Russell Henley of the United States plays his shot from the 17th tee during the first round of the 2021 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course (South Course) on June 17, 2021 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) American Russell...
The proposed lifting of the ban on open-pit mining is still under government study, Malacañang clarified Thursday. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech during the ceremonial signing of new laws in Malacañang on June 16, 2021. (Malacañang) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said Executive...
Senator Sonny Angara has filed a Senate resolution commending golfer Yuka Saso for scoring a “momentous victory” for the Philippines in the U.S. Women’s Open Golf Championship. In filing Senate Resolution No. 755, Angara noted that the Japanese-Filipina athlete joins the roster of Filipino...
Filipino player Yuka Saso shows Rory McIlroy the Harton S. Semple Trophy which she won from ruling the US Women's Open earlier this month. (Photo from LPGA) Ahead of Yuka Saso’s 20th birthday, she got a special treat. She finally met her idol – Rory McIlroy. The meeting occurred Tuesday, June...
Yuka Saso (AFP) A week after ruling the US Women’s Open golf championship, Yuka Saso of the Philippines has moved up a spot higher in the Women’s World Golf Rankings as she now occupies the eighth spot. The 19-year-old Saso, the first Filipina to win the prestigious and oldest major...
Television host and comedian Willie Revillame reportedly has the potential to become country's president someday. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) President Duterte made this observation about Revillame after heaping praises on the television host in a recent video message,...
After winning is 19 Grand Slam title during the men's final tennis match of The Roland Garros 2021 French Open tennis tournament on June 13, 2021, Serbia's tennis player Novak Djokovic is the first player to have won at least two times the fourth Grand Slam titles. (Photo by - / AFP) Novak Djokovic...
Photo from Roland Garros Twitter account Alex Eala and Russia’s Oksana Selekhmeteva captured the Roland Garros Girls Doubles crown on Saturday after edging Maria Bondarenko of Russia and Amarissa Toth of Hungary, 6-0, 7-5. The top-seeded Eala and Selekhmeteva needed a little over an hour in...
Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates after winning against Spain's Rafael Nadal at the end of their men's singles semi-final tennis match on Day 13 of The Roland Garros 2021 French Open tennis tournament in Paris on June 11, 2021. (Photo by MARTIN BUREAU / AFP) Novak Djokovic handed 13-time champion...
President Rodrigo Duterte and Yuka Saso. (MB File Photos) President Duterte heaped praised on teen golfer Yuka Saso after she won the recently concluded 2021 US Women’s Open last Monday, July 7. Saso became the first Filipina to win a major title by beating Japanese Nasa Hataoka in a three-hole...
Photo from Rafa Nadal Academy's Twitter acount Alex Eala and Oksana Selekhmeteva survived Hungary’s Natalia Szabanin and Croatia’s Petra Marcinko, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (5), to reach the semifinals of the Roland Garros Girls Doubles on Thursday, June 10. The top-seeded Filipino-Russian pair needed 1...
Desirae Krawczyk (right) and Joe Salisbury (Photo from Roland Garros Twitter account) Desirae Krawczyk, an American player with Filipino descent, and British partner Joe Salisbury captured their first Grand Slam Mixed Doubles title on Thursday in Roland Garros. The unseeded Krawczyk and Salisbury...
