inserted with 2:27 left in the contest and scored the final basket of the contest held at the...
Photo from B.League Ray Parks Jr. and the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins resumed their B.League campaign with a 101-92 away defeat to the Gunma Crane Thunders Saturday, Nov. 6. The Diamond Dolphins kept things close until the final four minutes when the Crane Thunders pulled away to claim victory in front...
Photo from B.League Kiefer Ravena produced solid numbers but couldn’t prevent the Shiga Lakestars from absorbing a 99-88 road loss to the defending champion Chiba Jets in the resumption of the B.League Saturday, Nov. 6. Ravena produced 14 points, nine assists and two steals in almost 27 minutes...
Yuka Saso (AFP) Yuka Saso fired a 2-under-par 70 in the third round to improve to joint 12th place in the 4th Toto Japan Classic at the Seta Golf Course in Shiga Prefecture Saturday. Saso shot four birdies against two bogeys at the back nine for a three-round total of 211, eight strokes behind new...
Yuka Saso Yuka Saso fired an eagle-aided 2-under-par 70 to jump for a share of 16th place after two rounds in the 4th Toto Japan Classic at the Seta Golf Course in Shiga Prefecture Friday. Starting the day at joint 24th after an opening-round 71, Saso shot an eagle three on the 18th to make up for...
The Japanese government will provide food aid to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), benefiting thousands of fishing and farming households in the region. FOOD AID-- Japanese Ambassador Koshikawa Kazuhiko and World Food Programme (WFP) Representative and Country Director of...
Yuka Saso carded a 1-under-par 71 for a share of 24th place at the start of the 4th Toto Japan Classic Thursday at the Seta Golf Course in Shiga Prefecture. Saso, who is in her first stint at the LPGA of Japan Tour since the Tokyo Olympics last August, fired four birdies against three bogeys to...
Tokyo Olympian and reigning US Women’s Open Champion Yuka Saso revealed Wednesday her decision to choose the Japanese nationality when she reaches 22 years old in two years’ time. “It is true that I chose Japanese nationality,” Saso was quoted in an article on a Japanese news website,...
Photo from B.League Several Filipino players like brothers Kiefer and Thirdy Ravena, Ray Parks Jr., Kobe Paras and Dwight Ramos could take part in the B.League All-Star event slated mid-January in Okinawa, Japan. Filipino cagers are expected to see action for the team of foreign cagers under the...
Dwight Ramos and the Toyama Grouses as well as Matthew Aquino and the Shinshu Brave Warriors advanced to the next round while the Ravena brothers, Kiefer and Thirdy, made their respective exits in the All-Japan Basketball Championship Monday, Nov. 1 in Hokkaido and Osaka. Dwight Ramos (Emperor's...
TOKYO, Japan -- Japan's ruling coalition of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito has retained a comfortable majority of the lower house seats following Sunday's general election, according to final results early Monday morning. Led by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the LDP secured 261 seats,...
Photo from Emperor's Cup Four Filipino players and their teams extended their campaign following victories Sunday, Oct. 31 in the All-Japan Basketball Championship in Hokkaido, Tachikawa and Kishiwada. Thirdy Ravena and the San-En Neophoenix posted a 90-76 win over the Koshigaya Alphas while older...
