Home favourite Jemma Reekie took 800 metres silver on the final night of action at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow for her first global medal. The 25-year-old Scot clocked a time of 2:02.72 as she finished 0.82 seconds behind Ethiopia’s Tsige Duguma, with the medal one of two won by Great Britain on Sunday … Read more
Maruichi’s Yuji Kawagoe. — PVL PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — Yuji Kawagoe was a man possessed in the Spikers’ Turf Invitational Conference battle for third, helping Japanese team Maruichi Hyogo survive Saints and Lattes Letran, 20-25, 25-16, 25-21, 22-25, 15-11, and end their stint with a bronze medal on Friday at FilOil EcoOil Centre in San … Read more
Vanie Gandler and Cignal HD Spikers close in on PVL All-Filipino Conference bronze. –PVL PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — Cignal inched closer to another bronze medal in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) after venting its ire on Chery Tiggo, 25-19, 21-25, 25-15, 25-20, in Game 1 of their best-of-three battle for third in the second All-Filipino … Read more
Elreen Ann Ando becomes Team Philippines’ saving grace in the weightlifting competition of the 19th Asian Games and leaves disappointments in the last big meet behind. –AP HANGZHOU, CHINA—Sidetracked by a demoralizing meltdown in the continental championships a few months back, Elreen Ann Ando has just rediscovered her confidence—and the road back to the Paris … Read more
HANGZHOU, China—The Philippine sepak takraw squad made sure there won’t be a medal shutout for the country on Tuesday in the 19th Asian Games. Headlined by veteran striker Jason Huerte and Rheyjey Ortouste, the men’s quadrant team salvaged a bronze after falling prey to Indonesia, 2-1, during their semifinal at the Jinhua Sports Centre Gymnasium. … Read more
Alex Eala in her Asian Games women’s singles semifinals match. –POOL PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — Facing her toughest opponent yet, Alex Eala didn’t back down and pushed the World No.23 Zheng Qinwen of China to her limits before yielding a 1-6, 7-6(5), 3-6 loss in their thrilling semifinal duel in the Asian Games women’s singles … Read more
Alex Eala reacts during her quarterfinal match at the Asian Games.–Photo from Rafael Academy HANGZHOU, China—Alex Eala stormed back from a set down and turned back Japan’s Kyoka Okamura, 0-6, 7-5, 6-0, to march into the semifinals of women’s tennis singles at the 19th Asian Games. The 18-year-old fourth seed not only moved closer to … Read more
Jones Inso’s effort pays off with an Asian Games bronze medal. (FILE PHOTO) Jones Inso got a share of the limelight in wushu men’s taijiquan-taijijian all-around on Monday, generating another bronze medal for the Philippines in the 19th Asian Games (Asiad) where one medal bet suffered an unexpected loss in the pool but vowed to … Read more
Dillon Brooks was greeted with boos each time he took the ground for Canada on the 2023 FIBA World Cup. When he exited the courtroom for the final time in Manila, Philippines, he was met with chants of “MVP” as an alternative. Brooks had the sport of his life on Sunday, main Canada to certainly … Read more