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Marestella Torres-Sunang 70% ready for 30th SEAG Games

CAPAS, Tarlac — Veteran long-jumper Marestella Torres-Sunang believes that she has now reached at least 70 percent of her peak in performance as she ruled the women’s long jump of the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) athletics test event at the New Clark City (NCC) Athletics Stadium on Saturday. “Sa December, kailangan nanduon na […]

Bukidnon wins Mindanao football cup

DAVAO CITY — The Bukidnon Football Association (BUFA) boys needed a superb performance from their reliables in the second half to trounce Davao White team, 4-0, and capture the first ever Mindanao Cup at the Tionko field on Saturday. They earned a trip to the Luzon Cup set in Tarlac late next month and PHP30,000 […]

Marikina mayor wants sports dev’t program

MANILA — Marikina City Mayor Marcelino Teodoro has ordered the drafting of a sustainable sports development program to promote sports among the city’s youths to engage them to have an active lifestyle and discourage them from turning to vices. In a statement on Saturday, Teodoro, who heads the Marikina City Sports Commission, said he and […]

Ateneo nears UAAP men’s basketball elims sweep with rout of NU

MANILA — Ateneo moved to within a win from completing a 14-0 elimination round sweep in the UAAP men’s basketball tournament after romping National University, 88-51, at the Ynares Center in Antipolo City on Saturday. The Blue Eagles stifled the Bulldogs in the first quarter, outscoring them, 22-12, to set up the breakaway. Ange Kouame […]

Yanson to bring Mindanao Cup champs to Luzon Cup next month

DAVAO CITY — The 16 teams joining the inaugural Mindanao Cup got a sweet incentive after the organizer and patron Ricky Yanson Jr. announced that the champion team will get an all-expense paid ticket to the Luzon Cup set late November in Tarlac City. “I did not announce this last night but now I am […]

MILO becomes gold sponsor for SEA Games

SEAG PARTNER. Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (Phisgoc) chairman Alan Peter Cayetano (3rd from left) poses with fellow sports officials and athletes after the MILO Philippines formalized a partnership with Phisgoc for the 30th Southeast Asian Games at the Conrad Hotel in Pasay City on Thursday (Oct. 10, 2019). Also in photo are (from […]

Wally helps PH wushu team to 4 medals in world championship

BAGUIO CITY— Cordilleran fighter Divine Wally settled for a bronze medal and helped the Philippine Wushu Team to a two silver, two bronze haul at the 15th World Wushu Championships (WWC) in Shanghai, China from October 19 to 24. Wally fell to eventual winner Nguyen Thi Chinh in the semifinals of the 48-kilogram division of […]

NorthPort edges SMB as new import shines

MANILA — NorthPort Batang Pier picked up a huge victory in the Philippine Basketball Association Governors’ Cup as new import Michael Qualls quickly made a statement in his league debut to beat the San Miguel Beermen, 127-119, at the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay City on Wednesday night. Qualls, who just arrived on Tuesday, dropped 40 […]