Members of Gilas Pilipinas sing the national anthem before its 2021 FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers match against Indonesia. (Photo from FIBA) The Philippines is set to host games for two groups in the third window of the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers with Clark, Pampanga as the venue. FIBA, through a...
Manny Pacquiao, or simply “Pacman” to his legion of followers, has come a long way from being an impoverished young boy in General Santos City. The same boy who stepped inside the boxing ring not knowing much about the sport but was determined to win the P50 prize money so he could buy rice for...
Manny Pacquiao (Top Rank Photo) In the eyes of Games and Amusements Board (GAB) Chairman Baham Mitra, Manny Pacquiao should still be the WBA super champion in the welterweight division. Mitra pointed this out in his Feb. 9, 2021 letter to Gilberto Jesus Mendoza, president of the World Boxing...
COMEBACK - Manny Pacquiao teases his fans with a tweet early Wednesday morning, Feb. 10 (Top Rank Images) The much-awaited return of Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao in the boxing ring is finally happening. Pacquiao, in a tweet early Wednesday morning, Feb. 10, teased his fans of a supposed...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar I read an interesting interview with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates over the weekend. A couple of years ago he was asked about work-life balance and this was what he had to say then: "For my particular way of being, it is true that I did not...
IDOL - Boxing fans are in for a treat should the fight between Manny Pacquiao, right, and Ryan Garcia pushes through. Garcia was the first one to announce that the match is on, but Pacquiao's camp has not given out official details yet. (Photo from Manny Pacquiao's Facebook page) The much-hyped...
Photo from AFP A former champion and a rising star weighed in on the much-hyped fight between Manny Pacquiao and Ryan Garcia, which has been the talk of the town for the past couple of weeks. Since Garcia declared on social media that he will face the Filipino boxing champion soon, the boxing world...
Photo from Conor McGregor's Instagram account Former two-division champion Conor McGregor revealed that he was preoccupied with his potential boxing match against Manny Pacquiao when he fought Dustin Poirier for his UFC return last month. McGregor, in a lengthy Instagram post Thursday, February 4,...
OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of technologies not only in surviving the lockdown but in navigating the new normal as we start to revive our economy and restart social activities. Some of these technologies were already...
Manny Pacquiao (Top Rank Photo) Paradigm Sports Management, the organization handling Manny Pacquiao, warned the public Sunday to be mindful of "false rumors" linked to the Filipino boxing icon's fight plans. In a company statement posted by CEO Audie Attar on Twitter, Paradigm has raised concerns...
Ryan Garcia (Photo by Tim Warner / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP, File) Up and coming American lightweight Ryan Garcia said on Instagram Saturday that he wants to get in the ring with Philippine icon Manny Pacquiao in an official bout. With Yahoo among the outlets reporting such a fight is in...
Ryan Garcia stands in his corner before the WBC Interim Lightweight Title fight against Luke Campbell at American Airlines Center on January 02, 2021 in Dallas, Texas. Tim Warner/Getty Images/AFP Whether it will be an exhibition match or not, American rising star Ryan Garcia vowed to knock out...
