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Another respectful institution recognized Manny Pacquiao for his outstanding contributions to the Philippines. The 35-year-old global boxing icon was given a citation by a group of international and local leaders. Photo Credit Manny Pacquiao Facebook Account Known as one of the icons in Filipino boxing, Pacquiao received the General Carlos P. Romulo Award from the … Read more
The Filipino-American speedskater J.R. Celski will lead the United States short-track speed skating team which will compete in the upcoming 2014 Sochi Olympics to be held in Russia this coming February, 2014. The 23-year-old skater is one of the favorite to win the competition, this will be his second chance to compete in the world’s … Read more
There had been rumors that New York superstar Carmelo Anthony’s possible destination come summer free agency is the Lakers but the king of Los Angeles himself said he will not actively recruit the high-scoring forward. Photo credit: zagsblog.com Though a good friend of Anthony, injured star guard Kobe Bryant told the media on Sunday that … Read more
Following a successful hosting of the country of the Fiba Asia championship last August, the Philippines is now being offered to host the 3×3 Asia-Pacific competition on July. photo credit: www.3la3.ro This development was bared by Samahang Basketbolng Pilipinas (SBP) president Manny V. Pangilinan on Saturday in the Philippine Sportswriters (–foul word(s) removed–)ociation (PSA) annual … Read more
Manny Pacquiao has to think two situations this April – the rematch against Timothy Bradley and the birth of his fifth child. He is very busy in the coming months as a Father and at the same a boxer. (–foul word(s) removed–)istant trainer Buboy Fernandez confirmed that the Filipino Boxing icon is set to square-off … Read more
“Hopefully, on January 30, masabi na nila sa akin kung anong time that’s available to us,” (statement from sports5.ph) photo credit: ph.sports.yahoo.com This is the statement of Gilas Pilipinas head coach Chot Reyes when he talked about his meeting with the PBA board on January 30, where he is being invited to discuss the preparation … Read more
Filipino young GM Wesley So settled with another draw after he battled GM Pentala of Harikrishna in the 76th Tata Steel Tournament in Amsterdam. Photo credit: philstar.com Following a huge win from Dutch Loek Van Wely, the 20-year old wood pusher ended a draw with Harikrishna after 31 moves. So is currently tied at fourth … Read more
Filipino campaigners Richard Gonzales and Ian Lariba had qualified in the World Table Tennis Championship in Japan after their great showing in the last Sea Games in Myanmar, Table Tennis (–foul word(s) removed–)ociation of the Philippines (TATAP) president Ting Ledesma said. Photo credit: digitaledition.philstar.com Gonzales, who clinched bronze medal in Sea games, together with Lariba … Read more
Higher rankings await for Stanislas Wawrinka and Dominika Cibulkova after recording great upsets in the recent 2014 Australian Open. Stanislas Wawrinka, the newest Australian Open titlist, is expected to move up from No. 8 to No.3 replacing the position of David Ferrer when the new ATP rankings are released on Monday. Wawrinka faces tough matches … Read more
Owing to the monumental achivements of Philippine basketball last year, the Gilas Pilipnas and Samahang Basketball ng Pilipinas and other sportsmen in the field emerged as top awardees in the Philippine Sportswriters (–foul word(s) removed–)ociation awards last night. Photo credit: Spin.ph (Dante Peralta) The Spain-bound Gilas Pilipinas players led by Jimmy Alapag, Jason Castro, Gabe … Read more