HANGZHOU (AFP) -- ESports tickets costing up to $137 are like gold dust at the Asian Games with desperate fans signing up multiple times through a lottery system in hope of seeing their gaming heroes live. South Korean e-sports player Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok (center) and his colleagues salute the...
HANGZHOU, China – A group of media men from Thailand roared and chanted something in sheer delight inside the massive Main Media Center of the 19th Asian Games late Monday, Sept. 25, when taekwondo jin Panipak Wongpattanakit won the country’s first gold. EJ Obiena (File photo from EJ...
HANGZHOU (AFP) -- Between 150 and 200 Asian Games athletes have already been tested for doping, the Olympic Council of Asia said on Monday, Sept. 25, with no positive results so far. Speaking at an anti-doping press conference on the second full day of the Games in the Chinese city of Hangzhou, the...
HANGZHOU (AFP) -- World champion Qin Haiyang surged to the world's second fastest time this year and the Asian Games 100m breaststroke title on Monday, Sept. 25, while star freestyler Siobhan Haughey clinched Hong Kong's first-ever swimming gold medal. Winner China's Qin Haiyang celebrates his...
HANGZHOU, China – Fil-Canadian Kayla Sanchez summoned every ounce of her energy in the hope of breaking the so-called Great of Wall of China in the women’s 50-meter backstroke of the swimming competitions in the Asian Games on Monday, Sept. 25, here. But again, she failed....
Sarina Bolden’s opening goal was entirely negated as the Philippine women’s national football team suffered a 5-1 loss at the hands of world No. 20 South Korea on Monday, Sept. 25, at the Wenzhou Sports Centre Stadium in China. Filipinas' Sarina Bolden. (PWNFT) The world No. 44 Filipinas...
HANGZHOU (AFP) -- She probably ought to have been in primary school, but instead Mazel Paris Alegado -- aged nine -- competed in skateboarding at the Asian Games on Monday, Sept. 25. Filipina skateboarder Mazel Paris Alegado (PSC-POC Media Pool) Alegado, thought to be the youngest athlete at the...
Gilas Pilipinas was off to a winning start in the men’s 3x3 basketball event, taking down Jordan, 13-8, in the 19th Asian Games at the Deqing Geographic Information Par Basketball Court in Hangzhou, China. Gilas Pilipinas 3x3 team John Bryan Sajonia led the way for the Filipinos as he...
HANGZHOU (AFP) -- India claimed the first world record of the Hangzhou Asian Games on Monday, Sept. 25, as hosts China snapped up more gold medals and 15-year-old skateboarder Hinano Kusaki triumphed for Japan. Gold medallist Japan's Hinano Kusaki poses on the podium during the medal ceremony for...
HANGZHOU, China – What’s happening to the people of Samahang Basketball ng Pilipinas? Gilas Pilipinas (PBA Images) With the backing of Smart and PLDT top honcho Manny V. Pangilinan, SBP executives should be on top of situation in all matters pertaining to basketball because it is closest to the...
HANGZHOU, China – Tokyo Games bronze medalist Eumir Marcial knows the perils of fighting in a heavier weight division for the first time. Eumir Marcial wins over Mongolia's Dalai Ganzorig. (PSC-POC Media Pool) That’s why one can’t blame him when he just played hard enough in the...
HANGZHOU, China – Forget about the mishandling of the Gilas Pilipinas’ lineup back home, it’s now time to get real. Gilas Pilipinas (PBA Images) The Nationals arrived in this modern city on Sunday, Sept. 24, in high spirits despite the difficulty of coach Tim Cone to assemble a...
