Eric Jed Olivarez dispatched Lance Fernandez with ease, 6-1, 6-1, completing the quarterfinal cast in the Mayor Eric Olivarez National Open Tennis Championships at the Olivarez Sports Center in Sucat, Parañaque Tuesday. The top-seeded Olivarez, who ove...

By NIKOLE JAVIER   After a heartbreak in Hanoi, the Philippine men’s national football team suffered yet another nasty defeat, absorbing a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Indonesia in a joint qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and 2027 AFC Asian Cu...

By REYNALD MAGALLON Filipino International Master (IM) Daniel Quizon boosted his bid to become the country’s first world junior chess champion. The 20-year-old wunderkind outlasted Russian IM Artion Stribuk to forge a five-way deadlock at the top of st...

By MARK REY MONTEJO   Paris-bound boxer Nesthy Petecio knows that there’s not much time left for her, so she wants to end her career – already an illustrious one – in a blaze of glory. The 32-year-old Petecio will try to surpass her silver medal w...

By ASSOCIATED PRESS     LOUISVILLE (AP) — Xander Schauffele faced yet another major champion down the stretch and this time delivered some magic of his own. He swirled in a 6-foot birdie putt on the final hole Sunday, May 19, to win the PGA C...

By ASSOCIATED PRESS   JERSEY CITY (AP) — With her record-tying winning streak over, Nelly Korda got back to doing what she does best — winning. Nelly Korda won a back-nine showdown with Hannah Green of Australia with a par on the 18th hole to capt...

By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Brothers Carlos and Karl Eldrew Yulo took the Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships by storm after ruling their respective events on Sunday, May 19, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The younger Karl Eldrew first took the limelight by cap...

By NIKOLE JAVIER McLaren Development Driver Bianca Bustamante produced her first podium finish this season in the second round of the F1 Academy on Monday morning, May 6 (Manila time) at the Miami International Autodrome. The 19-year-old Filipina racer...

By MARK REY MONTEJO Veteran Carlo Biado failed to complete what could an amazing comeback from the losers bracket after he uncharacteristically self-destructed against a rival not alien to many Filipino cue artists. After reaching the hill first, the m...

By ASSOCIATED PRESS     LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani went 4 for 4 with two home runs, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves, 5-1, on Sunday afternoon, May 5, to sweep the three-game series. Ohtani launched a hanging curvebal...

PLDT heads into the Holy Week break with much to reflect on and be thankful for, particularly after its 25-9, 25-13, 25-21 victory over Farm Fresh that kept the High Speed Hitters on pace with the Creamline Cool Smashers at the top halfway through the ...

Fancied VNS Asereht-Savouge and upstart Umingan, Pangasinan rolled past their respective counterparts while three more teams scored big wins to set the pace in the men’s division Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) Under-18 Championship on...

TAGBILARAN CITY,—Vitor Virgel summoned all the strength and grit he could muster to pull off hard-earned seventh-round knockout win over a game Tae Sun Kim of South Korea in the main event of “Kumong Bol-anon 14” on Friday night, March 8, at the packed...

By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA     Carlos Yulo closed out his campaign in the Baku leg of the 2024 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series in Azerbaijan with a bronze-medal effort in his pet event floor exercise on Saturday, March 9. The two-time worl...

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Manila Southwoods rode on a hot start to overcome a five-point deficit and cruise to a 13-point victory in the 75th Philippine Airlines Men’s Regular Invitational at the Pueblo de Oro Golf and Country Club on Monday, March 4...

By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA     Games Tuesday (PhilSports Arena) 4 p.m. – Capital1 vs SGA 6 p.m. – Farm Fresh vs Akari     Farm Fresh guns for its second win when it faces a winless but dangerous Akari side on Tuesday, March 5,...

By MARK REY MONTEJO     Siblings Sydney and Chino Sy-Tancontian spearheaded the Philippine sambo team’s successful stint in the 2024 Dutch SAMBO Open in Dalfsen, The Netherlands over the weekend. Sydney, who bagged a bronze medal in World Sam...

By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA     Filipino boxers opened their Paris Olympics campaign with a bang after two fighters advanced to the next round at the start of the World Qualifications Tournament in Busto Arsizio, Italy on Sunday, March 3 (Monday, Ma...

Dhea Cua continued to flaunt her exceptional skills in the Davao region swing of the PPS-PEPP junior tennis circuit, scoring another double victory in the girls’ 16- and 18-and-under categories in the Gov. Yvonne Cagas Championships at the Bansalan Ten...