Games & Gaming

By Robert Andaya Sweeter the 10th time around for TNT Tropang Giga. With  two-time Best Import winner Rondae Hollis-Jefferson leading the way as usual,  TNT finished off  Barangay Ginebra, 95-85,  to retain the PBA Governors’ Cup crown before a wildly-cheering Friday night  crowd of over 14,000 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. The Tropang Giga, who captured the championship against the …

Visayas seeks to continue proving that the finest girls’ volleyball players in the Philippines are found in its major island group as two regional dynasties and another worthy champion look forward to fly to Manila for the Rebisco Volleyball League (RVL) National Finals from November 22 to 25 in Mandaluyong. Defending national champion Bacolod Tay Tung High School, University of …

Manila Indios Bravos completed a stunning reversal in the 2024 PCAP -GM Wesley So Cup chess championships, pulling off a three-game sweep of top favorite Toledo Trojan in their three-game playoffs last Wednesday. IM Yoseph Taher shocked GM Aleksey Sorokin, IM Paulo Bersamina outwitted IM MIchael Concio, Jr. and GM Oliver Barbosa crushed IM Joel Pimentel as Manila swept Toledo …

The Philippines’ first-ever hosting of the FIVB 2025 had its first Inter-Agency Technical Working Group Meeting among representatives from key organizations and government agencies at the Badminton Hall of the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex. “Our first inter-agency meeting for the FIVB 2025 Men’s World Championship draws a lot of interest from various government and non-government agencies,” said Ramon “Tats” Suzara, …

Team  Pilipinas of the Philippine Youth Dreamers did the country proud during  the first Asia-Pacific Youth Basketball Tournament for U15 division held  in Taipei, Taiwan last  October 18-20. With multi-titled coach Beaujign Acot as head of delegation,  Joey De Guia  and Julius Terule as team consultants and Terrence Baclig as head coach, the Filipinos competed against se;ect teams from the …

The Philippine National Shooting Association (PNSA) ends the year with a bang when it hosts the Southeast Asian Shooting Association Championships from Nov. 24 to Dec. 14. The 46th edition of the event will feature competitions in practical shooting, sporting clays, bench rest, and Olympic shotgun which includes both trap and skeet shooting. At least eight to nine neighboring countries …

By Robert Andaya Puerto Princesa City —Mission accomplished for Team Philippines. Ranged against strong world-class foreign opposition, host Philippines did not disappoint. The Filipino paddlers made history by achieving their best-ever showing at the 2024 ICF Dragon Boat World Championships held at the Puerto Princesa Baywalk on Saturday. Inspired by an enthusiastic home crowd in the four-day event organized by …

After a highly-successful and record-breaking edition last Oct. 20, the Women’s Run PH is taking the next big step by bringing its act to Iloilo City on Nov. 10.  Race organizer Nicole dela Cruz said from 1,700 women runners last year, the last staging at UP Diliman attracted a total of 6,000 participants in the 1K, 5K and 5K runs.  …

The Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League marks a milestone in local basketball when it holds the first two games of the MPBL Sixth Season National Finals in Dubai, UAE, on Dec. 1 and 3. No other local league has staged its title series on foreign soil, giving the North and South Division champions the distinction of strutting their stuff before their …

By Robert Andaya Palawan, the country’s “Last Frontier”, will welcome more than 1,500 paddlers from 26 countries when it plays host to the 2024 International Canoe Federation Dragon Boat World Championships scheduled October. 31-November 3, in Puerto Princesa City. Philippine Canoe Kayak Dragonboat Federation (PCKDF) president Len Escollante said that this is the first time a Southeast Asian country is …