The country’s sports heroes and heroines kicked off 2025 with history-making campaigns and podium finishes. Leading the fiery opening salvo was the Philippine women’s lacrosse team, which defied the odds and captured the bronze in the Asia-Pacific Women’s Championship in Queensland, Australia on its way to next year’s World Championship in Japan. The underdog Filipinas put the sweetener on top …
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By Robert Andaya Win once and you’re in the semis. Top seed NorthPort Batang Pier and No. 2 seed TNT Tropang Giga did just that as they made short work of their respective quarterfinal opponents to advance to the next round of the PBA Commissioner’s Cup. The Batang Pier escaped Magnolia Chicken Timplados’ late rally, 113-110, while the Tropang Giga …
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Davao City kept its stranglehold of the pinnacle down south as Toyomoto Auto Supply repeated as victors in the 2025 Smart-NBTC Mindanao Regional Championship, warding off Notre Dame of Midsayap Rams, 84-63, Sunday at the brand new Oroquieta City Bayfront Arena in Misamis Occidental. Karlo Caezar Estomo kickstarted the blowout, firing seven of his game-high 32 points in a blazing …
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Zoos Tokyo proved that it still owns the peak after ruling Manila Hustle 3×3 Season 3 on Sunday at SM Mall of Asia Music Hall. With Most Valuable Player Ama Degbeon leading the way, the Japanese club got the better of Panthers 3×3, 17-13, to emerge as back-to-back champions in the Philippine women’s 3×3 international invitational co-presented by Uratex, Smart, …
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Jerome Delariarte, a one-time national champion and multi-pro events winner, will come out of retirement to play for Manila Southwoods as the Carmona-based squad seeks another successful defense of the Men’s Regular Championship division crown in Bacolod in less than two weeks. Now 46 years old and more than a decade removed from competitive play, Delariarte has reverted back to …
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Gilas Pilipinas is all set to fly to Doha, Qatar on February 13 for a series of friendlies before facing Chinese Taipei and New Zealand on the road in Window 3 of the FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers. The Philippines has already booked passage to the 2025 quadrennial event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia this August on the strength of its 4-0 …
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Members of the Selection Committee have set the ball rolling in what could be a lengthy, exhaustive process to determine the 10 additional players to the list of PBA greatest. PBA commissioner Willie Marcial and DepCom Eric Castro sat down in an initial meeting with the special committee at the PBA office in Libis, Quezon City Thursday, laying down the …
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The Municipality of Ternate has partnered with Akbay Kalikasan Environmental Society Management Inc. (AKESMI), a registered environmental volunteer organization based in the province of Cavite and Cavite Varsitarian, a fraternal youth organization in holding the municipality’s initial fun run activity entitled “Takbo Kalikasan 2025 Ternate”, a collaborative project in support of the initiatives centered towards environmental advocacy to be held …
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IT’S going to be one hell of a week for Gilas Pilipinas. The national team under coach Tim Cone will embark on a five-day training camp in Doha, Qatar that features a three-game friendly, before proceeding to its campaign in the final leg of the FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers. Cone said Gilas is set to leave for the West Asian …
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Ang panalo ko ay panalo nating lahat,” stressed Paris Olympic Games double gold medalist Carlos Yulo in accepting the prestigious Athlete of the Year honor during the glittering San Miguel Corporation-Philippine Sportswriters Association (SMC-PSA) Awards Night at the Centennial Hall of the historic Manila Hotel on Monday. With some of his fellow Paris Olympians and a bevy of former athletes …
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