Tag: Asian
Asian Games: PH Blu Girls bow to Chinese Taipei ahead of bronze match
FILE– PH Blu Girls in the Hangzhou Asian Games. Photo Amateur Softball Association of the Philippines The Philippine Blu Girls absorbed a 6-4 loss to Chinese Taipei on Saturday in what turned out to be a warm-up match before the bronze medal clash of the two teams in the Hangzhou Asian Games women’s softball competitions.…
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Gilas out of 3×3 basketball medal contention in Asian Games
Gilas Pilipinas 3×3 team in the Asian Games men’s basketball 3×3 competition. –SBP MANILA, Philippines–Gilas Pilipinas crashed out of the 3×3 medal race after bowing to South Korea, 19-16, in the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. The Philippines found itself in an early 7-0 hole in the quarterfinal clash at Deqing Basketball Court, struggling…
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Filipinas lose big to Japan to end Asian Games football campaign
Philippine women’s football team in the Asian Games. –PWNT/PFF The Philippine women’s football team saw its Hangzhou Asian Games women’s football campaign come to an end with a harsh 8-1 quarterfinal loss to Japan amid rainy conditions on Saturday at Wenzhou Sports Center Stadium. Reduced to 10 players after the dismissal of team captain Hali…
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North Korea scores big win over South Korea in Asian Games football
North Korea’s players celebrate a goal in the women’s football quarter-final match between South Korea and North Korea during the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games in Wenzhou, China’s eastern Zhejiang province on September 30, 2023. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) HANGZHOU, China–North Korea struck three late goals to secure a 4-1 win over neighbor South…
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Gilas loses to Jordan, faces longer road to Asian Games podium
Gilas Pilipinas’ Justin Brownlee is guarded by Jordan’s Rondae Hollis-Jefferson at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.–ASIAN GAMES POOL MANILA, Philippines–Gilas Pilipinas missed out on an outright passage into the quarterfinals of the 19th Asian Games men’s basketball tournament on Saturday, following an 87-62 rout at the hands of Jordan. The Philippines were held…
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Divided again, South Korea beats North Korea in Asian Games basketball
Asian Games – Hangzhou 2022 – Basketball – Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China – September 29, 2023 South Korean players celebrate while North Korean players wave to the crowd after the match REUTERS/Ann Wang HANGZHOU, China–Having played in a unified team at the Asian Games in Jakarta five years ago, North and South…
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Gilas’ winning streak snapped by Mongolia in Asian Games 3×3
Gilas Pilipinas vs Mongola in the Asian Games 3×3 basketball. -SBP PHOTO MANILA, Philippines–Gilas Pilipinas’ three-game winning streak in the Asian Games 3×3 basketball showcase met its end on Friday. The Nationals bowed to Mongolia, 21-12, finding very few answers to the enemy’s pinpoint shooting at Deqing Basketball Court in Hangzhou, China. Bismarck Lina had…
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Nesthy Petecio bows out early in Asian Games boxing
Filipino boxer Nesthy Petecio in the Asian Games in Huangzho, China. –POOL PHOTO HANGZHOU, China—Nesthy Petecio became the latest casualty in the short list of promising Filipino medalists at the 19th Asian Games. Chinese Taipei’s Lin Yu Ting delivered the cataclysmic blow by upending Petecio, 4-1, on Friday at Hangzhou Gymnasium here, showing the Filipino…
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Korean gamers on cusp of Asian Games gold, and avoiding military service
FILE– T1 mid laner Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok on the sideboard before game 5 against DRX during the League of Legends World Championships at Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo HANGZHOU, China– Gaming superstar ‘Faker’ is one of a large number of male South Korean athletes at the Hangzhou Asian Games who,…
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China continues Asian Games dominance by surpassing 150 medals
China’s national flag is seen during the medal ceremony for the women’s 10m air rifle shooting event during the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou in China’s eastern Zhejiang province on September 24, 2023. (Photo by Adek BERRY / AFP) HANGZHOU, China — China blew past the 150-medal mark Thursday on Day 5 of the Asian…
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