IT'S THE SMALL THINGS I write this on the twelfth of December – the feast day of our Lady of Guadalupe. While I have always been aware about our Lady, and know a few devout devotees to her, I was never awakened to her presence and power until I lived the last two and a half years in Mexico....
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS It is the second of week of December – Christmas is truly here again! Though to be honest it sounds quite redundant saying that given that we Filipinos have been celebrating since September came around. I write this on a long haul flight en route back to Manila from a...
MALAGA (AFP) -- Italy won the Davis Cup for the first time since 1976 as Jannik Sinner crushed Alex de Minaur 6-3, 6-0 to seal a 2-0 win over Australia on Sunday, Nov. 26, in Malaga. The members of team Italy pose with the trophy as they celebrate winning the Davis Cup tennis tournament at the...
MALAGA (AFP) -- Alex de Minaur smoothly guided Australia into a second successive Davis Cup final with an assured 2-0 win over Finland on Friday, Nov. 24, in Malaga. Australia's Alex de Minaur returns the ball against Finland's Emil Ruusuvuori during the second men's singles semifinal tennis match...
The future heroes of Philippine sports will be honored during the 3rd Siklab Youth Sports Awards on Dec. 4 at the Market! Market! Activity Center, Ayala Malls, BGC in Taguig City. Alex Eala (AFP) Leading the awardees are double Asian Games bronze medalist Alex Eala of tennis, World Combat Games...
Alex Eala fell short in her bid to capture her fifth singles pro title after bowing to a more experienced rival in the finals of the Kyotec Open in Petange, Luxembourg on Sunday, Nov. 19. Alex Eala falls short of winning her fifth pro singles title against a French rival. (File Photo) The...
Alex Eala recovered from a second-set stumble to survive fourth seed Anna-Lena Friedsam of Germany, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, to book a finals berth in the Kyotec Open in Petange, Luxembourg on Saturday, Nov. 18. Alex Eala inches closer to her fifth pro title. (File Photo) The 18-year-old Eala, seeded ninth...
Alex Eala continued her rampage and thumped Dutch qualifier Jasmijn Gimbrere, 6-3, 6-2, to barge into the semifinals of the Kyotec Open in Petange, Luxembourg on Friday, Nov. 17. Alex Eala inches closer to the W40 Petange ITF title after booking a semifinal seat. (File Photo/Alex Eala) The...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS This coming Thursday is Thanksgiving in the United States. Although this is largely an American tradition – a very major one at that – it is a holiday, and celebration of sorts that I have come to really grow to love. While the reason to celebrate has evolved from pilgrims...
Alex Eala resumed her hot run at the Kyotec Open after dumping Danish qualifier Johanne Christine Svendsen, 6-3, 6-1, to book a quarterfinal berth on Friday, Nov. 17, in Petange, Luxembourg. Alex Eala inches closer to the title in the Kyotec Open. (File Photo/Alex Eala Facebook) The ninth-seeded...
Alex Eala and Zeynep Sonmez stunned their seeded rivals to storm into the doubles semifinals of the Kyotec Open in Petange, Luxembourg on Thursday, Nov. 16. The Filipina-Turkish pair dictated the pace throughout and shocked fourth pick Katarina Kozarov of Serbia and Anita Wagner of Bosnia and...
Alex Eala dumped German qualifier Angelina Wirges, 6-3, 6-2, to barge into the second round of the Kyotec Open on Wednesday, Nov. 15, in Petange, Luxembourg. Eala, seeded ninth in this $40,000 International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament, wasted no time in dominating Wirges with her superb...
