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Minnesota Vikings' Khyree Jackson dies at young age of 24 - just three months after NFL Draft

Minnesota Vikings draftee Khyree Jackson has died at the young age of 24, according to a report.

Brazil coach warns Gilas 'highly technical with excellent players'

Petrovic expects to face a Gilas team with 'excellent players who play one-on-one'

Forte love! Italian tennis fan causes a stir at Wimbledon with proposal to his girlfriend of 15 years on Centre Court... before saluting the cheers from the early morning crowds

TAMARA PRENN AT WIMBLEDON: Gabriele Pamboni stunned his girlfriend of 15 years Annalisa Leoni when he got down on one knee inside the empty venue at 11.30am on Friday.

Emma Raducanu breezes past world number nine at Wimbledon

Emma Raducanu has stormed to victory in her third round match at Wimbledon tonight beating Maria Sakkari 6-2 6-3.

Serena Williams shares heartfelt video tribute to Andy Murray amid the British tennis star's Wimbledon farewell

Murray, 37, suffered defeat in the men's doubles with brother Jamie Thursday and he bid a tearful farewell to SW19 in his last Wimbledon before retirement at the Olympics.

NBA: Hornets keeping Miles Bridges with 3-year, $75M contract

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — The Charlotte Hornets are keeping forward Miles Bridges after the forward was re-signed to a three-year, $75 million contract, according to a person familiar with the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity on Saturday because the agreement cannot yet be announced. Bridges has spent his first five NBA seasons with the Hornets and indicated leading up to free agency that he wanted...

Size, chemistry key to Gilas strong showing in FIBA OQT — Toroman

MANILA, Philippines — Former Philippine men's basketball coach Rajko Toroman believes the two biggest reasons why Gilas is making heads turn in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament have something to do with size and system under coach Tim Cone. The 69-year-old Toroman pointed out that the presence of 7-foot-3 young big man Kai Sotto, June Mar Fajardo, Japeth Aguilar and AJ Edu in this current program under Cone, makes Gilas a solid team...

FIVB Challenger Cup: Puerto Rico reaches final for first time

MANILA, Philippines — Puerto Rico finally earned a shot at the gold of the FIVB Women’s Volleyball Challenger Cup (VCC) after sweeping Belgium, 25-19, 25-15, 25-16, in the knockout semifinal on Saturday at Ninoy Aquino Stadium, After settling for bronze in 2018 and 2022, the new breed of Puerto Ricans made their first VCC final, inching a win closer to its maiden Volleyball Nations League appearance next year as they take on the winner of the...

Emma Raducanu marches on at Wimbledon as she knocks out No 9 seed Maria Sakkari in straight sets on Centre Court in a re-run of their 2021 US Open semi-final to reach fourth round

The pair's only meeting before their Centre Court appointment saw Sakkari the biggest beast of the casualties she racked up as she blazed her path to that miraculous US Open final in 2021.

Cristiano Ronaldo has been accused of holding back Portugal's Euro 2024 campaign, while Lionel Messi is without a goal in Copa America but escapes similar criticism... so why are the all-time greats performing poorly?

The competition's all-time leading scorer, his nation's, perhaps even Europe's, greatest-ever player has not been shielded from the deluge of dissent.

John Cena announces retirement from wrestling

John Cena has officially retired from professional wrestling. The announcement came from World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.’s (WWE) post on Instagram, where the 47-year-old wrestler unexpectedly appeared at a Money in the Bank event in Toronto, Canada. View this post on Instagram A post shared by WWE (@wwe) “Tonight, I officially announce my retirement from the WWE,” Cena said during his speech. “I hear mixed opinions out there, a lot of...

Courageous Alas Pilipinas runs smack into brick Vietnam wall

Alas Pilipinas gave it a gallant go on Friday night but still fell to powerhouse and world No. 34 Vietnam, 25-14, 25-22, 25-21, to bow out of contention after just one game in the FIVB Challenger Cup at Ninoy Aquino Stadium. Thi Bich Tuyen Nguyen demolished the Philippine defense and came away with 30 points, all but three of them on attacks as the Vietnamese closed the doors on the Filipinos while advancing to another knockout game opposite the...

