Alas Pilipinas eyes podium in Asian beach volleyball tilt

MANILA, Philippines — Alas Pilipinas eyes podium spots when the country hosts the Asian Senior Beach Volleyball Championships starting November 5 at Nuvali Sand Courts in the City of Santa Rosa, Laguna. The Philippine women’s beach volleyball team will parade the Air Force duo of Gen Eslapor and Kly Orillaneda, who reached the Round of 16…

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Chelsea vs Man City: Pep Guardiola feeling energised as champions launch latest Premier League title tilt | Football News

Pep Guardiola insists he has been re-energised by his summer break and is ready to lead Manchester City’s attempt to win a seventh Premier League title in eight seasons. City won their fourth title in a row last season, after which Guardiola admitted he was “not able to know what will be the motivation” for…

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Willa Galvez bags two golds in Thailand fencing tilt

University of the East fencers (from left) Yuna Canlas, Willa Galvez and Elise Acuzar show their medals. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Willa Galvez of University of the East won two gold medals in the Thailand Fencing Festival Minime and Veterans Championships 2024 held over the weekend at Diamond Hall in Zeer Rangsit, Thailand. “I’m happy to win,”…

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Creamline, PLDT missing key players to start Reinforced tilt

Creamline stars Alyssa Valdez and Tots Carlos on the bench for the Cool Smashers’ opening game in the PVL Reinforced Conference. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines —Creamline and PLDT are missing some of their stars to open the 2024 PVL Reinforced Conference on Tuesday night at Philsports Arena. PLDT star Savi Davison is unlikely to play…

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Creamline taps Erica Staunton as import for Reinforced tilt

Erica Staunton is Creamline Cool Smashers’ import for the PVL Reinforced Conference. –CREAMLINE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — Creamline is bringing American wing spiker Erica Staunton as its guest foreign player in the 2024 PVL Reinforced Conference in July. The Cool Smashers on Thursday welcomed the former US NCAA player to bolster their roster in the…

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Abalos salvages fourth in tough US Kids Euro tilt

Celine Abalos proudly displays her fourth-place trophy. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Seeing action as one of the youngest in the centerpiece 15-18 division for girls and playing sick from the second round on, the Philippines’ Celine Abalos closed out with a four-over-par 76 on Thursday to finish fourth in the prestigious US Kids European Championship at the…

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Veloso aims to make most of PH hosting of FIVB men’s world tilt

Coach Sergio Veloso.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — Philippine men’s volleyball team coach Sergio Veloso is pleased to have Dante Alinsunurin on his side as the country braces for its participation and hosting of the FIVB Men’s World Championship next year. Alinsunurin, who parted ways with the national team last year, returns to the program as…

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Keep ‘bigs’ shootout, revive dunk tilt

Meralco’s Raymond Almazan wins PBA All-Star Big Man 3-point shooting. –PBA IMGS BACOLOD CITY—Count the inaugural champion of the PBA’s three-point shootout big man edition as among those who initially wondered why the Slam Dunk contest was scrapped from this year’s All-Star Weekend. “To be honest, I was surprised because it has been a part…

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Kevin De Bruyne’s Man City return: Why it changes the dynamic for Pep Guardiola and can tilt the title race their way | Football News

Manchester City are odds-on to retain their Premier League title despite being five points behind leaders Liverpool. Injury to Mohamed Salah coupled with the spectacular return of Kevin De Bruyne has swung the race back in their favour. It is an illustration of the importance of the individual. In this era of systems and of…

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No Mikey Williams for Strong Group in Dubai tilt

FILEFormer –TNT guard Mikey Williams. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines—Philippine side Strong Group coach Charles Tiu has put an end to the possibility of Mikey Williams joining the squad for the Dubai International Basketball Tournament. While Tiu admitted that there were talks between his camp and Williams’ side, the coach said that the latter joining the…

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