Anjay Anson, kumasa sa water sport na ‘hydroflying’ | AHA!

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Tolentino out for rest of season?

MANILA, Philippines — Is Choco Mucho standout Kat Tolentino returning for the Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference semifinals slated next week? Flying Titans coach Dante Alinsunurin said they have set their minds that she may not. “Hindi pa namin alam kung kailan siya makakabalik,” said Alinsunurin referring to his talented opposite spiker, sidelined for weeks now due to “auditory issues” and could still be out when they take on...

Olympics: USADA wants investigation into China swimming, welcomes WADA lawsuit

The head of the United States Anti-Doping Agency demanded on Monday an investigation into the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) handling of 23 positive tests by Chinese swimmers and welcomed the global body’s threat of legal action. During a nearly two hour Zoom call with the media WADA fired back at critics and provided detailed explanation […]

Hamilton: Norris would have been better off conceding in Turn 1

Lewis Hamilton thinks Lando Norris would have been better off conceding position in their Turn 1 battle in Formula 1’s China sprint, as he had the pace to overtake later.

'It's a great honour': Novak Djokovic named Sportsman of the Year

Tennis player Novak Djokovic says 'it's a great honour' after being crowned as Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for a record-equalling fifth time.

NBA: Knicks get come-from-behind win against Sixers

The New York Knicks came from behind to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 104-101 in their first round playoff series as the Knicks take a 2-0 lead in their first round playoff series. The Knicks still managed to take the win after they were down by five with a minute left in the game. Philadelphia’s NBA Most Valuable Player Joel Embiid was clearly hindered late by pain in his surgically repaired left knee, but the Sixers appeared to have regained...

Barkley jab at absence of Filipino draftees in NBA draws mixed reactions

Chuck's joke doesn't go down well for some Pinoy fans

3-way fight for NBA MVP award

LOS ANGELES: Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic, the Dallas Mavericks' Luka Doncic and Oklahoma City's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander are the three finalists for the NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) award, the league said Sunday (Monday in Manila). The league unveiled three finalists for each of its individual awards for the 2023-24 regular season. Serbia's Jokic is an MVP finalist for the fourth straight season while France's Victor Wembanyama is in the...

British football mourns the death of Leighton James

Filipino fencers all set for Olympic qualifiers

WITH more than 10 years of experience playing in international competitions, probably a hundred of accumulated bouts, and thousands of hours spent training here and abroad, the biggest test comes again for Filipino fencers Nathaniel Perez, Noelito Jose, Hanniel Abella and Samantha Catantan. It's the "brave four" going for that elusive Olympic berth. The four fencers will leave for flood-ravaged Dubai today, April 23, then navigate the desert for...

Yulo open for new coach but says current setup working well for him

MANILA, Philippines: Filipino Olympic gymnast Carlos Yulo has been training and competing without an 'official' head coach for about nine months now after he parted ways with long-time Japanese trainer Munehiro Kugiyama. And while he's open for a new one, he said that the current setup he has with coaches Aldrin Castañeda and Hazel Calawod are working just fine, feeling that they're working well as a team. "I'm okay with my team now but I'm open...

Lorenzo Aaron Cantela tops chessfest in Thailand

MANILA, Philippines: National Master Lorenzo Aaron Cantela topped the 21st Bangkok Chess Club Challenger at the Sheraton Hua Hin Resort & Spa in Hua Hin, Thailand on Sunday, April 21, 2024. Cantela, the pride of Cavite and Masbate, finished the 9-round Swiss system tournament with seven wins, one draw and one loss to claim the championship. Cantela defeated Terence Legge of England in the first round, Kate Nicole Ordizo of the Philippines in the...

Zamboanga stays perfect, raps Negros

MANILA, Philippines — Zamboanga Masters Sardines trounced Negros Muscovados, 88-73, last Monday to grab solo lead in the MPBL Sixth Season elimination round at the Alonte Sports Arena. Other games saw Pampanga sustain its recovery with a runaway 96-72 victory over Mindoro and debuting Biñan repulse Abra, 65-60, in the nightcap. The Zamboangueños took control from the start and pulled away in the third quarter to tally their fourth straight win...

Converge comes together

Converge did exactly what it’s known for as the FiberXers finally broke into the win column in the PBA Philippine Cup at Meralco’s expense at the PhilSports Arena last Sunday. Coach Aldin Ayo took the cue from the team’s corporate backer Converge ICT Solutions, a telecommunication service provider with Pampanga roots, to pull his resources together and upset the Bolts, 104-99. It was Converge’s first win of the conference after eight straight...

