Category: Sports
Pirates beat Blazers in wild finish to complete NCAA Final Four
Lyceum Pirates celebrate their return to the Final Four after beating St. Benilde Blazers in the NCAA Season 100 men’s basketball tournament. –NCAA PHOTO The Lyceum Pirates survived their last obstacle by downing the St. Benilde Blazers for a quicker route back to the Final Four. But coach Gilbert Malabanan knows for a fact they…
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Sonia Bompastor: Chelsea’s new manager on replacing Emma Hayes & how to stop Man City’s Bunny Shaw | Football News
Sonia Bompastor has literally made the perfect start to life as Chelsea Women’s head coach, but on Saturday she and the Women’s Super League champions face their toughest test so far this season when Man City visit Stamford Bridge for what already looks like a title decider. Bompastor replaced Emma Hayes in the Chelsea dugout…
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Bennie Boatwright’s naturalization process for Gilas delayed
FILE– Gilas Pilipinas naturalized player candidate Bennie Boatwright. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines—The process to make Bennie Boatwright the latest Gilas Pilipinas naturalized player has encountered some delays. National team coach Tim Cone said that Boatwright’s exclusion from the 15-man pool for 2025 Fiba Asia Cup Qualifiers was due to some issues with his naturalized papers.…
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India’s Tilak Varma and Sanju Samson thump hundreds in six-fest as tourists romp to 3-1 series win over South Africa | Cricket News
Tilak Varma smashed a second successive T20 century and Sanju Samson a third in five innings as India pounded a mammoth 283-1 en route to clinching a 3-1 series win over South Africa. Tilak backed up his 107 not out from 56 balls in Wednesday’s third match at Centurion with an unbeaten 120 from 47…
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Thrust into vital role, Eli Soyud stepping up for Akari
Akari Chargers’ Eli Soyud during a PVL All-Filipino Conference game. -PVL PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — Eager to plug in the hole left by Oly Okaro, Eli Soyud has emerged as one of Akari’s stabilizers in the 2024-25 PVL All-Filipino Conference. Soyud has risen to the challenge of stepping up for the Chargers, who were led…
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IPL mega auction: James Anderson among 37 England players shortlisted but no Jofra Archer | Cricket News
James Anderson has made the shortlist for the Indian Premier League mega auction later this month but Jofra Archer is not among the 37 England-qualified players included. Anderson is England’s record Test wicket-taker but has not played T20 cricket in a decade. The 42-year-old – who retired from international duty this summer – is hoping…
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No Jamie Malonzo for Gilas Pilipinas in upcoming Fiba qualifiers
FILE– Gilas Pilipinas’ Jamie Malonzo. –FIBA PHOTO MANILA, Philippines—Gilas Pilipinas will still be missing the services of Ginebra star Jamie Malonzo for the second window of the 2025 Fiba Asia Cup Qualifiers, coach Tim Cone confirmed on Wednesday. In a press conference in Mandaluyong, Cone bared that Malonzo would not be able to go back…
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Wales must relish Turkey clash in bid for Nations League promotion ahead of World Cup qualifiers, says Craig Bellamy | Football News
Craig Bellamy believes Wales’ Nations League test in Turkey presents the perfect rehearsal for their World Cup qualification campaign next year. Wales enter the Kadir Has Stadium in Kayseri on Saturday evening expecting an intimidating atmosphere, with their travelling 1,000-strong support tucked away in the corner of a 33,000-capacity arena that is right on top…
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Miguel Flor wins Mixed Classified Masters title
Miguel Flor all set to unleash a good roll CAINTA, Rizal — Miguel Flor kept his composure to top the tightly fought Mixed Classified Masters finals in the 26th Sletba-Liza Zapanta Open Championships on Friday. Flor, at 19 a promising youth member of Sletba, had to dig deep into his inner resolve to ward off the challenges…
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DP World Tour Championship: Rory McIlroy and Tyrrell Hatton one behind Antoine Rozner in Race to Dubai finale | Golf News
Antoine Rozner tops a star-studded leaderboard at the halfway stage of the DP World Tour Championship, with Rory McIlroy a shot back after being unable to build on his fast start. McIlroy surged ahead with four birdies in his first seven holes on Friday at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai, only to bogey two of…
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