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Bacoor and General Santos City asserted their superiority over separate rivals on Monday and keep their drive in the OKBet-MPBL (Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League) Fifth Season going at the Baliwag Star Arena in Bulacan. The Bacoor City Strikers posted a wire-to-wire 86-69 victory over the Rizal XnetroMall Golden Coolers, while the GenSan Warriors kept on pounding till the end to …

By Robert Andaya As far as Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino is concerned, finishing a fighting fifth overall  in the recently- concluded Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia. Is enough reason to celebrate. That’s because the  840-strong Filipino delegation could have finished even better than its fifth-place finish. “To me  our fifth-place finish was already a strong performance,” said …

Interim Welterweight Champion Will “The Kill” Chope aims for revenge when he takes on Filipino challenger Brian Paule in Universal Reality Combat Championship (URCC) 85: UNDERDOG at the DD Night Club in Tomas Morato, Quezon City on June 2.  After capturing the vacant interim URCC belt against already-retired Filipino fighter Arvin Chan last December, the 32-year-old former Ultimate Fighting Championship …

Finishing fifth place but with more medals from last year was mission accomplished for Team Philippines at the 32nd Southeast Asian Games that officially came to a close on Wednesday evening. “The medal haul will speak for itself,” said Philippine Olympic Committee President Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino, referring to the 58 gold, 85 silver and 117 bronze medals won in Cambodia—numbers …

ALL chess roads lead to Quezon City as Asia’s first GM Eugene Torre holds simultaneous exhibition chess matches with select students and alumni of E. Rodriguez Jr. High School in Mayon Ave., Quezon City on May 22. Torre will join ERJHS Alumni Sports Hall of Fame awardee IM Angelo Young in the special simultaneous exhibition matches organized by the ERJHS …

Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman Richard “Dickie” Bachmann was all praises of Filipino athletes who fought tooth and nail to keep the country’s colors afloat in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games that’s about to end in Phnom Penh. “I am proud of our athletes,” Bachmann said on Tuesday. “I saw how they worked hard—with my own eyes—while preparing for the …

By Robert Andaya There is no sweep but Blacklist International proved it is better than Bren Esports right now. With Johnmar “OhmyV33nus” Villaluna, Edward “Edward” Dapadap and Southeast Asian Games gold medalist Lee “Owl” Gonzales leading the way, Blacklist stunned top seed Bren Esports, 3-1 in the playoffs of the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League (MPL) Season 11 at the SMX Convention …

The Pasig City King Pirates have always been one of the best teams in the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) since 2021. Winning a third straight PCAP championship is not a surprise anymore, especially to the team’s No. 1 supporter, Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto. Now,  Sotto hopes the success of the Pasig Pirates will continue all year …

By Robert Andaya The future of Philippine  volleyball is here. Sixteen teams, led by NU-Nazareth School, will see action in the inaugural Shakey’s Girls Volleyball Invitational League (GVIL)  starting May 7 at the San Andres Sports Complex in Malate, Manila. The event is being organized by the Athletic Events and Sports Management, Inc., (ACES)  in cooperation with the popular pizza …

By Robert Andaya The least privileged athletes are from public schools. So we should focus on public schools through a grassroots sports development program.”  With these words, the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) through Commissioner Edward Hayco, hopes to discover more young and talented athletes who can someday represent the country in the Olympics and other major international competitions.  Hayco, who …