PNVF to revamp volleyball national teams after underachieving stints in Hanoi

Marc Anthony Reyes 05/25/2022

Spent well for and underachieving still, the men’s and glamorous women’s national volleyball teams will be revamped by the start of next month, with the Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) supposedly looking to infuse young blood as…

Carlos Yulo becomes first Filipino to win three gold medals in Hanoi

Marc Anthony Reyes 05/16/2022

Carlos Edriel Yulo slumped behind one of the monitor screens strewn around the Quan Ngua Sports Palace, hiding himself from public view as he awaited his turn to hit the rings. But when his time came to…

SEA Games: Carlos Yulo wins gymnastics gold; Philippine men’s team gets silver

Marc Anthony Reyes 05/13/2022

World champion Carlos Edriel Yulo bagged the gold medal in the men’s individual all-around and towed along Team Philippines to silver medal in men’s team event Friday in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Quan Ngura Sports…

PH pair shows SEA Games worth in Universal tilt

Marc Anthony Reyes 01/31/2022

Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) dancesports champions Wilbert Aunzo and Pearl Marie Cañeda from Cebu hardly had any practice in a big sprawling space the past two years because of the pandemic. Through it, the couple only got…

Still no big-name bout for Ancajas

Marc Anthony Reyes 10/17/2021

World boxing champion Jerwin Ancajas has been on a long wait for a career-turning fight. He will have to bide his time some more. The strong, stylish prizefighter from Panabo City in Davao del Norte, who hasn’t…

PSC readies LGUs for Batang Pinoy and PNG hosting, Tokyo style

Marc Anthony Reyes 09/26/2021

Using the Tokyo Olympics as model, the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) is exploring possibilities to stage Batang Pinoy and Philippine National Games (PNG) amid the pandemic. To break the long hiatus for local sporting events, PSC commissioner…

In search of bigger payday, Casimero vows to send Rigondeaux to retirement

Marc Anthony Reyes 08/15/2021

LOS ANGELES—On Saturday night, John Riel Casimero gets the chance to shed his colorful, zany image and become the A-list world champion he has long desired to be. All he has to do is beat Cuban challenger…

Casimero to Rigondeux: Let’s engage‍ and fight

Marc Anthony Reyes 07/26/2021

John Riel Casimero made this plea to Guillermo Rigondeux to make their Aug. 14 fight in Carson, California, and interesting one: Fight and engage. But the Filipino champion of the World Boxing Organization’s bantamweight division—as well as…

Donaire, Casimero camps in early social media tussle

Marc Anthony Reyes 06/28/2021

A war of words over social media has erupted between the camps of Filipino world bantamweight champions Nonito Donaire and John Riel Casimero, and whether that will help in drumming up the prospects of a unified world…

Asian, regional champion Margielyn Didal is 10th PH Olympian

Marc Anthony Reyes 06/06/2021

Margielyn Didal, the reigning Asian Games and Southeast Asian Games skateboarding champ, is wheeling to Tokyo as the country’s 10th chaser of its first ever Olympic gold. With her semifinal finish in the ongoing Street World Championships-Olympics…

In need of competition, Didal finds ways to prepare for Tokyo bid

Marc Anthony Reyes 02/27/2021

If the Tokyo Olympics were to be held today, Margielyn Didal would be ready to compete. This was how Skate Pilipinas president Carl Sambrano on Friday described the 21-year-old Olympic hopeful, who is practically a shoo-in for…

Alex Eala reaches semis in 2020 French Open juniors

Marc Anthony Reyes 10/09/2020

Filipino tennis hope Alex Eala fought through a problematic service game to overcome Czech Republic’s Linda Noskova, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, late Thursday, October 8, 2020, and reach a milestone by barging into the French Open girls singles…

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