Josef Ramos

ERNEST JOHN “EJ” OBIENA settled for a silver medal in his first indoor campaign at the Internationales Springer-Meeting on Thursday in Cottbus, Germany.

HEAD Coach Frankie Lim and NLEX got their wish at the 11th hour as import Jonathon Simmons suited up in a Road Warriors uniform and didn’t disappoint.

ERNEST JOHN “EJ” OBIENA opens the indoor season on Thursday at the Internationales Springer-Meeting in Cottbus, Germany, where he will be vying against familiar foes who have become his pals in the small world-class men’s pole vault community.

RETURNING import KJ McDaniels and the Meralco Bolts proved too much for Rain or Shine at the start of the Philippine Basketball Association Governors’ Cup. 

HEAD Coach Tim Cone enumerated several reasons why Barangay Ginebra San Miguel practically ran away with the Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner’s Cup on Sunday night at the Philippine Arena in Bocaue.

COACH Brian Goorjian and the Hong Kong Bay Area Dragons worked hard in beating the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Gin Kings on Wednesday night to stay alive in the Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner’s Cup Finals.

MELVIN JERUSALEM arrived in Cebu City on Sunday morning beaming with pride as he held in his hands the World Boxing Organization (WBO) minimum weight belt he won in Osaka two days ago.

THE Hong Kong Bay Area Dragons played without any of their prolific imports but still came out fuming as they wore down the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Gin Kings, 94-86, on Friday to again tie the Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner’s Cup championship series.

MELVIN JERUSALEM scored a second-round technical win over Japanese Masataka Taniguchi and suddenly, the Philippines now has a world champion in professional boxing.

JUSTIN BROWNLEE erupted for 19 of his 34 points in the fourth quarter as Barangay Ginebra San Miguel scored a come-from-behind 89-82 win over Hong Kong Bay Area in Game 3 of the Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner’s Cup Finals at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. 

ON March 15, 2022, the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) for the FIBA 2023 World Cup met for the very first time at the Malarayat Golf and Country Club to get the ball rolling for one of the biggest events the country will host this August since the 2019 Southeast Asian Games.

RICHARD “DICKIE” BACHMANN admitted on Wednesday that the offer from the highest official of the land for him to head the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) was something he couldn’t decline.

HONG KONG Bay Area has the momentum while Barangay Ginebra San Miguel—according to coach Tim Cone—“has the ball on its court” in Game 3 of the Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner’s Cup Finals Wednesday at the  Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.

TEAM manager Jojo Lastimosa will tend to the herd as Chot Reyes spends more time in preparing the national men’s team for the FIBA 2023 World Cup the country is lead hosting from August 25 to September 10.

TWO-TIME world champion Carlos Yulo will compete in four Artistic Gymnastics World Cup legs inside a three-month swing and has calendared the Cambodia 32nd Southeast Asian Games in May and the Hangzhou 19th Asian Games in September.

CHRISTIAN STANDHARDINGER manned the fort while LA Tenorio and Justin Brownlee were busy sniping in Barangay Ginebra San Miguel’s 96-81 Game 1 victory over the Hongkong Bay Area Dragons in the Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner’s Cup Finals on Sunday night at the Mall of Asia Arena.

VIGAN City, Ilocos Sur—Puerto Princesa City’s Miguel Carlos emerged as the most successful athlete of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC)-Batang Pinoy National Finals with seven gold medals in archery he snatched on Wednesday.

BARANGAY Ginebra San Miguel caught Magnolia on its bad hair day and scored a 99-84 victory on Wednesday and claim the first finals berth in Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner’s Cup at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.

VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur—Jathniel Caleb Fernandez of Baguio City and Adrianna Jessie Magbojos of Sta. Rosa City shot their way to a five-gold medal effort in archery to emerge the most successful young athletes so far in the Philippine Sports Commission’s (PSC) Batang Pinoy National Championships at the San Ildefonso Central School.