Thompson bids farewell to Warriors after exit

SAN FRANCISCO, United States — Klay Thompson paid tribute to his former Golden State Warriors teammates on Friday, July 5, in a heartfelt farewell to the club. Thompson, 34, left Golden State this week in free agency after spending the entirety of his 13-season NBA career with the team. A key part of Golden State’s championship-winning seasons in 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2022, Thompson is reportedly set to join the Dallas Mavericks next season....

Bella Belen, Angel Canino relish first team-up at Alas Pilipinas

MANILA, Philippines — From UAAP rivals to national team teammates, Bella Belen and Angel Canino relished their first team-up despite Alas Pilipinas losing to Vietnam in the FIVB Women’s Volleyball Challenger Cup on Friday evening at Ninoy Aquino Stadium. The Philippines witnessed the first team-up of the two UAAP rookie MVPs in their 14-25, 22-25, 21-25 loss to Vietnam in front of a soldout crowd. Although Alas’ Volleyball Nations League (VNL)...

Gilas Women drop Jones Cup opener to Chinese Taipei-B

Gilas Women opened the 43rd Jones Cup on a rough note

Gilas ends Olympic bid, but not after showcasing elite program

There will be chock-full of stories and thought pieces on Gilas Pilipinas’ run in the Fiba Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Latvia. The Filipinos ended their stint—and their bid to make it to the Paris Olympics—after a 71-60 loss on Saturday to Brazil in the capital city of Riga. “I don’t know what to say. It’s funny we didn’t expect to be here but then when we got here we’d expect to win. So it’s painful that we didn’t especially having that...

Brownlee cut above the rest

There are at least 10 naturalized players not born in the countries they represent with no blood line in the four FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments that end today in Latvia, Greece, Puerto Rico and Spain. This excludes those with no lineage but were born in the countries they play for, like Greece’s Giannis and Kostas Antetokounmpo (Nigerian heritage), Italy’s Awudu Abbas (Ghana/Nigerian heritage) and Spain’s Usman Garuba (Nigerian heritage)....

Nick Kyrgios delights fans with a practice session with former rival Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon

Nick Kyrgios and former rival Novak Djokovic have stepped out for a light-hearted practice session at Wimbledon, with the Aussie targeting a return to action soon.

Gilas mounts six-point halftime lead in must-win OQT match

Kapit, bayan!

Tim Cone says OQT a 'growth experience' for Gilas Pilipinas

"Now we know, now we know we can compete."

Boxer Ryan Garcia expelled by WBC

RYAN Garcia was expelled by the World Boxing Council (WBC) on Thursday after he repeatedly used racial slurs against Black people and disparaged Muslims in comments livestreamed on social media. WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman announced the penalty against Garcia on the social media platform X. "Exercising my authority as president of the WBC, I am hereby expelling Ryan Garcia from any activity with our organization," Sulaiman posted. "We reject...

Gilas Youth drops penultimate U17 World Cup game versus China

Gilas Youth relegated to battle for 15th

LIVE UPDATES: Gilas Pilipinas vs Brazil Fiba OQT semifinals July 6

Gilas Pilipinas Fiba OQT semifinals schedule Riga, Latvia 8:30pm–Brazil vs Philippines-Gilas Pilipinas (July 6) 12 am– Cameroon vs Latvia (July 7) FULL FIBA OQT RIGA SCHEDULE HERE. Gilas faces Brazil with Paris Olympics just two wins away Gilas Pilipinas’ path to the Paris Games goes through Brazil, a nation steep with a glorious Olympic past and one that seems to have quite an edge on the Filipinos. Aside from a world No. 12 ranking and a...

Iga Swiatek is knocked out of Wimbledon after defeat to Yulia Putintseva, as her 21-match winning streak comes to an end - and fans on Centre Court BOO the World No 1

Swiatek was on a 21-match winning streak and looked on course to cruise into the last 16 at the All England Club when she claimed the opener, but the Kazakhstan player hit back.