NBA: Clippers beat Mavericks in Game 1 without Kawhi Leonard

LOS ANGELES — James Harden spent the season developing a pick-and-roll chemistry with big man Ivica Zubac. The future Hall of Famer in his first season in Los Angeles is schooling the longest-tenured Clipper. It paid off in their playoff series opener. Harden scored 28 points in his playoff debut for the Clippers, Zubac had an NBA playoff-career high 20 points to go with 15 rebounds, and Los Angeles defeated Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks...

Perpetual Help clobbers San Beda in NCAA women's volleyball

The Perpetual Help Lady Altas regained their winning form by defeating the San Beda Lady Red Spikers, 20-25, 25-11, 22-25, 25-17, 15-6 on Tuesday, April 23, in the NCAA Season 99 women's volleyball tournament at the FilOil EcoOil Center in San Juan City. Shaila Omipon topscore for Perpetual Help with 26 points, including four service aces. Reigning league Most Valuable Player (MVP) Mary Rhose Dapol contributed 17 points, on 15 attacks and two...

Schoeman, Visser share Ironman glory

South Africa’s Henri Schoeman just beat everyone out of the water on Sunday but put on a show on land to claim the centerpiece men’s pro division title of the Ironman 70.3 Lapu-Lapu in Mactan, where Els Visser of The Netherlands emerged victorious in the women’s side. The bronze medal winner in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Schoeman broke away from Brit Thomas Bishop and Kiwi Sam Osborne in the bike leg before leaving the field eating his dust in...

PBA: Bryan Santos credits teammates, coach for 2nd half outburst

MANILA, Philippines—Converge rookie Bryan Santos had one memo on Sunday in the PBA Philippine Cup and he executed it perfectly. In the FiberXers’ 104-99 win over Meralco, coach Aldin Ayo reminded Santos to do one thing after his abysmal first half. “I told my shooters and Bryan here, be unconscious,” recalled Ayo at Philsports Arena. “Don’t even think about anything. If you know or you see that you can shoot? Take it.” SCHEDULE: 2024 PBA...

Spikers’ Turf: Jau Umandal takes charge for unbeaten Cignal

MANILA, Philippines — Fatigue aside, Jau Umandal was again a man on a mission as he steered Cignal to its second straight five-set victory in the 2024 Spikers’ Turf Open Conference. It took everything and more for Cignal to outlast star-studded newcomer Criss Cross in five grueling sets through the unassailable scoring exploits of newly minted Taiwanese pro league champion Bryan Bagunas. But as Bagunas flew back to Taiwan to fulfill prior...

Panlilio sees Boatwright as 'bigger version of Justin Brownlee'

MANILA, Philippines: Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas president Al Panlilio sees Philippine naturalized player prospect Bennie Boatwright as a "bigger version of Justin Brownlee." Coming off a lunch meeting with the 6-foot-10 sharp-shooting American on Saturday, the SBP top honcho took the time to get to know Boatwright better while being accompanied by Gilas coach Tim Cone, team manager Richard del Rosario and SBP executive director Erika Dy. "I...

Aside from scoring, Romeo’s value off the bench for San Miguel includes providing stability

San Miguel has been on a tear in the 2024 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup, untouched over the course of six games in defending the tournament it has ruled with impunity over the last decade. Much of that early success has been made possible by the Beermen’s outrageous depth, within it a now-healthy Terrence Romeo, whose contributions are not only coming through scoring, according to head coach Jorge Gallent. “Whenever we...

Bolts brace for tough road ahead

MANILA, Philippines: Luigi Trillo admitted that veteran center Raymond Almazan's one-game suspension on Sunday left a gaping hole in the middle for the Bolts. The Bolts felt Almazan's absence after getting beaten off the boards, 48-37 and worse, suffered the ignominy of being the first victim of erstwhile winless Converge FiberXers on Sunday. Playing without any pressure at all, Converge poured everything it had on the way to upstaging Meralco,...

Hamilton blames wind for Q1 error as Mercedes "experiment"

Lewis Hamilton blamed a tailwind for the Turn 14 moment that pitched him out of Q1 for Formula 1’s Chinese Grand Prix in his “knife-edge” Mercedes.

Titans target to finish elims on high note

CAPPING its elimination round, Choco Mucho seeks to reclaim the top spot and finish strong as they face the eliminated Farm Fresh Foxies today, April 23, in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) 2024 All-Filipino Conference at PhilSports Arena in Pasig. The Flying Titans vow to bounce back after a loss from previous finals tormentor Creamline in order to get their much-needed boost for the next round. "We have a high confidence to make it to the...