SIMON ENCISO nailed a three-pointer at crunch time as San Miguel Beer beat the Hong Kong Bay Area Dragons, 98-96, to avoid being swept in their best-of-five semifinal series in the

PAUL LEE not called the “Lethal Weapon” as the former Univerity of the East Res Warrior hit a buzzer-beating basket to lift Magnolia, 6-95, past San Miguel Beer and level their best-of-five semifinal series at 1-1 in the Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner’s Cup at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City Friday.

VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur—Franz Isaac Ubaldo was 12 years old when he won gold medals at Puerto Princesa City’s pool in the 2019 Batang Pinoy.

BARANGAY Ginebra San Miguel and Hong Kong Bay Area go for a commanding 2-0 lead over their respective opponents in Game 2 of the semifinals series in the Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner’s Cup on Friday at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City.

FORMER world champion Jerwin “The Pretty Boy” Ancajas makes his bantamweight debut against International Boxing Federation (IBF) Pan Pacific champion Songsaeng Phoyaem of Thailand on February 12 at the Imus Sports Complex in Imus, Cavite.

ATENEO denied University of the Philippines (UP) a sweep via a 65-55 victory night and sent the University Athletic Association of the Philippines Season 85 men’s basketball Finals to a do-or-die Game Three on Wednesday in front of 20,616 fans at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

SOFIA FRANK has a busy 2023 calendar to guarantee that she levels up following her gold medal-winning performance at the Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy held last week at the Oasis Centre Arena in Jakarta, Indonesia.

THE Hong Kong Bay Area Dragons got their rhythm back with just enough time left to nip San  Miguel Beer, 103, 102, in Game 1 of their best-of-five semifinals series in the Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner’s Cup at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City.

THE top-seeded Hong Kong Bay Area Dragons brace for a potential classic semifinal showdown with No. 4 San Miguel Beer on Wednesday at the start of their best-of-five semifinal series in the Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner’s Cup at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City.

THE Hong Kong Bay Area Dragons routed Rain or Shine, 126-96, on Friday to advance to the best-of-five semifinals of the Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner’s Cup at the Philsports Arena in Pasig City.

SAN MIGUEL Beer didn’t give Converge breathing in a 114-96 victory in Game 1 on Wednesday of their best-of-three quarterfinals showdown in the Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner’s Cup at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City.

THIRD seed Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and NorthPort open their best-of-three quarterfinals series Wednesday in the Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner’s Cup at the Philsports Arena in Pasig City.

HIDILYN DIAZ-NARANJO has adjusted to the cold weather and thin Colombia air four days before she goes for her first world weightlifting championships gold medal.

AN unhealthy season resulted to an early exit for head coach Chot Reyes and the TNT Tropang Giga in the Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner’s Cup.

IMPORT Earl Clark and the NLEX Road Warriors refuse to go for an early vacation by rallying past the Meralco Bolts, 92-81, booting their victims out of quarterfinals contention Wednesday in the Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner’s Cup at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City.

VETERAN mixed martial artist Arvin Chan eyes a big win against American former UFC campaigner Will “The Kill” Chope for the interim welterweight belt in the Universal Reality Combat Championship (URCC) 81 Decades of Success (DOS) on December 6 at the Okada Manila in Parañaque City.

BARANGAY Ginebra San Miguel faces NLEX Friday with the Gin Kings going all out for a win that would keep them on track for a twice-to-beat advantage in the playoffs of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner’s Cup.

CAPAS, Tarlac—The Philippines will host the 11th Asian Age Group Swimming Championships in November next year—the second major international competition to be staged at the world-class New Clark City (NCC).

FOR the Tokyo Olympics, it was Malacca. For next month’s world championships, it’s Suwanee, Georgia.

DID Terrafirma play NLEX on its “bad hair day” or was it because the Dyip were a well-oiled machine running on high octane fuel?

TERRAFIRMA’S woes are now over after the Dyip drove past the Road Masters of NLEX, 124-114, in overtime to finally crawl out of the Philippine Basketball Association’s second-worst losing streak on Friday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

MERALCO’S playoff became imminent after the Bolts posted an 97-91 victory over the TNT Tropang Giga on Wednesday in the Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner’s Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

COACH Chot Reyes and Gilas Pilipinas didn’t disappoint in Amman by dealing Jordan its first home loss, 74-66, Friday.

