The Philippine Women’s Open — the first-ever WTA-level tournament held in the country — offered more than just a chance for Filipinos to witness world-class tennis. More importantly, it gave local athletes an opportunity to experience top-level competition firsthand. This was exactly what UAAP Season 87 co-MVP Kaye Emana experienced when she competed in the […]
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Riding the wave of Alex Eala’s rising fame, Croatian star Donna Vekic is betting that the inaugural Philippine Women’s Open can help grow tennis in the country—and inspire the next generation of players to follow in the footsteps of the homegrown sensation. “It is amazing to ride on the wave of Alex’s impact and what […]
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For a long time, they were tagged as chokers. Now, they can finally call themselves world champions. Aurora Gaming PH completed its date with destiny, capturing the M7 World Championship title after a dominant 4–0 sweep of Indonesia’s Alter Ego in the grand finals on Sunday at the MPL Arena XO Hall in Jakarta, Indonesia. […]
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Alex Eala, 18-year-old SEA Games women’s doubles bronze medalist Tennielle Madis, and UAAP standouts Kaye Emana of UST and Elizabeth Abarquez of NU will defend the home front against an impressive field of international players when the main draw of the inaugural Philippine Open officially begins on Monday at the outdoor hard courts of the […]
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Spikers’ Turf powerhouse Cignal and Steven Rotter have mutually agreed to part ways, the team announced Friday night. Rotter played a pivotal role for the HD Spikers over the past year, helping anchor the club’s championship runs in the 2024 Invitational and 2025 Open Conferences. The former AMC Cotabato standout claimed both Best Opposite Spiker […]
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As the calendar flipped and fireworks lit up the sky at the stroke of midnight, the biggest bang of the New Year belonged to Eya Laure. After a year-long absence from the Premier Volleyball League, Laure officially ushered in a new chapter by signing with Choco Mucho, ending months of uncertainty surrounding one of the […]
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Alas Pilipinas spent the year climbing heights it had never reached before. From the indoor courts to the open sand, the program showed a steady rise throughout the year, with its men’s and women’s teams breaking barriers that had long defined the country’s limits on the international stage. Breakthroughs on Both Fronts The ascent began […]
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Two years ago, SIBOL Pilipinas medaled in every event it entered at the 32nd Southeast Asian Games, finishing third overall with two golds, one silver, and three bronzes before going on to reign supreme as overall champions of the IESF World Esports Championship. That success now feels distant, overshadowed by a series of heartbreaks in […]
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The Philippines closed its 33rd Southeast Asian Games campaign with a defining statement—one that now stands as the strongest collective performance by Philippine football and futsal teams in the nation’s SEA Games history. Across women’s football, men’s football, and women’s futsal, Philippine teams advanced deeper than ever before, doing so with conviction, competitiveness, and consistency […]
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Two weeks before the WTA 1000 Miami Open last March, Alex Eala competed in the ITF W75 Trnava in Slovakia. Ranked 140th in the world at the time, Eala was defeated in the second round by world No. 266 Valentina Ryser of Switzerland, 6-4, 2-6, 2-6. Two months earlier, she missed out on the women’s […]
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As 2025 draws to a close, one group stands head and shoulders above the rest in Philippine football — the Philippine Women’s National Football Team. The Filipinas have become the undisputed standard-bearers of the sport in the country. In a year defined by their reclamation of the Southeast Asian throne and cementing their status as […]
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Undermanned but unyielding, University of Santo Tomas–Gameville pulled off a stunning reverse sweep of Far Eastern University–DN Steel, 22-25, 20-25, 25-23, 25-23, 15-13, to secure a semifinals berth in the 2025 Spikers’ Turf Invitational Conference on Sunday at the Paco Arena. Playing without stars Josh Ybañez, Al Bukharie-Sali, JJ Macam, and even head coach Odjie […]
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