Paalam, Petecio banner PH boxing team to Bulgarian tilt

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2023 04:45:37 +0000

By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Tokyo Olympic silver medalists Carlo Paalam and Nesthy Petecio spearhead the promising Philippine team that left for Sofia, Bulgaria Friday night, Feb. 17 to compete in the 74th Strandja International Boxing Tournament. The event, considered as the oldest boxing competition in Europe, is expected to gather some 470 athletes from 42 nations to […]

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IM Daniel Quizon keeps Asean title bid alive

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2023 04:32:38 +0000

By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA International Master Daniel Quizon downed IM Yeoh Li Tian to keep his title and Grandmaster norm bids alive with two rounds left in the AQ Prime ASEAN Chess Championship at the Great Eastern Hotel in Quezon City Thursday, Feb. 16. Quizon beat his Malaysian rival in 57 moves of a Sicilian Defense […]

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Santillan game-winner lifts import-less ROS past Terrafirma

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2023 03:49:46 +0000

By REYNALD MAGALLON Leonard Santillan scored on a short stab with 0.7 seconds left to lift an import-less Rain or Shine past Terrafirma, 120-118,  for the team’s first back-to-back wins in the 2023 PBA Governors’ Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Thursday, Feb. 16. With the score knotted 118 apiece with 24 seconds left, […]

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Crossovers beat Cargo Movers in 3 sets, tie CCS for lead

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 22:06:55 +0000

Chery Tiggo dispatched F2 Logistics with surprising ease, 25-19, 25-14, 25-16, to re-join Creamline at the helm in the Premier Volleyball League All Filipino Conference Thursday, Feb. 16, at the Philsports Arena in Pasig City. The Crossovers dominated the Cargo Movers in the first two frames then turned what had started to be a tight […]

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Perpetual honors PBA star Thompson with jersey retirement

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 09:53:30 +0000

Ginebra’s Scottie Thompson, together with Perpetual Altas team manager and Athletic Director Anton Tamayo and University of Perpetual Help System Dalta (UPHSD) Las Piñas City campus School Director Dr. Don De Guzman, raises the replica of his Altas jersey No. 6 in a ceremony held at Gym II of the Home of the Altas in […]

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Biagtan on the chance of fighting in ONE Championship: ‘I can’t lose this fight’

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 08:45:29 +0000

Fritz Biagtan has watched his friends from the sidelines as they took ONE Championship by storm, and now he’s getting his shot in the world’s largest martial arts organization.  Biagtan will make his long-awaited entry into ONE when he takes on Adamkhonov Nurmuhammad in a three-round flyweight MMA bout at ONE Friday Fights 5 this […]

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OKBet, MPBL renew ‘love affair’ a night after Valentine’s Day

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 07:54:07 +0000

A night after the celebration of Valentine’s Day, the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League and gaming platform OKBet renewed their “love affair” as they intend to help more aspiring players reach their full potential and eventually realize their dreams. Boxing legend and MPBL founder Manny Pacquiao expressed his elation to the commitment of support made by […]

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Jokic logs 21st triple-double as Nuggets down Mavs

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 06:00:30 +0000

LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Nikola Jokic bagged his 21st triple-double of the season as the Denver Nuggets maintained their grip on top spot in the NBA’s Western Conference on Wednesday with a 118-109 victory over the Dallas Mavericks. Two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Jokic finished with 14 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists to set […]

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EJ Obiena finishes last in French tourney won by Duplantis

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 05:25:57 +0000

By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Some good things never last. That proved true for pole vaulter EJ Obiena who failed to make to the podium for first time in seven tries in the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais at the Arena Stade Couvert in Lievin, France Wednesday, Feb. 15 (Thursday in Manila). And sadly, it was a disastrous campaign […]

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NBTC National Finals and All-Star Game slated at MOA

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 05:04:23 +0000

The finest Filipino high school players here and abroad will converge once more inside the SM Mall of Asia Arena from March 15 to 19 in the 2023 NBTC National Finals and All-Star Game. “Finally, after a three-year wait, the stage is set for young Filipino talent to shine again. We’re very much excited for […]

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