TARLAC–The ICTSI Luisita Ladies International gets off the ground on Tuesday, with Princess Superal and Harmie Constantino leading a Philippine contingent that will battle a formidable international cast at Luisita Golf Club. Stalwarts from the LPGA of Taiwan and a handful of seasoned Thais will also be at some disadvantage playing the Robert Trent Jones-designed
BOSTON — The Celtics were winding down an NBA playoff-opening victory, but one of their biggest stars had just hit the floor. All-Star Jayson Tatum, who’d only minutes before notched his first career playoff triple-double, was going up for a rebound under a minute to play when he was undercut by Miami’s Caleb Martin, sending
MANILA, Philippines–Eric Cray and Janry Ubas bolstered their Paris Olympic bids over the weekend and they are bound to strengthen their cause in the ICTSI-Philippine Athletics Championships in two weeks. Cray, a six-time Southeast Asian Games 400-meter hurdles champion, clocked a season-best of 49.86 seconds to claim the bronze medal in his pet event during
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A race car veered off the track during a competition in Sri Lanka on Sunday and rammed into a crowd of spectators and race officials, killing seven people and injuring 20 others, officials said. Thousands of spectators looked on as the mishap took place during a race in the town of
MILWAUKEE — Damian Lillard couldn’t be stopped in the first half — and couldn’t score a point in the second. It all added up to one of the most unusual dominant performances in recent NBA playoff history. Lillard scored all 35 of his points before halftime in the Bucks’ 109-94 victory over the Indiana Pacers
Paris Saint-Germain is on the brink of winning another French Ligue 1 title after crushing Lyon 4-1 on Sunday, the same scoreline by which it beat Barcelona in the Champions League in midweek. All the goals came in the first half at the Parc des Princes, with a Nemanja Matic own goal and a Lucas
Jude Bellingham snatched Real Madrid a dramatic 3-2 Clasico win over champions Barcelona on Sunday with a “fundamental” goal to take them 11 points clear at the top of La Liga. Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti hailed the England midfielder’s decisive intervention to take Los Blancos to the brink of the Spanish title. Madrid twice
LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani made another piece of baseball history Sunday when he surpassed a mark set by one of his heroes. The Los Angeles Dodgers slugger crushed his 176th career homer in the third inning, breaking Hideki Matsui’s record for the most home runs hit by a Japanese-born player in Major League Baseball.
NEW YORK — Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid are the NBA’s main men in the middle, the two centers combining for the last three MVP awards in the regular season with perhaps another coming soon. It’s in the postseason where their paths are so different. Jokic cemented his place among the game’s greats by leading
OKLAHOMA CITY — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 28 points, including the go-ahead basket in the final minute, and the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder edged the New Orleans Pelicans 94-92 in Game 1 of their NBA first-round Western Conference playoff series Sunday night. New Orleans’ CJ McCollum missed an off-balance 3-pointer in the closing seconds and the
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
BOSTON — The Celtics spent the days leading up to their playoff matchup with Miami talking about wanting to match the physicality of a team that would be looking for an edge without star Jimmy Butler. Boston did that and then some. Jayson Tatum notched his first NBA career playoff triple-double with 23 points, 10
Nikola Jokic is one step closer to winning a third MVP award in the last four seasons. Victor Wembanyama is surely on his way to a trophy — or maybe two. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander might get a couple of his own as well. The NBA revealed the finalists for most of the league’s postseason awards Sunday
University of Santo Tomas (UST) was on the losing end of two revenge games in the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament. National University (NU) and Far Eastern University got the Golden Tigresses’ number in the second round, making them determined not to allow a third side do that to them with the stakes now
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
Now that the misery of a string of defeats dating back to the previous conference is finally done and dusted, Converge can now give itself the belief of producing a strong finish to a miserable Philippine Basketball Association season. “We’re going to do our best to compete,” coach Aldin Ayo said after the FiberXers stunned
Carlos Yulo’s initial plans of scouting the Olympics opposition in the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Series yielded two great results that signaled his readiness to go all the way come the Paris Games later this year. The 4-foot-11 dynamo bagged the gold medal in the parallel bars and picked up the silver in the
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,
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
MANILA, Philippines–Marcio Lassiter moved into fourth place on the career three-pointers made list that served as one of the highlights of San Miguel Beer’s emphatic victory over NorthPort in the PBA Philippine Cup. Lassiter knocked down four triples in the 120-100 rout at Philsports Arena in Pasig City, surpassing Blackwater’s James Yap while closing in
MANILA, Philippines–Raymond Almazan was severely missed in Meralco’s shock loss in the PBA Philippine Cup after being served a one-game suspension for an off-court incident where he allegedly tried to bribe a traffic enforcer for using the EDSA bus lane. The Bolts lost 104-99 to the previously winless Converge FiberXers on Sunday at Philsports Arena
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.
MANILA, Philippines—University of Santo Tomas libero Detdet Pepito exuded her leadership to power the Golden Tigresses over University of the East in the second round of the UAAP Season 86 women’s volleyball tournament. With Pepito barking orders left and right, UST was able to bounce back from its heartbreaker at the hands of Far Eastern
