BUDAPEST (AFP) -- Norway's Karsten Warholm produced a fighting performance to regain his 400m hurdles title but teammate Jakob Ingebrigtsen once again fell short in the 1500m on a pulsating night at the world championships on Wednesday, Aug. 23. Norway's Karsten Warholm reacts after winning the...
MADRID (AFP) -- Spain's women's football league on Wednesday, Aug. 23, demanded Spanish federation president Luis Rubiales be sacked for kissing star player Jenni Hermoso on the lips after the country's World Cup victory, describing his behavior as "disgusting". This picture taken on Aug. 20, shows...
BUDAPEST (AFP) -- Sha'Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles went through the motions as they began their 200m campaigns bidding to add to the 100m golds they won earlier in the week at the World Athletics Championships on Wednesday, Aug. 23. Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole vault...
By MARK REY MONTEJO From women athletes taking big headlines to officials breaking barriers, the sporting world has slowly shifted to diversity in recent years. Amy Bonner. (Erik Shelkun/Dayton) The International Basketball Federation (FIBA), being true to one of its advocacies which...
The red carpet is all set for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. From ticket sales, game schedules, transportations, up to the littlest details such as dressing up the venues, everything has been laid out well in time for one of the biggest basketball spectacles this small but basketball-crazed...
Deep-fried crispy enoki and shiitake golden mushrooms Relations between the Philippines and China span over several centuries and have been, for the most part, recent territorial disputes notwithstanding, cordial and warm. Before the Spanish colonization, the existence of various pre-colonial...
Newly appointed Philippine women’s national football team head coach Mark Torcaso is eyeing continued success for the Filipinas in hurried effort as the squad debuts at the Asian Games this September in China. Mark Torcaso The Australian, who replaced compatriot Alen Stajcic at the...
ENDEAVOR As the FIBA World Cup Championship unfolds at the Philippines Arena tomorrow, Baby Boomers like me could not help but reminisce how basketball was a significant aspect of our growing-up years. The Philippines also hosted the FIBA World Cup in 1978, at the Araneta Coliseum, where we placed...
Like hearing news of a long-lost brother being found, Gilas Pilipinas forward Japeth Aguilar rushed from the entrance of the PhilSports Arena on Monday night, Aug. 21, toward a man with wavy hair wearing a red sweatshirt and standing by the iron railing at the sideline, talking to Aguilar’s...
The 12 players who were tasked to carry the pride, the hope and the prayers of the entire basketball crazy nation on their shoulders have finally been named. Gilas Pilipinas. (FIBA photo) Gilas Pilipinas head coach Chot Reyes has formed arguably the tallest and the most talented Gilas roster ever...
Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra is looking forward to catch some of the games in Group A that include Gilas Pilipinas, meet up with fellow coach Chot Reyes and forge a significant connection with his Filipino roots. Miami Heat's head coach Erik Spoelstra. (NBA Philippines) The...
LOS ANGELES, United States -- At least 1,100 people are still missing two weeks after deadly wildfires ravaged the Hawaiian island of Maui, authorities said Tuesday, with the FBI seeking family members' help in identifying the remains of the dead. The fires were the deadliest to hit the United...
