Former Finance Chief Carlos G. Dominguez has returned to the corporate sector after being elected as one of the independent directors of Yuchengco-led Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC). In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the bank said Dominguez was also appointed as the RCBC...
By ANGELO CAPARAS Intern Rising star Karl Eldrew Yulo believes he and his double Olympic gold medalist brother Carlos are built differently. “Di ko po alam kung ano yung ico-copy ko [kay kuya]. Different species [kasi kami],” Eldrew said in Tuesday 's PSA Forum where he was joined by...
LONDON (AP) — Jannik Sinner insisted early on at Wimbledon that he put an excruciating loss to Carlos Alcaraz in their epic French Open final behind him. Sinner was sure that one defeat wouldn’t haunt him, wouldn’t prevent a quick recalibration and certainly wouldn’t mean a thing at the All...
LONDON (AP) — First, Carlos Alcaraz did his part to set up The Grand Slam Rematch The Tennis World Wanted, barely averting a fifth set and getting past Taylor Fritz, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (6), in the semifinals Friday, July 11, to move within a victory of a third consecutive Wimbledon championship....
LONDON (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka was having a hard time dealing with her Wimbledon quarterfinal opponent 's unusual game style. The mistakes were mounting Tuesday, July 8. The stress was rising. The deficit was troubling. As things went awry, Sabalenka would look at her box with a quizzical...
LONDON (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz’s latest up-and-down Wimbledon performance began with a dropped set. Later Sunday, July 6, he was in danger of getting broken to fall further behind in the third. And then, as he so often does, Alcaraz seized the moment, produced some magic and moved closer to a...
Golden boy Carlos Yulo returned to action with a bang, and tennis breakout star Alex Eala continued her history-making run as they spearheaded a stellar outing for Philippine bets in June. Ten months after his unprecedented double-gold feat in the Paris Olympics, Yulo took his act to the Asian...
PARIS (AP) — Loïs Boisson, the revelation of the French Open, has rocketed 296 places up the WTA rankings after her fairy-tale run at Roland-Garros. The Frenchwoman, who was 361st before making it to the semifinals at the clay-court Grand Slam last week, jumped to 65th in the latest edition of...
PARIS (AP) — Bad starts in Grand Slam finals are nothing new for Carlos Alcaraz, and each time it 's happened he has won the tournament anyway. But not in such dramatic style as Sunday 's French Open final, when the Spaniard rallied from two sets down and saved three match points to...
Rising star Eldrew Yulo qualified for the medal rounds of four apparatus events in the juniors division of the 18th Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Jecheon, South Korea Friday, June 6. The 16-year-old Yulo managed to earn tickets in floor exercise, horizontal bar, pommel horse and vault,...
PARIS (AP) — After beating Novak Djokovic, 6-4, 7-5, 7-6 (3), in the French Open semifinals on Friday, June 6, top-ranked Jannik Sinner must find a way past defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in the final. Sinner has not dropped a set en route to his first final at Roland-Garros, but Alcaraz has...
PARIS (AP) — Iga Swiatek 's bid for a record fourth consecutive French Open championship will need to go through No. 1-ranked Aryna Sabalenka after both delivered straight-set victories Tuesday, June 3, to set up a showdown in the semifinals. Swiatek defeated Elina Svitolina, 6-1, 7-5, in...