Ubas bags gold in Singapore track meet

MANILA, Philippines: Filipino long jumper Janry Ubas clinched the gold medal at the 84th Singapore Open Track and Field Championships held at the Singapore Sports Hub on Friday. Jumping at a 7.58 meters, Ubas, a Southeast Asian Games champion last year, beating silver medalist Wen Hua-Yu of Taiwan, who jumped at 7.43m and bronze medalist Ivan Mun (7.26m). "Congratulations to our National Athlete, Janry Ubas, for winning the Gold in the Long Jump...

Ricciardo: Stroll "making my blood boil" after China F1 contact

Daniel Ricciardo says Lance Stroll's refusal to take blame for their collision in Formula 1's Chinese Grand Prix is "making my blood boil".

Athletes shine on Laureus Awards red carpet in Madrid

Athletes from around the world arrived in Madrid on Monday for the 24th annual Laureus Awards. Spain's World Cup winning midfielder Aitana Bonmati was named the Sportswoman of the Year, while Serbia's Novak Djokovic captured the top men's honour.

Tight homestretch race

MANILA, Philippines — From undefeated leader San Miguel Beer to their spirited pursuers to even exits-bound Converge, all teams have everything to play for in the last two weeks of the PBA Philippine Cup eliminations. At 7-0, the defending champion Beermen may be safely into the quarterfinal round with still four games to go. But the pacesetters still have to get their hands on the coveted Top 2 seeding and twice-to-beat advantage in the Last-8....

Will Manny fight again?

There’s a lot of buzz in boxing circles about eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao making a comeback in a serious fight, not an exhibition, and from what’s in the air, it appears that he’s not ruling out anything at the moment. The word is Pacquiao will run for Senator in next year’s elections so if he intends to return to the ring, it has to happen soon before the campaign trail rolls out. Pacquiao, 45, was set to face Muay Thai legend...

UAAP: Laput, Maglinao help La Salle teams claim crucial wins

MANILA, Philippines — Shevana Laput and Vince Maglinao delivered the goods as De La Salle University posted big-time wins in the homestretch of the UAAP Season 86 women’s and men’s volleyball tournaments. The two ace spikers clicked from all cylinders to help the La Salle squads go 2-0 in the crucial period entering the final week of the wild tourney with major playoff implications on the line. Their heroics proved more than enough as Laput and...

Al Panlilio on Bennie Boatwright: 'We've found the right guy'

SBP chief left impressed after his first meeting with Gilas naturalization target

Boatwright learning Pinoy culture

MANILA, Philippines: As Bennie Boatwright continues to process his papers to become a naturalized Filipino citizen, the former USC Trojan gets to learn what is the culture of the country. A story on the Instagram page of the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) showed him trying out halo-halo at a local Manila restaurant. "@benniebuckets enjoying halo-halo," the SBP wrote in their story. Boatwright, who played for the San Miguel Beermen for the...

Choco squeaks past farm fresh

MANILA, Philippines — It wasn’t the ending Choco Mucho wanted. But the Flying Titans were just grateful enough to get through victory, albeit a close one, that should give them some confidence entering the Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference semifinals. It came via a nerve-wracking 25-15, 24-26, 21-25, 25-21, 15-12 squeaker over gritty Farm Fresh last night that closed Choco Mucho’s elimination-round campaign on a high note after...

Erik Ten Hag brands reaction to win over Coventry a 'disgrace'

Erik Ten Hag tells journalists the reaction to Manchester United's penalty shoot-out victory over Coventry in the FA Cup semi-final is a 'disgrace'

Tropa, Dyip, Batang Pier shoot for fifth win

MANILA, Philippines — The time to make headway in the tight race for the PBA Philippine Cup playoffs is now, especially for those in the fringes of the Magic 8. Sixth-running TNT (4-4), No. 7 Terrafirma (4-5) and No. 8 NorthPort (4-5) shoot for a pivotal fifth win while No. 10 Phoenix (3-5) looks to keep its quarterfinals drive alive in today’s double-header at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium. The Tropang Giga, who were stalled by Barangay Ginebra...

Smart Sports reigns supreme in PSA Cup

MANILA, Philippines: The Smart Sports Scribes leaned on their smothering defense to stifle the Capital1 Solar Boys, 49-32, rising as champions of the 2024 Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Cup at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium on Monday, April 22. A much larger margin than the two teams' first two matchups where they split their victories in close fashion, the Sports Scribes took the winner-take-all contest in a wire-to-wire affair. Following...