Fiba OQT: Luka’s Slovenia, Giannis’ Greece meet in KO duel

Luka Doncic and Giannis Antetokounmpo have faced off nine times in their NBA careers, and those games have never disappointed. They go head-to-head again Saturday — but like never before. Doncic and Slovenia will play Antetokounmpo and Greece in one of the eight semifinal games of the Olympic qualifying tournaments that are taking place to determine the last four berths in the men’s basketball field for the Paris Games. The game in Piraeus,...

Andy Murray is 'disappointed' by Emma Raducanu's withdrawal from their mixed doubles match - with two-time champion's Wimbledon career now OVER

Despite her sore wrist, Raducanu was on Wimbledon's practice courts on Saturday afternoon. She trained while wearing an England football shirt.

Team USA arrives for camp in Las Vegas ahead of Paris Olympics

LAS VEGAS — There’s something that Kobe Bryant once said that has stuck with U.S. men’s Olympic basketball coach Steve Kerr and seems especially important now. It was about how other nations have made big strides in basketball, how the gap between the rest of the world and the U.S. is closing and how that’s been a great thing for the NBA. And Bryant’s response, paraphrased, was basically, “so what?” His point: If everyone else is getting better,...

Aussie basketball great Lauren Jackson, 43, makes history with Paris Olympics selection

Lauren Jackson reckons she's no longer the star but try telling that to her Australian Olympic teammates as she suits up for a fifth Games, 12 years after her last.

Novak Djokovic breaks Wimbledon 'Golden Rule' but clarifies he was given the 'thumbs up' to stray away from strict policy

Novak Djokovic made a triumphant return to tennis this week at Wimbledon. However the seven-time champion broke Wimbledon's golden rule in his opening round game.

Sports stars in Wimbledon Royal Box won't see Murray and Raducanu

Andy Murray has been denied a final Wimbledon match after Emma Raducanu pulled out of their mixed doubles clash in South West London this evening, citing stiffness in her right wrist.

Jia De Guzman stresses on continuity for Alas Pilipinas

MANILA, Philippines — Jia De Guzman emphasized the value of continuity for the Alas Pilipinas’ program after Vietnam reasserted its mastery of the Philippine squad in the FIVB Women’s Volleyball Challenger Cup. The new breed of national players couldn’t stop Vietnam as it ended the host’s world stint in just one game with a 25-14, 25-22, 25-21 win on Friday at Ninoy Aquino Stadium. Losing eight in their last eight meetings just showed how the...

Germany outraged over Euro 2024 exit: 'Cheated!'

NBA: 76ers add playoff performer Caleb Martin from Heat

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia 76ers continued to build around their star trio of Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and Paul George with the addition of NBA free-agent forward Caleb Martin, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Saturday. Martin intends to sign the multi-year contract shortly after the league’s moratorium on signings is lifted, said the person who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the deal was...

'Now, we know we can compete' — Cone

MANILA, Philippines — After falling short of its objective at making the Paris Games this year, Tim Cone intends to keep the current pool of Gilas players as the national squad shoots for the 2027 FIBA World Cup and the Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028. The Philippines saw its dream Olympic run come to an abrupt end Saturday night after bowing to 12th-ranked squad Brazil, 71-60 in their crossover semifinal tussle. "The whole part of bringing this...

The Brazilian stars standing in Gilas' way to Paris Olympics

Former NBA player Bruno Caboclo is just the tip of the iceberg

LeBron James says gold is all that matters at Paris Olympics

LAS VEGAS — He first played on the U.S. Olympic team as a 19-year-old. He did it again in his 20s, twice. And now, a few months from turning 40, he’s back for one more run. LeBron James didn’t need another Olympic experience to complete some missing box on his resume or add to a legacy that was secured long, long ago. He decided to play this summer for one simple reason — because he wants to. Taking his first steps toward becoming the first U.S....

