The pressure surely weighs heavy on Sarina Bolden, Sara Eggesvik and the rest of the Philippine women’s national football team when they take on Japan in the quarterfinals of the 19th Asian Games on Saturday, Sept. 30, at the Wenzhou Sports Centre Stadium in China. Filipinas face Japan in...
HANGZHOU, China – Tennis star Alex Eala isn’t the “sweetheart” of Philippine sports for nothing. Alex Eala (PSC/POC Media pool) She also earned a new moniker as the latest “wonder woman” of Team Philippines that enabled her join an elite club of multiple winners in the Asian...
HANGZHOU (AFP) -- Former Brooklyn Nets starter Rondae Hollis-Jefferson was hailed as the "missing piece" for Jordan at the Asian Games on Thursday, Sept. 28, with the "Kobe Bryant clone" hitting a game-high 17 points against Bahrain. Jordan's Rondae Hollis Jefferson (AFP) The American was...
HANGZHOU (AFP) -- Gymnast Oksana Chusovitina made her international debut for the Soviet Union, and while the country may be long gone, the 48-year-old is still going strong. Uzbekistan's Oksana Chusovitina competes in the women's vault in the artistic gymnastics at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games in...
Sara Eggesvik delivered a brace in the second half to bring the Philippine women’s national football team past Myanmar, 3-0, and advanced to the knockout quarterfinals round of the 19th Asian Games on Thursday night, Sept. 28, at the Wenzhou Sports Centre Stadium in China. Sara...
HANGZHOU – A long-time rival awaits Nesthy Petecio at the other end of the ring on Friday, Sept. 29, when she finally makes her debut in the 19th Asian Games. Nesthy Petecio (File photo) The Tokyo Olympic silver medal winner faces top seed Lin Yu Ting of Chinese Taipei in an early clash between...
HANGZHOU, China – Youth prevailed over experience as taekwondo jins as Kirstie Elaine Alora and Samuel Morrison lost to their young and aggressive Iranian rivals at the close of taekwondo competitions on Thursday, Sept. 28, in the 19th Asian Games. Alora, a gold medal winner in the...
HANGZHOU, China – Wushu sanda warrior Arnel Mandal was hardly mentioned as one of the country’s medal hopefuls but defied great odds to produce the first silver medal and become an instant star for Team Philippines in the 19th Asian Games Thursday, Sept. 28, here. Tennis star...
HANGZHOU, China – Alex Eala and Francis Alcantara continued to impress, beating Thailand’s Luksika Kumkhum and Jones Maximus Parapol, 6-4, 6-4, on Thursday, Sept. 28, to advance to the semis, a feat that guaranteed them a bronze medal in the mixed doubles of the tennis competitions in...
HANGZHOU, China – He was not fortunate enough in his gold medal fight on Thursday, Sept. 28, but wushu sanda warrior Arnel Mandal would earn a fortune big enough to satisfy his family needs when he returns to Manila soon. Arnel Mandal For winning the country’s first silver medal in the...
HANGZHOU, China – Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino visited a church before going to the charming Lin’an Sports Sports Culture and Exhibition Centre on Thursday, Sept. 28, to watch wushu sanda warrior Arnel Mandal fight for the gold medal. POC President...
Justin Brownlee and CJ Perez came up huge down the stretch as Gilas Pilipinas shook off a hard-fighting Thailand side, 87-72, in the men’s basketball tournament in the 19th Asian Games at the Zhejiang University Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China on Thursday, Sept. 28. Justin Brownlee (PSC-POC...