Why Norris' China F1 sprint pole lap was deleted and reinstated

McLaren's Lando Norris pole lap for Formula 1's sprint at the Chinese Grand Prix was deleted and then reinstated, as race control manually overruled its scoring system.

FIA dismisses Aston Martin protest over China F1 qualifying

The FIA stewards have thrown out Aston Martin's protest against Formula 1's Chinese Grand Prix qualifying results.

Fans call foul on Euros sticker book debacle

After 47 years of Panini holding the rights to distribute the official Euros sticker book, this year the contract has gone to Topps - but it doesn't have permission to include all the players.

San Beda reaches D-League semisy

MANILA, Philippines — Marinerong Pilipino-San Beda crushed Keanzel Basketball, 127-67, and roared into the semifinals of the 2024 PBA D-League Aspirants’ Cup yesterday at the Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan. Fourteen players, including seven with double digits, racked up the scoring board in a scattered onslaught for the twice-to-beat Red Lions as they arranged a rematch with the CEU Scorpions in the best-of-three semifinals starting on...

NBA: Damian Lillard shoots Bucks past Pacers in Game 1

MILWAUKEE — Damian Lillard’s sensational start ensured the Milwaukee Bucks would fare just fine without Giannis Antetokounmpo in their NBA playoff opener. Lillard scored all 35 of his points before halftime and the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Indiana Pacers 109-94 on Sunday while Antetokounmpo watched from the bench. “I don’t think that it’s all on me but I know that I’ve got to be a little bit more aggressive and I’ve got to step forward a...

Aro shifts to Ando

MANILA, Philippines — Elite performance nutritionist coach Jeaneth Aro will head back to the Olympics, this time to guide 59kg qualifier Elreen Ando of Cebu in her quest for a podium finish. Aro was in Hidilyn Diaz’ corner when the four-time Olympian brought home the country’s first-ever gold medal in the Tokyo Summer Games. When Aro left Diaz’ camp last month, she shifted to Ando. “It’s a new mission for me, a new Olympic dream with Elreen but...

La Salle gears up for key game vs UST in UAAP women’s volleyball

MANILA, Philippines—Back in February, University of Santo Tomas stunned La Salle in a five-set thriller that the reigning UAAP women’s volleyball champion hasn’t forgotten since. The Lady Spikers have a chance to exact revenge against the Golden Tigresses on Saturday with a twice-to-beat incentive on the line. “With us, like we said the last time, if someone is out, someone should step up. Hopefully, with whatever happens this coming Saturday,...

Why Five-Time NBA Champ and Lakers Legend Derek Fisher Returned to Manila

Fisher was back in town for a short visit that included a reunion with his Filipino fans.

Cebu Football Club manhandles Tuloy FC in PFL

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Football Club (CFC) Gentle Giants put on a lopsided show against the Tuloy FC, 7-1, during their game in the Philippines Football League (PFL) on Saturday, April 20, at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila. The Gentle Giants made sure that their return at the Rizal Memorial Stadium would end up on a more positive note following their defeat against Macarthur FC of Australia in the AFC Cup. With their victory,...

Dolorito, Sinuto named NCAA Players of the Week

MANILA, Philippines: Lyceum of the Philippines University and Arellano University are on a roll in the NCAA Season 99 volleyball tournaments, thanks to the heroics of two rising players as both squads extended their streaks to climb the ladder in the second week of play. Junior spiker Johna Dolorito of Lyceum and sophomore star Jiwen Sinuto of Arellano steered the wheel for the Lady Pirates and the Chiefs, earning themselves the distinctions as...

Quartararo stresses ‘quality over quantity’ with upcoming Yamaha MotoGP update

Fabio Quartararo admits May will be “a busy month” for Yamaha as it ups its MotoGP testing time but has stressed the “quality” of upcoming updates matters more than “quantity”.

Carlos Yulo, wagi ng gold at silver medals sa 2024 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup | 24 Oras

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Inside the strategy that won and lost the IndyCar race at Long Beach

The Grand Prix of Long Beach showcased a fierce strategic battle of two separate two-stop strategies, with six-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon making an extended stint work to capture his 57th victory.

Chery Tiggo's stronger team chemistry leads the squad to better semis odds

MANILA, Philippines: Chery Tiggo Crossovers are in frenzy mode. With their stronger team chemistry and their sisterly connection, the Crossovers extended their winning streak to six in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) 2024 All-Filipino Conference. Head coach Emilio "Kung Fu" Reyes Jr. shared how he is glad that his team is healthy in order to perform their best as they continue to assert their dominance against their previous opponents. "I...