Games & Gaming

Adeline Dumapong-Ancheta gave the Philippines a gold medal in powerlifting when she topped the women’s over 86- kg event on Thursday in the 9th Asean Para Games in Kuala Lumpur.

Drex Zamboanga, a fast-rising 24-year-old mixed martial arts star out of Top Guys International, asserted his youthful power over an older Rex de Lara of MUMMA/Fight Factory to rule the Casino Filipino (CF) Battle Extreme Tournament of Superstars (BETS) 3 and take the vacant Universal Reality Combat Championship (URCC) bantamweight title at the CF Manila Bay in Ermita, Manila recently.

Kairat Akhmetov survived an early barrage from Geje Eustaquio and walked away with a split decision win in the main event of One: Total Victory at the Jakarta Convention Center in Jakarta recently.

A total of 64 Filipino boxers rated by the Philippine Games and Amusements Board (GAB) can no longer fight abroad after a regulation came out requiring a boxer to score at least two wins of his last three fights. 

Kuala Lumpur —The Philippines on Tuesday won one gold and three bronzes in the Tanding category of the 29th Southeast Asian Games pencak silat competition at the Juara Stadium in Bukit Kiara here. 

Two new faces made it to the Azkals training pool for their AFC Asian Cup qualifier match against Yemen on September 5 at the Panaad Stadium in Bacolod City. 

By Jesse C. Ong  Top Rank Promotions chief Bob Arum recently put an abrupt end to talks about the rematch between Manny Pacquiao and Jeff Horn happening in the Philippines, saying that the fight cannot be done anywhere but Australia. 

Kaitlin Cera Lianne de Guzman has never imagined she would win three medals in her first stint in the Southeast Asian Games, first with a gold by topping the uneven bars on Tuesday in Kuala Lumpur. 

Davao City—Daredevil Kimboy Pineda of Tagum City used his Suzuki RMZ450 to rule the Pro Open and Expert Open divisions in the 32nd Kadayawan sa Dabaw Cyclomax Motocross held recently at the MotoX race track in Barangay Langub. 

General Santos City will host the 16th Yellow Fin Tuna Mountain Bike Challenge in September at the Market 4 of the Fishport Complex in Tambler.