By Adrian Stewart Co The Philippine women’s national basketball team scored an 81-75 win over Malaysia in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games last Sunday at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. After seeing their 12-point third quarter lead turn into a six-point deficit, Ana Castillo drained back-to-back triples to tie the score …
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Philippine women’s football team loses bronze medal match
By Adrian Stewart Co The Philippine women’s national football team, the Maditas, fell short of capturing a medal in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games after falling 2-1 to Myanmar in the bronze medal match over the weekend at the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium in Manila. After a scoreless first half, Quinley Quezada put the Philippines …
Ilonggo fighter wins silver
By Adrian Stewart Co After earlier giving himself 99.9 percent odds of wining gold in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games sambo competition, Ilonggo fighter Rene Catalan recently finished with a silver medal after losing 11-3 in the men’s 57-kilogram combat event to Indonesian opponent Fajar Fajar at the Angeles University Foundation gym in Pampanga. Sambo …
Negrense boxers win gold
By Adrian Stewart Co Negrense boxers Rogen Ladon and James Palicte both on gold in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) last night at the Philippine International Convention Center Forum in Pasay City. Ladon, originally from Bago City, defeated Thailand’s Ammarit Yaodam to win the flyweight division; while Palicte took the light welterweight medal …
Philippines finishes fourth in women’s volleyball
By Adrian Stewart Co The Philippine women’s volleyball team finished fourth place in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games after falling 25-20, 24-26, 25-15, 20-25, 16-14 last night to Indonesia in the bronze medal match at the Philsports Arena in Pasig City. Trailing by a set heading into the fourth, Ejiya Laure, Mika Reyes, Frances Molina, …
Bacolodnon player drafted by TNT
By Adrian Stewart Co Bacolodnon guard Kirell ‘Kib’ Montalbo was drafted by TNT KaTropa as the 11th overall pick during the 2019 PBA Rookie Draft yesterday at the Robinsons Place Manila. Montalbo, a former standout for St. John’s Institute and De La Salle University, is considered a solid pick and projected to add depth to …
Filipino boxer retains IBF belt
Filipino boxer Jerwin Ancajas retained his International Boxing Federation world super flyweight belt after a sixth round stoppage win over Chilean fighter Miguel Gonzales over the weekend at the Auditorio GNP Seguros in Puebla, Mexico. The victory marked his eighth successful title defense since first capturing the championship after beating Puerto Rican boxer McJoe Arroyo …
Palarong Panlalawigan kicks off today
The 2019 Palarong Panlalawigan kicks off today with Bacolod Tay Tung High School, which is representing the Negros Occidental Private Schools Sports Cultural Educational Association, looking to defend their title at the Montalbo Residence in Bacolod City. A win would secure them a spot in next year’s Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association Meet. The team …
Philippines falls to Indonesia in women’s volleyball
The Philippine women’s national volleyball team suffered another loss in the ongoing Southeast Asian Games as Indonesia came back from behind to win 22-25, 28-26, 25-22, 25-14 last Saturday at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City. It was the third straight defeat for the Philippine team. After winning the opening set, the Philippines seemed to …
2019 SEA Games
Knott, Obiena set new track and field records Kristina Knott and Ernest John Obiena both set new records at the ongoing Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) track and field events. Knott won gold with a time of 23.01 seconds in the women’s 200-meters and set a new national record after beating the 23.32 seconds set …