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By Robert Andaya REMEMBER  former PBA “Best Import” awardee Sean Chambers? Chambers, who  bagged six championships with Alaska Milk as import from 1989 to 2001, including a grand slam in the 1996 season, is back But this time, the 59-year-old native of Los Angeles, California is returning to the country as  one of the assistant coaches of Tim Cone in …

The Philippine Sports Commission Chairman Richard Bachmann recognized the growing number of sports and participants in the Philippine ROTC Games. He attended Wednesday’s action on the tournament’s Mindanao leg, making witness of eight sports namely arnis, boxing, and kickboxing, including debuting disciplines from 5v5 basketball, swimming, sepak takraw, target shooting, and raiders competition. “The increase in the number of sports …

Ub Huishan NE (SRB) rediscovered their top form to outlast a gritty Lausanne (SUI) 20-19 in an epic final and win the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Chengdu 2024 on June 23.  After falling short at the first three World Tours this season, No.1 seed Ub were extra motivated but they had to do it the hard way after a Day One loss to Beijing …

Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Nesthy Petecio and eight other Paris Olympics-bound athletes formally received their P500,000 cash assistance from Sen. Bong Go during a simple turnover ceremony at the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) office at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila. Aside from Petecio, the other athletes who received their checks from Sen. Go were gymnast Carlos Yulo, boxers Aira …

Games Sunday(Mall of Asia Arena) 11 a.m. – Germany vs Iran3 p.m. – France vs Brazil 7 p.m. – Japan vs USA Canada completed a 4-0 sweep of the Manila leg with a gritty 21-25, 25-22, 28-26, 14-25, 15-9 win over the Netherlands to formalize its final round entry in the Volleyball Nations League (VNL) Men’s Week 3 on Saturday at the …

AMERICANS Matthew Anderson and Torey Defalco displayed great partnership at the net to keep USA’s title aspiration, repulsing Germany, 25-23, 21-25, 26-24, 25-23, on Saturday in Week 3 of the Men’s 2024 Volleyball Nations League (VNL) at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.  Down 22-23 in the fourth set, the Americans refused to give in for a deciding fifth …

San Juan wasted a big lead and settled for a 91-85 victory over lowly Bacolod City of Smiles on Friday in the MPBL (Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League) Sixth Season at the Olivarez College Gym in Paranaque. Way ahead, 87-61, the San Juan Knights relaxed on defense, allowing the Bacolenos to bunch 13 points, before cruising to their 11th win in …

Manila showed it wasn’t just all-height on Wednesday, banking on crack point guard Enzo Navarro to trounce Iloilo, 98-74, and sustain its climb in the MPBL (Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League) Sixth Season at the Villar Coliseum in Las Pinas. The 5-foot-8 Navarro wound up with 22 points, spiked by 7 triples on 10 tries, 9 assists, 7 rebounds and 2 …

The Pangasinan Heatwaves turned hot in the fourth quarter and torched Bacolod City of Smiles, 84-70, on Monday in the MPBL Sixth Season at the Alonte Sports Arena in Binan, Laguna. Barely ahead, 53-52, after three quarters, the Heatwaves dropped 25 points against just four for the Bacolenos to pull away for good, 78-56, and tally their fifth win against …

TWO upcoming world championships will be on the table as the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) resumes its weekly Forum on Tuesday (June 18) at the conference hall of the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex. The Gilas Pilipinas U-17 squad and the Philippine Esports team are gracing the public sports program to talk about their respective international campaigns in the coming weeks. …