Philippine chessers bag 4 golds in Singapore

The Philippines struck for four gold medals on top of a silver and four bronzes in the Singapore International Chess Festival at the Jurong East Sports Complex Sunday. Winning for the PH squad were Michelle Yaon in the girls’ Under-17 division, Vince Angelo Medina in the Open Under-17, Fide Master Paulo Bersamina in the Open Under-14 and Dennis Gutierrez III in the Open...

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Guiao key in RoS mission

MANILA, Philippines — While many PBA observers expect a shootout and an exciting run-and-gun encounter between Powerade and Rain or Shine, questions arise on which team holds the advantage in their best-of-seven semifinal showdown in the PBA Philippine Cup. Will Yeng Guiao’s coaching experience help the Elasto Painters? Or will Gary David’s scoring prowess be enough to lead...

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Boxers in Mongolia training

MANILA, Philippines - With the qualifying events for the London Olympics going full blast early 2012, the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP) is eyeing to send its male hopefuls to Mongolia and female aspirants to Kazakhstan to gear them up for the qualifiers. ABAP executive director Ed Picson said the plan is to bring along Rey Saludar and Co. to Ulan Bator,...

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PBA D-League resumes at The Arena

MANILA, Philippines - NLEX and Freego Jeans hope to come out strong from a long layoff as they take on Boracay Rum and Café France, respectively, at resumption of action in the PBA D-League Aspirants’ Cup at The Arena in San Juan today. The Road Warriors (5-1) step up their drive for an outright semifinal berth as they collide with the Boracay Rum side (4-4) at 2 p.m. and...

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SI analyst predicts Pacquiao will lose in 2012

Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao will lose a boxing match in 2012 for the first time in seven years, a boxing analyst from Sports Illustrated predicted. Pacquiao has not lost a bout since his unanimous decision setback to Erik Morales in 2005, but Sports Illustrated's Chris Mannix is predicting that Pacquiao will lose to Juan Manuel Marquez this year. "The two rivals...

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Event of the Year: The SMART Ultimate All-Star Weekend

For most NBA fans, the lockout was a nightmare that everybody wished would end. For Filipino basketball fans, the lockout made our wildest dreams come true. And considering all that it led to the lockout lasting a little longer probably wouldn’t have been so bad. With the NBA’s Collective Bargaining Agreement up in the air, many NBA players looked for alternative forms...

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Coach of the Year: Ato Agustin of the Petron Blaze Boosters

Five months after leading Petron Blaze to an upset over Talk ‘N Text in the 2011 Governors’ Cup finals, Boosters coach Ato Agustin admitted that the infamous incident between him and his counterpart Chot Reyes might have taken the Tropang Texters out of their game. “Nawala sa huwisyo yung Talk ‘N Text nung nagkaroon kami ng sagutan ni Coach Chot,” he said. After Petron was...

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Villain of the Year: The South Korean national basketball teams

It’s really difficult to brand any one individual or team as a villain. Certainly, South Korea held no malicious intent when it rallied from 11 points down in the fourth quarter to overtake the SMART-Gilas Pilipinas national team with 47 seconds to go in the third place game of the FIBA Asia Championships last September. Surely, all the team wanted was the same thing our team...

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Breakthrough Athlete of the Year: Stephan Schrock of the Azkals

Significant time has passed since Filipino-German midfielder Stephan Schrock last suited up for the Philippine national men’s football team that it’s starting to feel like it didn’t really happen. So it’s understandable that Filipino fans, many of whom are only taking up football for the first time, kind of forget the impact that Schrock brought to the Azkals this year. Simply...

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