'We only have one shot at making it to the Olympics and we cannot be satisfied with almost winning,' says Gilas Pilipinas team manager Richard del Rosario

Filipino long jumper Janry Ubas rules the XXXIII Qosanov Memorial in Almaty, Kazakhstan, to gain valuable points for his Paris Olympics bid

EJ Obiena earns back-to-back podium finishes for the first time in this outdoor season as he reigns in the Memorial Czeslawa Cybulskiego in Poland with a month to go before the Paris Olympics

All the pain and injuries Cliff Hodge sustained throughout the years pay off as he finally captures an elusive PBA championship with Meralco

Gilas Pilipinas will debut its new uniforms in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Riga, Latvia, as it hopes to catch the last bus to the Paris Games

'Thank God that I got the call to come back,' says Meralco active consultant Nenad Vucinic as he helps guide the Bolts to their first-ever PBA championship two years since he left the team

June Mar Fajardo says life goes on for San Miguel even as the Beermen lose in the PBA Philippine Cup finals for the first time since they drafted the seven-time MVP

June Mar Fajardo gets both the Best Player of the Conference award and the crucial Game 4 win as San Miguel ties the PBA Philippine Cup finals against Meralco

San Miguel star June Mar Fajardo once again proves that the Philippine Cup is his domain, winning eight of his 10 Best Player of the Conference plums in the tournament

'I want to leave the sport by making history,' says Olympic silver medalist Nesthy Petecio as she aims to complete her unfinished business in the Paris Games

Raymond Almazan redeems himself from a scoreless outing with a double-double in Game 3 as Meralco grabs a 2-1 lead in the PBA Philippine Cup finals

Chris Newsome is well aware that a 2-1 lead in the PBA Philippine Cup finals does not guarantee a storybook ending as Meralco survives San Miguel in Game 3

Johann Chua says he is 'more than grateful' even after missing out on becoming the fifth Filipino to win the World Pool Championship

Chris Newsome saves the day for Meralco with key buckets down the stretch as the Bolts nail a 2-1 lead against San Miguel in the PBA Philippine Cup finals

Carlo Paalam moves within two wins of a Paris Olympics berth as he advances to the quarterfinals of the second World Qualification Tournament

EJ Obiena finishes at joint second in the Oslo Bislett Games in Norway even as he breaks a pole for the second straight competition

Meralco has never won in a best-of-seven series in franchise history, but the Bolts have a chance to change that as they force a do-or-die Game 7 against Barangay Ginebra in their PBA Philippine Cup semifinals

June Mar Fajardo takes over in the third quarter as San Miguel clobbers Rain or Shine for a 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven semifinals in the PBA Philippine Cup

Carlos Yulo emerges as the best performing senior male athlete in the Asian championships for the third straight year as he rules the vault and parallel bars on top of his victories in the individual all-around and floor exercise

Meralco overcomes a career performance by Christian Standhardinger to pull level with Barangay Ginebra in the PBA Philippine Cup semifinals

Eldrew Yulo rules the vault in the junior level of the Men's Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships, right after his older brother Carlos captured two gold medals in the senior division

EJ Obiena bounces back from his ninth-place finish in the World Athletics Indoor Championships as he captures his third gold medal of the year in the run-up to the Paris Olympics

Terrafirma stands a win away from a breakthrough semifinal appearance in franchise history as it drags CJ Perez and No. 1 San Miguel to a sudden death in the PBA Philippine Cup quarterfinals

After a 5-1 start, Robert Bolick and NLEX lose six of their last seven games as they exit the PBA Philippine Cup following a sweep by Meralco in the quarterfinals

Ginebra head coach Tim Cone says Scottie Thompson and Christian Standhardinger are just fine after he sat the two out down the stretch in a loss that snapped the Gin Kings' four-game winning streak

Robert Bolick and NLEX get back on track after four straight losses to clinch the No. 6 seed in the PBA Philippine Cup and avoid a precarious situation going into the playoffs

Initially a scratch for their final elimination round game in the PBA Philippine Cup, Jayson Castro pulls through as TNT clinches the No. 4 seed in the quarterfinals

Gilas Pilipinas head coach Tim Cone says Bennie Boatwright resembles current naturalized player Justin Brownlee

Heroes are aplenty as Barangay Ginebra notches its 100th win against Magnolia on Easter Sunday

CJ Perez says Robert Bolick deserves the MVP award just as much as the two talented guards take turns in helping Team Mark salvage a thrilling tie with Team Japeth in the PBA All-Star Game

Shaking off his early struggles, Robert Bolick hits one of the biggest shots in PBA All-Star Game history for a rousing end to the midseason spectacle that returned to Bacolod for the first time since 2008

Justin Arana aims to play in the main event of the PBA All-Star Weekend after earning MVP honors in the Rookies-Sophomores-Juniors Game by powering Team Greats past Team Stalwarts

TNT's Calvin Oftana dethrones Paul Lee for the Guards/Wings Three-Point Shootout crown during the PBA All-Star Weekend in Bacolod City

Raymond Almazan credits former teammate Paul Lee for some valuable tips as he tops the first-ever Big Men Three-Point Shootout during the PBA All-Star Weekend

Cliff Hodge, 36, earns a PBA All-Star selection for the first time in his 12-year professional career

Allein Maliksi overcomes his shooting struggles as Meralco crushes Barangay Ginebra to get back on track in the PBA Philippine Cup

June Mar Fajardo returns to action for San Miguel after sitting out Gilas Pilipinas' first-window campaign in the FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers due to a calf injury

The goal is to complete a championship sweep for the PBA season, but the San Miguel Beermen refuse to get ahead of themselves