• November 24, 2024

Cardinals, Blazers eye short route to title series

Mapua’s Clint Escamis celebrates after draining a buzzer-beating triple to beat top team College of St. Benilde in the NCAA Season 100 men’s basketball tournament.–NCAA PHOTO Mapua is on a familiar battlefield where it hopes to change what has been repeated frustrating endings in three of the last four years as the Cardinals battle Lyceum…

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‘Focused’ Tigers eye third-seeding, revenge over Falcons

Things have been looking up lately for Pido Jarencio and his Tigers. —UAAP MEDIA Pido Jarencio and his University of Santo Tomas Growling Tigers are coming off some of their best practice sessions of UAAP Season 87, most especially with a men’s basketball tournament Final Four slot on the line on Saturday. “I can’t say…

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Lakers’ Anthony Davis exits Raptors game with eye injury

Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis (3) reacts after missing a basket during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Toronto Raptors, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) LOS ANGELES — Anthony Davis went to the Los Angeles Lakers’ locker room midway through the third quarter Sunday…

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Ginebra braces for toughest game of the series yet as Kings eye equalizer opposite Tropang Giga

Justin Brownlee (with ball) has been starved to one of his lowest Finals productions for Ginebra. —AUGUST DELA CRUZ . As much as it was a relief to finally get a win in the PBA Governors’ Cup Finals, Barangay Ginebra coach Tim Cone doesn’t see it as a meaningful outcome. At least not yet. Article…

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Jeffrey Guan vows to keep playing despite losing sight in one eye

Australian golfer Jeffrey Guan. –PHOTO/PGA OF AUSTRALIA Australian Jeffrey Guan said he would continue to pursue his dream of playing on golf’s biggest tours despite permanently losing sight in his left eye after being hit in the face by a ball last month during a tournament. The 20-year-old suffered fractures to his left cheekbone and…

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Liverpool eye up Eintracht Frankfurt striker Omar Marmoush as their new Egyptian king – Paper Talk | Football News

The top stories and transfer rumours from Sunday’s newspapers… SUN ON SUNDAY Liverpool are eyeing up Eintracht Frankfurt striker Omar Marmoush to be their new Egyptian king. Gareth Southgate has been cleared over a controversial tax scheme – paving the way for a knighthood in the New Year Honours List. Manchester United’s home kit for…

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Warriors eye confirmation, Archers revenge in rematch

La Salle’s Kevin Quiambao.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net La Salle will have its return match against the team that put the only blemish in the Green Archers’ record so far in Season 87 of the UAAP men’s basketball tournament. And with coach Topex Robinson likely getting out of that controversial spitting incident with just a “stern warning” to…

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Filipino bets eye GM titles

IMs Chito Garma and Efren Bagamasbad, and Marlon Bernardino during the PSA Forum on Tuesday. Garma and Bagamasbad will compete in the FIDE World Senior Chess Championships next month.  –HANDOUT PHOTO MANILA, Philippines– For senior players Chito Garma and Efren Bagamasbad, it’s never too late to become a grand master. The two Filipinos will try…

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JD Cagulangan, UP eye consistency amid unbeaten start

FILE– Guard JD Cagulangan and UP Fighting Maroons’ during a UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball game. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.mnet MANILA, Philippines—University of the Philippine guard JD Cagulangan may have had a scoring exhibition to help the Fighting Maroons to a 2-0 start, but the graduating guard was far from satisfied. The Fighting Maroons blazed past the…

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Mendoza shines for PH women; Quizon keeps eye on GM norm

BUDAPEST—Shania Mae Mendoza was put on board one to allow her higher-ranked teammates to earn points at the lower boards of the 45th Fide (International Chess Federation) Chess Olympiad. She’s turning the pressure-packed opportunity into her own point-collecting venture. “She’s been doing great,” said an impressed women’s coach Grandmaster (GM) Jayson Gonzales. Article continues after…

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