THE Philippines plays Jordan in an away game at the Prince Hamza Arena in Amman on Friday in the fifth window of International Basketball Federation (FIBA) World Cup Asia qualifiers.

CARLOS “CALOY” YULO didn’t win gold at the Liverpool World Artistic Gymnastics World Championships and settled for a silver in vault and bronze in parallel bars.

MAGNOLIA survived a sluggish first quarter in routing hapless Blackwater, 91-69, on Sunday to stay on top of the Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner’s Cup standings at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. 

KMS-QUEZON City and Imus AJAA beat their separate foes on Sunday for a hot start in the Philippine National Volleyball Federation Champions League women’s competition at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City.

CARLOS YULO finished seventh in his pet floor exercise at the Liverpool World Artistic Gymnastics Championships on Sunday, no thanks to a slip early in his routine.

CARLOS “CALOY” YULO’S first of three possible big days comes Friday (Saturday morning in Manila) in the men’s all-around finals of the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool England.

MEGGIE OCHOA ruled the women’s adult -48 kgs category on Thursday to snatch the Philippines’ second gold medal at the Jiu-Jitsu International Federation World Championships at the Jiu-Jitsu Arena in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. 

CARLOS YULO now looks every inch prime for global stardom, Gymnastics Association of the Philippines President Cynthia Carrion-Norton told BusinessMirror on the eve Thursday of Yulo’s campaign in the men’s all-around event at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Liverpool.

CARLOS YULO positioned himself for medal contention in four events—including his favorite floor exercise and the all-events—in the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Tuesday in Liverpool, England.

CARLOS YULO plunges into action as one of the favorites in the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships on Tuesday morning (Manila time) at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, England.

CONVERGE goes for a third straight win as the FiberXers take on the TNT Tropang Giga on Friday in the Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner’s Cup at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

FILIPINO-AMERICAN Isabella Gamez and her Russian partner Alexander Korovin—competing under the Philippine flag—clinched silver at the Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d’Azur in Nice, France, over the weekend.

SAN MIGUEL Beer snapped out of a two-game losing streak by stopping NLEX, 124-116, on Sunday in the Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner’s Cup at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. 

ARVIN TOLENTINO showed up when it mattered most to lead NorthPort to an 87-83 come-from-behind win over Blackwater in the Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner’s Cup Wednesday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

EUMIR FELIX MARCIAL earned a passing grade from champion trainer Jorge Capetillo after the Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist—bloodied from an accidental head butt—won his third fight as a professional at the expense of American Steve Pichardo over the weekend in Carson City.

OLYMPIC medalist Kayla Sanchez will have to wait awhile before she can begin scooping medals for the Philippines in international competitions.

THE Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) has proposed a 2023 budget of P5.216 billion most of which are intended for infrastructure at a national training center in Bataan and for major international and local competitions and events.

TWICE denied of regaining his world title, Jerwin “Pretty Boy” Ancajas is bent at leaving the super flyweight class and fight in the heavier bantamweight division.

SAN MIGUEL Beer bounced back from a frustrating defeat to Blackwater by beating Rain or Shine, 113-105,on Sunday in Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner’s Cup at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City.

OLYMPIC gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz Naranjo will go after a world championships gold medal—the only title missing from her collection—but admitted she’s barely starting from scratch to get her winning numbers back.

MANDAUE City—There’s something about Cebu that inspires Ronald Mascariñas—the godfather of Philippine 3×3.

THE Paris Olympics are in July 2024 but the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) wanted preparations to start in earnest by sending a team to the French capital next month to scout for training facilities or gyms for weightlifting, gymnastics and boxing.

NICHOLAS RAKOCEVIC looked good in his Philippine Basketball Association debut as he led Magnolia to a 100-92 victory over Terrafirma in the Commissioner’s Cup on Wednesday Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.

THE 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou next year ranks high in Ernest John “EJ” Obiena—next to his bid of returning to the Olympics in Paris 2024.

A MANY-TIME national team member and key player at TNT Tropang Giga, Troy Rosario has found himself in an environment so unusual to him since he was picked No. 2 overall in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) 2015 Rookie Draft.