Games & Gaming

The Philippine Sports Commis­sion (PSC) has allocated PHP50 million for the staging of this year’s National Batang Pinoy Games in Davao del Norte.

Filipino-American tennis player Treat Huey and Belarussian part­ner Max Mirnyi on Monday completed the doubles field in the ATP Tour Finale slated Nov. 13-20 in London.

The country’s top artistic gymnasts are scheduled to compete in two international tournaments next month, the Gymnastics Association of the Philippines (GAP) announced recently.

In another step to further market the PBA to the fans, board chairman Mikee Romero pushed for a mini-tournament during the All-Star Week in which players of a certain region will comprise one team.

Wushu athletes Divine Masadao Wally and Arnel Mandal retained their respective titles in the recently concluded 8th Sanda World Cup in Xi’an City, capital of Shaanxi province in central-northwest China.

By Jesse C. Ong There are a number of reasons, de­spite being picked during the recent Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft by a team with a proud winning tradition, Gilas cadet Jio Jalalon is reportedly unhappy settling with the Purefoods Star Hotshots.

The ultimate 5k running and music festival drew nearly ten thousand runners when it first made waves in the Philippines last year. This year, The Music Run™ by Philam Vitality returns to pump up an equally large— or even larger—crowd with everyone’s favorite hits playing on 120 con­cert-quality speakers across McKinley West in Taguig City.

The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is looking to improve its social media outlets and will soon introduce a new digital apps in an effort to reach out to more Filipino basketball fans at home and anywhere in the world.

Rio de Janeiro—The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has been fined for the second time in less than a month for homopho­bic chants by fans.

By Jesse C. Ong His heads-up plays and awesome rebounding might were such a revelation in Ginebra’s triumphant campaign in the recent PBA (Philippine Basketball Association) Governors’ Cup that not a few see great promise in rookie sensation Scottie Thompson early in his cage career.