LIMOGES (AFP) -- The struggle between two-time winner Tadej Pogacar and defending champion Jonas Vingegaard will be given a breathtaking backdrop Sunday, July 9, as the peloton climbs the dormant Puy de Dome volcano. *Jonas Vinggeaard. (AFP)* A day after the Tour said goodbye to star sprinter Mark...
Palace press briefer Daphne Oseña-Paez is just one of the millions of people around the world trying to get their hands on Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour concert tickets. *Palace press briefer Daphne Oseña-Paez (Photo from the Presidential Communications Office)* In her Twitter account, which...
CAUTERETS (AFP) -- Tadej Pogacar unleashed a devastating turn of speed to win stage six of the Tour de France on Thursday, July 6, but defending champion Jonas Vingegaard took the overall race lead 25 seconds ahead of the Slovenian. *UAE Team Emirates' Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar wearing the best...
*"It's the music that brings us together", said John Oates from the famous 80's rock and roll duo Hall & Oates.* Music is a powerful medium that can cut across language barriers and bring people together.  It is so universal that people from different countries, of different...
LARUNS (AFP) -- Australian Jai Hindley crossed the line alone to win stage five of the Tour de France on Wednesday, July 5, to take the overall leader's yellow jersey as defending champion Jonas Vingegaard won a tactical battle with key rival Tadej Pogacar. *BORA - hansgrohe's Australian rider Jai...
NOGARO (AFP) -- Jasper Philipsen won a second consecutive stage of the Tour de France on Tuesday, July 4, as a series of high-speed falls at the Nogaro motorbike racetrack stole the headlines. *Alpecin-Deceuninck's Belgian rider Jasper Philipsen celebrates on the podium with the best sprinter's...
The PBA on Tour‘s pre-season exhibition games will be hosted on Wednesday, July 5, at the University of Santo Tomas Quadricentennial Pavilion Arena. NorthPort and NLEX will compete at 5 p.m., while Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and Meralco will battle it out at 7:30 p.m. On-air broadcast will be...
VICTORIA (AFP) -- Mark Cavendish and the bulked up fast men should dispute the first bunch sprint of the Tour de France at Bayonne on Monday, July 3, in an ever more dangerous competition. Â *Mark Cavendish. (AFP)*Â While the death of Gino Maeder on the Tour of Switzerland last month was a...
Jvee Casio showed veteran poise and coolly sank three crucial free throws with 22 seconds left to help Blackwater survive a late San Miguel Beer rally, 103-101, in the PBA on Tour at the FilOil EcoOil Arena in San Juan on Sunday, July 2. *Jvee Casio saves the day for Blackwater (PBA Images) * With...
BILBAO (AFP) -- The 2023 Tour de France embarks from the Basque port of Bilbao on Saturday, July 1, with safety in the spotlight, a route featuring 30 peaks, and a roster with two clear overall favourites in champion Jonas Vingegaard and Slovenian star Tadej Pogacar. *Jumbo-Visma's Danish rider...
BILBAO (AFP) -- Cycling's Tour de France, with its caravan of teams, media, publicity and security, was visible everywhere around Bilbao on Thursday, June 29, as champion Jonas Vingegaard prepared to start the defence of his title. *Jumbo-Visma's Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard cycles to the stage...
BILBAO (AFP) -- Cycling's Tour de France, with its vast caravan of teams, media, publicity and security, was visible everywhere around the Spanish city of Bilbao on Thursday, June 29, with riders poised to embark on the epic 21-day race to Paris. *(From Left), Jumbo-Visma's Belgian rider Wout Van...
