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Sprint legend Lydia de Vega succumbs to cancer

By Filipino sprint legend Lydia de Vega-Mercado died on Wednesday at 57 after her bout with cancer, her daughter has announced.De Vega's daughter Stephanie Mercado-de Koenigswarter said the 1980s sprint sensation died at the Makati Medical Center.“On behalf of our...

Bowling legend Bong Coo named PSC commissioner

By Olivia "Bong" Coo, a Filipino bowling legend, has been appointed commissioner of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC).President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. made the appointment on Tuesday, July 19.PSC Executive Director Guillermo Iroy Jr. welcomed Coo to her...

Marcos Jr. congratulates PH women’s football team on AFF championship

By President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has extended his congratulations to the Philippine women's football team for bagging its first Asean Football Federation (AFF) Women’s Championship title on Sunday.The Filipinas outclassed Thailand in the finals, 3-0, to...

Curry wins first Finals MVP award as Warriors topple Celtics to win title

By (Photo from @Warriors/ Twitter) Stephen Curry put up 34 points in the Golden State Warriors’ championship-clinching 103-90 victory against the Boston Celtics on Friday (PH time), which gave the franchise its fourth title in eight years.Antetokounmpo, who also had...

Obiena defends SEA Games gold in record-setting performance

By Filipino pole vaulter EJ Obiena on Saturday bagged gold in the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) games after logging a record-setting leap.Obiena registered 5.46 meters to set a new SEA Games record, eclipsing his previous high of 5.45 meters.He attempted to vault 5.94...

Mapua slays San Beda Red Lions; enters finals after 31 years

The Intramuros-based cagers, Mapua University Cardinals, are finally returning to the finals of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) after 31 years.

Letran and San Beda encourage supporters to wear pink in NCAA game

The upcoming basketball match of one of the country’s biggest collegiate rivalries united for one cause.

PBA legends express support to Robredo

Local basketball legends have expressed their support for Vice President Leni Robredo’s presidential bid.

Let Ayo coach… somewhere else

Before it is too late, let Ayo coach… somewhere else. Let his staff coach… somewhere else. Let us wish them luck as they also start over. Let UST be free from the ghost of 2020 because moving on will not be possible without exorcising the ghost that has been holding back the team and the community. Let go. Let Ayo coach somewhere else.

The three-point shot is now king

In basketball, the three-point shot, like content for the internet, has revolutionized not only how the game is coached, skills are trained, talents are selected and how the game is played.

From world-class to ‘bara-bara’ basketball (again)

I wrote while watching our Men’s National Basketball Team (Gilas) play in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament against Serbia and The Dominican Republic in Belgrade. Gilas, who was fresh from a successful campaign against South Korea and Indonesia in the FIBA Asia Cup Qualifying tournament in Angeles, Pampanga two weeks prior, carried that positive momentum going into the OQT games in Belgrade.

A Sleeping (Scoring) Giant Awakens

Now that Alaska is set to leave the PBA and is on an emotional farewell tour, it has awakened a scoring giant who has been waiting to be unleashed. Now better than ever, the former King Stallion and King Archer has new weapons in his arsenal and is ready to take over.

PH women’s football team clinches first-ever FIFA World Cup ticket

By The Philippine women's football team made history on Monday, qualifying for the first time ever for the FIFA Women World Cup after eking out a 4-3 victory over Chinese Taipei in the quarterfinals of the 2022 AFC Asian Women's Cup.The win came via penalty...