Iran missed two crucial shots from point-blank range to drop a 91-93 overtime defeat against New Zealand in the 2027 FIBA World Cup Asian qualifiers at the Mall of Asia Arena on Friday, Aug. 28. Tall Black’s Sam Waardenburg blocked the first attempt of Team Melli’s Mohammad Amini before the...
The Philippines missed a chance to qualify for the finals of next year’s Women’s Baseball World Cup after falling short against Venezuela, 0-10, in the final match of its group stage in Tainan, Taiwan on Thursday, Aug. 29. A few hours after absorbing a painful 2-8 defeat at the hands of host...
The Philippines blanked Great Britain but lost to host Chinese Taipei in the WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup in Tainan, Taiwan. The Filipina batters followed up their 3-0 upset win over world No. 7 Cuba on Wednesday, Aug. 26 with a 6-2 victory of Great Britain before returning to action the...
The Philippines stunned world No. 7 Cuba, 7-0, to notch its first-ever victory in the WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup in Tainan, Taiwan on Wednesday, Aug. 26. Maria Christine Bautista allowed just two hits and no runs in pitching all but one inning to set the tone as the world No. 21 Filipinas...
Another powerful means of developing grassroots football players is exemplified by a Catholic priest who organized the Oratorio San Lorenzo Football Club in the remote fishing villages of Talao-Talao and Dalahican in Quezon Province. Here, I quote freely from an article written for the press by Fr....
In a SWOT analysis of the football industry, what are some of the strengths and opportunities we can identify? The country has both a large and young population: 120 million people with a median age of 26. This means that there are 60 million young Filipinos below 26 years of age. There is...
Gilas Pilipinas head coach Tim Cone is just as clueless as everyone whether Kai Sotto will be available for the crucial August window of the FIBA World Cup Asian qualifiers and the country’s title defense in the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. “No word,” said Cone. “Even for the Asian Games,...
The coaching staff of Gilas Pilipinas will be juggling their time to train two different compositions of the national team for the upcoming tournaments in the August window of the FIBA World Cup Asian qualifiers and for the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. Gilas head coach Tim Cone has no other...
MIAMI (AP) — Lionel Messi scored his first two goals since the World Cup and took the career scoring lead in the Leagues Cup as Inter Miami overcame an early deficit to beat Atlético San Luis, 4-2, on a rainy Wednesday night, Aug. 5. The match at Nu Stadium was delayed 30 minutes in the second...
Now that I don’t have to wake up at 3 a.m., just like countless football fans across the ASEAN during the last World Cup, I can stay awake long enough to reflect on what lessons we can learn from all the matches, national teams, individual players, and even spectators we watched between June 2...
Football fans traded the stadium for the cinema as SM Cinema successfully brought the excitement of the FIFA World Cup 2026™ Final to the big screen through an exclusive Watch Party at the Directors Club and SM Event Screen of SM Aura Cinema. Presented by Visa, the event transformed the premium...
CORAL GABLES, Florida (AP) — FIFA lodged disciplinary charges against two Argentina players Wednesday, July 29, for striking Spain opponents moments after the World Cup final and charged Argentina 's soccer federation for players showing a political banner about the Falkland Islands after...
