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The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved on third and final reading a measure seeking to grant Filipino citizenship to Barangay Ginebra resident import Justin Brownlee. With 274 affirmative votes, no negative vote, and one abstention, the chamber passed House Bill 6224 to allow Brownlee as a naturalized player of Gilas Pilipinas to the FIBA Basketball World Cup next year …

Six aerobic gymnasts led by Southeast Asian (SEA) Games bronze medalist Charmaine Dolar are set to join the Suzuki World Cup 2022 in Japan on December 12-14. The Filipinos will be up against the best athletes from Australia, Hungary, Japan, India, Indonesia, Italy, Mongolia, Thailand, and Chinese Taipei in the tournament scheduled to be held at the Ota City General …

President R. Marcos Jr. has issued a challenge to the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) for better performance among Filipino athletes come the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.  POC president Bambol Tolentino said recently that Marcos wants the Philippine team to exceed its historic four-medal haul in Tokyo in 2021 highlighted by Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo’s gold medal in weightlifting.  “The President wants …

The Philippines ended its campaign at the Thailand Open Track and Field Championships with five gold medals, including two from the women’s heptathlon and men’s 4x400m relay events recently.  Sarah Dequinan tallied 5,280 points in the women’s heptathlon while the 4x400m relay team of Edgardo Alejan Jr., Michael Carlo del Prado, Joyme Sequita, and Francis Medina prevailed after clocking 3:11.83 …

The University of Santo Tomas (UST) still looked like the championship contender that it is despite the three-year absence after a 106-70 beatdown of Adamson in the return of the UAAP women’s basketball tournament on Saturday at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. In the first UAAP women’s basketball game amid the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, the Golden …

World Games champion Junna Tsukii is looking forward to a podium finish in the Asian Championships this year. The Filipino-Japanese karateka will banner Team Philippines on December 16 to 20 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. “It would be nice to get a medal. But first, I have to sharpen my skill in preparation for the tournament,” Tsukii, who turned 31 on Friday, …

Philippine Airlines mounted a special flight to Surakarta, Indonesia, last July 26 to transport The Philippine team participating in the 11th ASEAN Para Games.   PAL flight PR8541 to Surakarta’s Adi Soemarmo Airport, flown with an Airbus A321CEO jetliner, carried the Philippine para-athletes with their coaches, secretariat, and officers of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) and Philippine Sports Association for the …

Get ready for an aweSM summer as SM Supermalls gives kids a glimpse into the future with a brand-new virtual entertainment zone in the Metaverse where they can immerse themselves in the biggest gaming and social experience platform for kids, Roblox!  This new aweSM space by SM Supermalls is now open for super kids to safely explore, play, and meet …

Players from the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) will comprise most of the team that will compete in the Asian Women’s Volleyball Cup to be held in the Philippines on August 21 to 28. National team coach Jorge De Brito named the 22-woman pool, 20 of which are from the UAAP, during the press conference of the Philippine …

Arwind Santos remains as one of the top defensive players in the PBA even at age 41.  The evergreen big man is hailed by the PBA Press Corps as its Defensive Player of the Year and will be recognized with the prestigious honor during its 2022 Awards Night tomorrow at the Novotel Manila Araneta Center in Quezon City.  Santos will …