MANILA, Philippines — The Far Eastern University Lady Tamaraws are eager to prove they are no longer pushovers as they inch closer to reaching the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament Final Four. FEU continued to boost its Final Four chances after sweeping Adamson, 25-19, 25-23, 25-23, to keep the fourth place with an improved
MANILA, Philippines–For the second straight game, La Salle showed up without its prolific hitter and luckily won by the skin of its teeth. The Lady Spikers found themselves in dire straits once more sans Angel Canino and scraped past University of the East, 25-23, 21-25, 25-17, 22-25, 15-12, in the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball
MANILA, Philippines–Title contenders and newcomers were among the clubs that won their opening matches as the Philippines Football League got underway its sixth season over the weekend. Kaya-Iloilo downed United City, 2-0, at Rizal Memorial Stadium for a winning start to its quest to retain its league title while Dynamic Herb Cebu rolled past Loyola
MANILA, Philippines—Thirdy Ravena did a little bit of everything in San-En Neophoenix’s win over Osaka Evessa, 101-81, in the Japan B.League at Toyohashi City Gymnasium on Sunday. Ravena scored 18 points on a blistering 72.7 percent shooting clip (8-of-11) with six rebounds, four assists and a block to match as San-En improved to 40-10 in
MANILA, Philippines–Angie Beard broke the Philippine women’s football team’s goal drought with a sensational free kick in the second half that served as a silver lining in the 2-1 international friendly loss to South Korea on Monday in Icheon. Beard struck in the 74th minute, kicking it over a wall of defenders from about 30
MANILA, Philippines — Hidilyn Diaz may have kissed a fifth straight Olympics appearance goodbye but her legacy as the Philippines’ first Olympic gold medalist remains forever. Diaz won’t be able to shoot for another gold in the 2024 Paris Olympics after she placed seventh in the 59kg class in the 2024 IWF World Cup in
MANILA, Philippines–Jean Asis has been aspiring for a Final Four atmosphere in a Far Eastern University Lady Tamaraws outfit. This could be it for the resilient middle blocker as they marched closer toward their goal on Tuesday with a 25-19, 25-23, 25-23 whipping of Adamson at the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament. “We made
MANILA, Philippines—It took him several tries but on Monday (Manila time) at Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Cody Rhodes finally finished the story at the conclusion of WWE WrestleMania XL. Rhodes dethroned one of the longest world champions in history as he defeated Roman Reigns, who held the title for 1,316 days, for the Undisputed WWE
MANILA, Philippines — Far Eastern University inched closer to a Final Four berth after sweeping Adamson, 25-17, 25-17, 25-22, for its fourth straight win in the UAAP Season 86 men’s volleyball tournament on Tuesday at Smart Araneta Coliseum. The Tamaraws banked on Ariel Cacao’s superb playmaking with 17 excellent sets as they outplayed the Falcons
UAAP volleyball schedule of games (April 9) Smart Araneta Coliseum 10 a.m. – Adamson vs FEU (men’s) 12 noon – La Salle vs UE (men’s) 2 p.m. – Adamson vs FEU (women’s) 4 p.m. – La Salle vs UE (women’s) FULL SCHEDULE HERE. UAAP women’s volleyball standings as of April 9 UAAP: Thea Gagate keeps
NEW YORK — The NBA has acknowledged two officiating mistakes — one wrong call, one missed call — in the final minute of Miami’s 117-115 loss at Indiana on Sunday, a defeat that helped send the Heat into the No. 8 spot in the Eastern Conference going into the NBA season’s final week. Miami’s Tyler
MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Bucks’ roller-coaster season has hit its nadir with the NBA Playoffs less than two weeks away. The Bucks have lost four straight games and six of their past seven. They’re 15-17 under coach Doc Rivers after going 32-14 before his arrival. Although Milwaukee (47-31) has a one-game lead over the Orlando
ATLANTA — Atlanta Hawks All-Star guard Trae Young, who has missed 22 games since suffering a torn ligament in his left fifth finger, is moving closer to his return to action. The Hawks announced Monday Young has been cleared for team practice and contact. He had surgery on Feb. 27 following his injury on Feb.
DALLAS — Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic draped their arms over each other in a pseudo-embrace, smiles of exhaustion on the faces of the co-stars of the Dallas Mavericks. The final seconds of a 147-136 overtime victory against Houston on Sunday were still ticking off, with Irving and Doncic having combined for 85 points as
GLENDALE, Arizona — A basketball beatdown. A coaching clinic. A double-digit domination. Take one guess who finished off a romp through college basketball again. You bet, it’s UConn — a program built to win now, and often, and by a lot every time the Huskies take the court. UConn delivered the latest of its suffocating
The last week of the NBA season has arrived. With no games Monday — the league typically tries to not play on the night of the NCAA men’s championship game — the schedule resumes Tuesday with 14 games, 13 of which have at least some form of playoff implications. The big game Tuesday: A likely
Barangay Ginebra, a traditional powerhouse and hands-down the PBA’s biggest draw, found itself on the nasty end of an embarrassing loss on Sunday night in the Philippine Cup eliminations at Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Manila. The crowd darlings fell to perennial league doormat Terrafirma, 91-84, for only the second time in their 23 clashes overall,
Getting a wake-up call just before the Lenten break was probably the best thing that happened to University of Santo Tomas (UST) in Season 86 of the UAAP women’s volleyball tournament. A 23-25, 25-17, 25-21, 25-20 back-to-earth beating taken at the hands of National University gave the Golden Tigresses something to reflect on and a
A stacked, foreign-flavored men’s field and undoubtedly the best ladies cast assembled in years in the Philippine Golf Tour tee off on Tuesday in the ICTSI Caliraya Springs Championships with the defending men’s champion, Antonio Lascuña, emphasizing the importance of blasting out of the gates hard. “I think it’s a matter of who gets out
Streaking PLDT is fancied to extend its run against hapless Strong Group on Tuesday as the High Speed Hitters aim to grab a piece of the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) All-Filipino Conference elimination round lead and inch gain some headway from other teams chasing semifinal seats. The winners of their last four games, the High
Vanessa Sarno will start a more demanding training program in her quest to topple the toughest bunch in the 2024 Paris Olympics. “We will plan again on how I can reach the top three in the Olympics,’’ said Sarno, who closed out the Philippine participation in the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Cup in Phuket,
Kobbie Mainoo says Manchester United need to learn how to “see out games” after they were held to a thrilling draw by arch-rivals Liverpool. Luis Diaz put the visitors ahead at Old Trafford on Sunday before United equalized thanks to Bruno Fernandes’ stunning 45-yard effort five minutes after the break. Mainoo then fired United into
