East Asia Super League expands to 10 teams
HONG KONG – Hong Kong Eastern and the Macau Black Bears will compete in the East Asia Super League 2024-25 Season, in a major expansion of East Asia’s professional club…
Filipino athletes home on special Paris 2024 Olympics flight
The Philippine Olympic team returned home from the Paris 2024 Games aboard a special Philippine Airlines (PAL) "homecoming" flight, which landed in Manila on August 13. PAL flight PR 8888…
BDO Foundation gives relief goods to over 12,000 Carina-affected families
AUGUST 2024, MANDALUYONG CITY – BDO Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of BDO Unibank, took the frontline as it donated 12,350 relief packs to more than 36 Typhoon Carina-affected…
Richard Cruz, Jojo Nones to Sandro Muhlach: ‘Wala kaming ginawang masama sayo’
Richard Cruz and Jojo Nones, the independent contractors Sandro Muhlach alleged to have sexually abused him, vehemently denied his claim at the hearing of the Senate committee on public information…
World Boxing to announce major increase in membership after Paris in its bid to save Olympic boxing
By ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS (AP) — The nascent governing body fighting to keep boxing in the Olympics is about to get a major membership boost. World Boxing expects to…
Chua runner-up in Euro billiard joust
By MARK REY MONTEJO Filipino pool ace Johann Chua failed to ride the momentum from his previous matches as he stumbled against Denmark’s Mickey Krause, 13-8, in the final round…
Success is sustainable, expanding – Bachmann
By MARK REY MONTEJO With two medals from gymnast Carlos Yulo and one bronze each from boxers Nesthy Petecio and Aira Villegas, the Philippines marked its most fruitful campaign in…
Lydia Ko finally gets Olympic gold
By ASSOCIATED PRESS SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — One gold short of the Olympic medal collection, one win away from the LPGA Hall of Fame, Lydia Ko pondered what it…
Olympian Catantan graduates from Penn State
By MARK REY MONTEJO Samantha Catantan is one happy and proud athlete today: after a memorable debut in the Paris Olympics, she returned to the US and earned her diploma…
Dennis the menace
By NEIL RAMOS Dennis Trillo is set to make his debut appearance in GMA’s period drama “Pulang Araw” on August 21, playing a pivotal character, a multi-lingual Japanese military leader…
Malixi completes US Girls’ Junior-Women’s Amateur sweep, beats Talley again in final
By ASSOCIATED PRESS TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Rianne Malixi beat Asterisk Talley 3 and 2 to win the U.S. Women’s Amateur on Sunday, Aug. 11, at rain-softened Southern Hills,…
Solid finish for Frayna, Ronda in Dutch chess tilt
World Chess Olympiad-bound Janelle Mae Frayna and Jan Jodilyn Fronda of the Philippines made a good account of themselves with solid finishes in the 26 HZ University of Applied Sciences…
Wilson, US women survive France to bag historic eighth straight Olympic basketball gold
By ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS (AP) — A’ja Wilson scored 21 points and the U.S. women’s basketball team survived the biggest challenge of its unprecedented run to eight straight Olympic…
Curry’s late barrage powers US over France in Paris basketball final
By ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS (AP) — Stephen Curry was thinking about this two years ago after winning his fourth NBA title with the Golden State Warriors. The only thing…
Well done in Paris – POC head Tolentino
PARIS—A job well done as Filipino athletes do excel on the global stage against the elite and that there are opportunities to accomplish more with an aggressive program aimed toward…
Team PH savors best Olympic finish
By REY C. LACHICA PARIS – The ending was not picture-perfect but nothing can dim the luster of the gold medal won by gymnast Carlos Yulo and the bronze…