Alas Pilipinas loses to Vietnam, bows out of FIVB Challenger Cup

Thi Bich Tuyen Nguyen and Vietnam shut the doors on Alas Pilipinas’ hopes of qualifying for the Volleyball Nations League next year after a 25-14, 25-22, 25-21 victory Friday night in the FIVB Challenger Cup at Ninoy Aquino Stadium. Tuyen peppered the Filipinas with 30 points built on 27 attack points and three blocks to show Alas the exit after just one game in the knockout quarterfinals. “We are very grateful that we faced Vietnam. We learned...

With second pick, Bossing looking to bolster PG spot

Blackwater, which recently traded Rey Nambatac to TNT, is looking to use the PBA Rookie Draft as an avenue to get someone to replace the southpaw guard. “We are definitely looking into improving our team in the point guard position,” coach Jeff Cariaso told the Inquirer on Friday after the league officially released a list of 70 players initially qualified for the proceedings set July 14 at Glorietta in Makati City. The Bossing will select after...

Daniela Hantuchova: Musician, model and tennis star

De Brito seeks cooperation to solve longtime national team problem

Alas Pilipinas coach Jorge Souza De Brito thinks that the way forward for women’s volleyball is for the national program to eliminate a longstanding problem. “What we really have to do is this training camp in Japan will help us but also we need to have our players more time together to work so we can add something in the system that would be applicable,” De Brito said after the national team dropped a 25-14, 25-22, 25-21 decision on Friday to...

Pro cyclist André Drege, 25, tragically passes away in Tour of Austria

PH takes on Brazil in semis

WITH its Olympic hopes very much alive, the Philippines will be shooting for a finals spot in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament when it tangles with Brazil in a knockout crossover semifinal match on Saturday night (Philippine time) at the Arena Riga in Latvia. Gilas Pilipinas marched into the semifinal round as the No. 2 seed from Group A despite dropping a narrow 96-94 decision to Georgia Thursday night. Georgia failed to meet the required...

Cone laments Kai's absence as shorthanded Gilas falls to Brazil

Tough to win without your 7'3 starting center

Gilas denied Paris Olympics entry after running out of steam vs. Brazil

Filipinos fall victim to Brazilians' 24-6 third quarter tear

Alas out to end drought in SEA Games

MANILA, Philippines — Close the gap. That’s Alas Pilipinas’ target after it set its sights on its 12-day training camp in Osaka, Japan next week and the Southeast Asian V.League in August. “Vietnam is No. 2, Indonesia is No. 3 and Thailand, of course, is No. 1,” said Alas coach Jorge Souze de Brito, moments after his wards were eliminated by Vietnam, 25-14, 25-22, 25-21, in the FIVB Challengers Cup Friday night at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium. “We...

Georgia coach visits Pinoys’ lockerroom

MANILA, Philippines — Georgia coach Aleksandar Dzikic was a surprise visitor in Gilas’ lockerroom after the Philippines clinched a semifinals slot in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Latvia last Thursday despite losing a 96-94 decision to the world No. 23 squad. “Coach Dzikic came to our lockerroom after the game to compliment our players, coaches and staff,” said Gilas assistant coach Sean Chambers. “He told us, ‘You all are one hell...

Brown hits out at Red Bull for 'encouraging' aggressive Verstappen driving

McLaren boss Brown made the comments after Verstappen and Norris clashed at the Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix.

Prince William embodies nation watching nail-biting England win

Prince William encapsulated the emotions of all of England as he watched the Three Lions come from behind and scrape to victory on penalties against Switzerland at the Euros.

Brilliant Brazil game plan saps Brownlee magic for Gilas

Justin Brownlee was a marked man against Brazil

NBA teams that passed up on Brownlee have given PH valuable gift

As far as Gilas Pilipinas coach Tim Cone is concerned, scouts in the 2011 NBA Draft were practically sleeping on the job. “I’ve said this before: Somebody in the NBA missed out on this guy,” Cone said Thursday night in Riga in Latvia, where the Nationals booked a seat in the final four of the Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT) after Justin Brownlee led the team to a 96-94 loss to Georgia. “They (scouts) weren’t on the ball, they should have...