Games & Gaming

Sportsman and philantrophist, Alvin Tan Lian, has lifted the spirit of the Filipino athletes joining the 29th edition of the Summer Universiade in Taipei City, Chinese Taipei. 

Sprinter Mary Joy Tabal won the first gold medal for the Philippines in the 2017 Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) after dominating the women’s marathon competition on Saturday morning in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 

Kazakhstan beat the Philippines, 25-20, 25-16, 21-25, 21-25, 15-3, to grab seventh place in the 19th AVC Asian Women’s Senior Championship recently at the Alonte Sports Arena in Biñan City, Laguna. 

Micaela Jasmine Mojdeh of Immaculate Heart of Mary College-Paranaque broke two records on her way to winning two gold medals at the start of the 2017 Singapore Island Country Club (SICC) Invitational Swimming Championship recently. 

Philippine team TNC Pro failed to ad­vance further in the International Dota 2 tournament at the Key Arena in Seattle, Washington recently, but still went home with a whopping cash prize of $360,000, or about P18 million.

Three reigning world cham­pions have been chosen as flag bearers of the 700-mem­ber Malaysian delegation during the opening cere­mony of the 29th Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium on August 19. According to a report from the official website of the 2017 SEA Games on Tuesday, track cyclist Azizulhasni Awang, pencak silat exponent Al-Jufferi Ja­mari, and …

The Philippine Karatedo Feder­ation is sending 13 athletes to the forthcoming 29th Southeast Asian Games in Malaysia.

Filipina cyclist Ariana Thea Patrice Dormitorio displayed her awesome form to win the Cross Country Olympics (XCO) Women Elite category in the second leg of the 2017 Asia Mountain Bike (MTB) Series held recently in Tambunan, Sabah, Malaysia.

The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) revised anew its playdates in the ongoing Governors’ Cup in lieu of Gilas Pilipinas men’s basketball team’s participation in the Fiba Asia Cup. 

Global nutritional company, USANA Health Sciences Inc., has agreed to provide health supplements for the country’s 300 elite athletes.