By MARK REY MONTEJO Boxing icon Manny Pacquiao and basketball legends Robert Jaworski and Ramon Fernandez are among the Filipino sporting greats set to be feted in the 2023 Philippine Professional Sports Summit at the PICC in Pasay City on Saturday, Sept. 30. Games and Amusement...
HANGZHOU (AFP) -- South Korean eSports star Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok is in line for a controversial exemption from military service after his team won gaming gold at the Asian Games on Friday, Sept. 29. Gold medalist South Korea’s Lee Sang-hyeok alias "Faker" shows his gold medal after the medal...
HANGZHOU (AFP) -- Sprinter Kimia Yousofi said she was "here to represent Afghan girls" as she competed at the Asian Games on Friday, Sept. 29, in defiance of the Taliban. Afghanistan's Kimia Yousofi (AFP Yousofi, who resettled in Australia last year after fleeing persecution in her homeland, is one...
HANGZHOU – Rianne Malixi came through with a pitch-in eagle to highlight a second round 70 but the young Filipina hopeful fell off the medal race in the face of her rivals’ blistering charge halfway through the women’s individual golf competitions in the 19th Asian Games here on Friday, Sept....
Hangzhou, China - The Philippine Blu Girls lost to defending champion Japan, 2-9, at the start of the Super Round of the 19th Asian Games women’s softball held at the Shaoxing Baseball & Softball Sports Centre-Softball Field 1 on Friday, Sept. 29. The Philippine Blu Girls (ASAPHIL) The...
HANGZHOU -- Franchette Quiroz may have failed to reach the final round, but her 569-point output in the women’s 10-meter air pistol event was just three shy of her own national record as she concluded her shooting campaign on Friday, Sept. 29, in the 2023 Asian Games at the Fuyang Yinhu Sports...
HANGZHOU, China – Tennis star Alex Eala isn’t the “sweetheart” of Philippine sports for nothing. Alex Eala and partner Francis Alcantara (PSC-POC Media pool) She also earned a new moniker as the latest “wonder woman” of Team Philippines that enabled her to join an elite club of...
Powerhouse Mongolia proved to be a tough nut to crack for Gilas Pilipinas as the Nationals absorbed a 21-12 defeat on Friday, Sept. 29, denying them an outright spot in the quarterfinals of the men’s 3x3 basketball event in the 19th Asian Games at the Deqing Geographic Information Park in...
The Philippine Blu Girls crushed a feisty South Korean side, 5-0, in the women's softball competition at the 19 th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. The Philippine Blu Girls advance to the super round of the women's softball competition of the 19th Asian Games. (ASAPHIL) The win immediately erased...
Gilas Pilipinas sustained its fiery form as Ana Castillo and Janine Pontejos continued to connect from deep to torch Hong Kong, 99-63, in the women’s basketball competitions in the 19th Asian Games at the Shaoxing Olympic Sports Stadium in Hangzhou, China on Friday, Sept. 29. Afril...
HANGZHOU, China – After investing so much time and money with the help of the Philippine Sports Commission, it's now time for the pole vault ace EJ Obiena to deliver the big one for Team Philippines in the 19 th Asian Games here. EJ Obiena (AFP) Judging his sterling performances since the...
HANGZHOU (AFP) -- Three North Korean shooters cried their eyes out on the podium after winning the country's first gold medal of the Asian Games in China on Thursday, Sept. 28. The trio saluted and gradually dissolved into floods of tears as the red, white and blue North Korean flag was hoisted in...
