Japan continues basketball dominance at Asia Pacific University Games in Cebu
CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Japan basketball team, manned by players from the Nippon Sports Science University (NSSU) Lions, has become the virtual champion of the basketball tournament of the ongoing...
View ArticleGolden State Warriors dominate Brooklyn Nets, move to 22-0
LOS ANGELES, USA - Stephen Curry scored 11 of his 28 points in the final 2:10 of the third quarter, and the Golden State Warriors remained perfect on the season with a 114-98 win over Brooklyn Sunday,...
View ArticleWATCH: WWE star Alberto Del Rio attacked by fan in Puerto Rico
MANILA, Philippines - Someone please tell this fan it's not real.Bad blood spilled out of the ring in Puerto Rico as World Wrestling Entertainment star Alberto Del Rio was attacked by a fan during an...
View ArticleWATCH: Knicks' Robin Lopez beats Bucks mascot in lightsaber fight
MANILA, Philippines – Robin Lopez just took his battles with NBA mascots to a whole new level.Known for being someone who likes to poke playful fun at opposing teams’ mascots prior to games on the...
View ArticleAteneo officially names Tab Baldwin new Blue Eagles head coach
MANILA, Philippines – Ateneo de Manila University formally appointed Gilas Pilipinas head coach Tab Baldwin as the new head coach of the Blue Eagles on Monday, December 7.In a memo posted on Ateneo’s...
View ArticleCoca-Cola Cup harks back to yesterday while building football's future
In the late eighties Jorge Bocobo was a shot-stopper with the De La Salle-Zobel high school football club. One of the highlights of the school season was the Coke Go-for-Goal tournament. That...
View ArticleRafa Nadal excites Manila as Indian Aces sweep UAE Royals
MANILA, Philippines – Rafael Nadal walked onto the hardcourt of the Mall of Asia Arena and was instantly the crowd favorite. Wearing his trademark headband and displaying his powerful backhand, he then...
View ArticleIN PHOTOS: Rafa Nadal thrills Manila crowd in IPTL debut
MANILA, Philippines - World no. 5 Rafael Nadal made his debut in the 2015 IPTL season in style by winning his first two games during day two of the Manila leg on Monday, December 7, at the Mall of Asia...
View ArticleNadal touched by warm reception in first Manila visit, hopes to return
MANILA, Philippines – Rafael Nadal, currently ranked world no. 5 in tennis, felt the love of Filipino tennis fans who came to see him play in the 2015 International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) on...
View ArticleSerena shines as Mavericks win 3rd straight in IPTL Manila
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Mavericks squeaked past the Legendari Japan Warriors anew, 25-21, for their third straight victory in the Manila leg of the 2015 International Premier Tennis League...
View ArticleIN PHOTOS: Serena Williams puts on show, Mavericks win over Warriors
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Mavericks won their third straight match since the Kobe leg by defeating the Legendari Japan Warriors, 25-21, in the Manila leg of the 2015 International Premier...
View ArticleRafa Nadal vows to return to top form next year
MANILA, Philippines - An improved Rafael Nadal will show up for the 2016 season, the world's former top tennis player said Monday after his worst season in a decade.The 29-year-old Spaniard, now ranked...
View ArticleFilipino love of tennis makes Philippines best IPTL stop, says Huey
MANILA, Philippines – The International Premier Tennis League wrapped day two of its Manila leg on Monday, December 7, at the Mall of Asia Arena, with the Micromax Indian Aces and Philippine Mavericks...
View ArticleWATCH: Kevin Garnett turns back clock, dunks on Blake Griffin
MANILA, Philippines – Is it 2004?It certainly felt that way when Minnesota Timberwolves legend and future NBA hall of famer Kevin Garnett dunked on Los Angeles Clippers big man Blake Griffin in the...
View ArticleRousey may need 6 months to recover from Holm knockout
LOS ANGELES, USA - Fallen UFC world champion Ronda Rousey has revealed it could take up to 6 months to fully recover from injuries sustained in her brutal knockout defeat to Holly Holm last...
View ArticlePorzingis shines against idol Nowitzki but Mavs top Knicks
NEW YORK - Dirk Nowitzki scored 25 points as the Dallas Mavericks put rookie Kristaps Porzingis and the New York Knicks in their place with a 104-97 victory at Madison Square Garden on Monday.Latvian...
View ArticleONE FC fighters strut wares at media workout
MANILA, Philippines – Members of the media flocked to KMA Fitness & Martial Arts in Makati City to catch a glimpse of the action that will take place at ONE Championship’s “Spirit of Champions”...
View ArticleLeBron James signs lifetime deal with Nike
LOS ANGELES, USA - LeBron James has signed a lifetime deal with US sporting goods giant Nike it was confirmed on Monday, December 7 in what was described as the largest single athlete deal in the...
View ArticleBerdych holds off Kyrgios as UAE Royals survive Singapore Slammers
MANILA, Philippines – In what was the closest match so far in the Manila leg of the 2015 International Premier Tennis League, the OBI UAE Royals survived a late rally by the OUE Singapore Slammers...
View ArticleOn Tab Baldwin and why hiring foreign coaches won't threaten locals
MANILA, Philippines - With the news of Tab Baldwin’s appointment as Ateneo head coach, it was inevitable that the Basketball Coaches Association of the Philippines (BCAP) would rear its head and cite...
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