Joaquin Henson – The Philippine Star November 13, 2021 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — It’s all systems go, no matter what, for the PBA’s inaugural 3×3 season to start next Saturday, Nov. 20, at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig with a six-leg, three-co…
Hidilyn’s heir banners Philippine weightlifters in world championships in Uzbekistan
Joey Villar – Philstar.com November 12, 2021 | 3:06pm MANILA, Philippines – Teenage sensation Vanessa Sarno will go all out to show she’s the heir apparent to Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz as the former spearheads a crack Philippine team ba…
Jack’s first sport not hoops
SPORTING CHANCE – Joaquin M. Henson – The Philippine Star November 12, 2021 | 12:00am Believe it or not, 6-5 Jack Animam’s first sport wasn’t basketball. Growing up in Malolos where she was born, Animam said she played badminton before her M. H. del Pi…
Michael Martinez plunges back to figure skating action in Austria tiff
Luisa Morales – Philstar.com November 11, 2021 | 9:46am MANILA, Philippines – Two-time Winter Olympian Michael Martinez continues his return to competition ice with a stint in the 2021 Cup of Austria. The tiff is the eighth event in the 2021-22 ISU Fig…
When will church bells ring?
SPORTING CHANCE – Joaquin M. Henson – The Philippine Star November 11, 2021 | 12:00am Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz and her coach Julius Naranjo are tying the knot next year but exactly when is still up in the air. But she recently hinted th…
Will Junna rule world meet?
Joaquin Henson – The Philippine Star November 11, 2021 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Karate Pilipinas Sports Federation president Ricky Lim said yesterday he expects Junna Tsukii to dominate the -50 kilogram women’s division at the World Championship…
SEA Games training set early next year
Philstar.com November 10, 2021 | 4:54pm MANILA, Philippines – The training of the national athletes plunging into action in the Hanoi Southeast Asian Games in May next year starts on January 10 next year. Ramon Fernandez, the country’s SEA Games chef-d…
Hidilyn skips Tashkent world tilt
Joaquin Henson – The Philippine Star November 9, 2021 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz has decided not to compete at the World Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Dec. 7-17, declaring she won’t…
Can IOC fix weightlifting, boxing?
THE GAME OF MY LIFE – Bill Velasco – The Philippine Star November 8, 2021 | 12:00am “We are quite concerned because in these two federations there are problems of good governance and that is why we are currently monitoring them very closely. We will ma…
Female coach cracks PBA
Olmin Leyba – The Philippine Star November 8, 2021 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Coach Mau Belen is ready for the challenge as she spearheads TNT’s campaign in the coming PBA 3×3 and makes history as the first female mentor in Asia’s first play-for-p…