PHILADELPHIA — Ivory Coast rejoiced as players dropped to their knees on the pitch for a team photo — peerless in national team history — and they all pointed one finger toward the sky. One, for the West African team’s first-ever trip to the World Cup knockout round. READ: World Cup is half over, but […]
SINGAPORE—UST-SHS officially bid goodbye to its 2026 NBA Rising Stars Invitational championship dreams on Thursday at OCBC Arena here but the Junior Growling Tigresses left the court smiling. Despite absorbing a close 81-78 loss at the hands of Australia’s Rowville Secondary College, the girls from España found something to be happy about despite their elimination. […]
The PBA is once again going to implement a group-stage format for the season-ending Governors’ Cup, which tips off on July 10. PBA commissioner Willie Marcial confirmed the format on Thursday, though he didn’t respond when asked about specific details on the final conference of Season 50, which will run until December but will have […]
MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA—Brazil star Vinícius Júnior knew what his critics were saying coming into this World Cup, that he just can’t score on soccer’s biggest stage the way he can at Real Madrid. He clearly didn’t listen. Vinicius has four goals now in this tournament—only Lionel Messi, with five, has more—and the flashy Brazilian got […]
Justine Baltazar will now get his chance to showcase what he can give Gilas Pilipinas after making the 12-man roster for the third window of the Fiba World Cup Asian Qualifiers. The Converge star in the PBA missed out on a Gilas stint in two home matches of the Qualifiers last February, but this time […]
Angelo Que has found another gear, something not all 47-year-olds ever get to do. He swears he’s doing nothing special. As a matter of fact, his chores of late have been more than what it used to, and doing them all well has helped his mental game. The physical aspect of golf has just […]
SINGAPORE—Japanese school Tottori Johoku dashed any hopes of a Philippine championship in the NBA Rising Stars Invitational as it gave FEU-Diliman the boot, 81-75, at OCBC Arena here Thursday night. Earlier, fellow Filipino squad UST-SHS was also eliminated from the girls’ competition after losing to Australia’s Rowville Secondary College. “We’re still happy that we got […]
Four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka is through to the semifinals of the Wimbledon warm-up tournament in Bad Homburg, Germany after a dominant win over Ekaterina Alexandrova on Thursday. The Japanese sixth seed won 6-2, 6-2 in just 59 minutes to reach the final four of the grass court tournament just days out from the […]
South Korea coach Hong Myung-bo took the blame for his team’s limp 1-0 defeat to South Africa on Wednesday that left their World Cup hopes hanging by a thread. Hong left superstar Son Heung-min out of his starting line-up for his side’s final group match in Monterrey. After a bright start for South Korea, South […]
MEXICO CITY– Lionel Messi celebrated his 39th birthday on Wednesday during a World Cup that, at least for now, has brought him nothing but joy: Defending champion Argentina has already qualified for the knockout stage, and its captain has become the tournament’s career scoring leader. Messi marked the occasion alongside his teammates at Argentina’s training […]
