Metro Sports articles
Moralde to serve as playing coach of Muntinlupa Cagers
Dave Moralde will become the latest playing coach in the MPBL — at least on an interim basis. The hardworking guard will temporarily take over the head coaching post of the Muntinlupa Cagers, while continuing to shore the back court of the former championship contender which has struggled big ...
MPBL: Caloocan, Makati sustain winning streaks
Host Caloocan and Makati sustained their winning runs Thursday night even as Marikina finally barged into the win column of the MPBL Lakan Season at the Caloocan Sports Complex. The Victory Liner-supported Supremos notched their fourth straight win with a 93-77 drubbing of the SOCCKSARGEN Marlins-A...
Taekwondo medalist meets with Valenzuela mayor
Young Taekwondo champion, Kezhia Tachiana Mangin of Colegio de Sta. Cecilia, pays Mayor Rex Gatchalian a courtesy call at the City Hall on August 15, 2019. Mangin bagged a bronze medal in the 2019 World Cadet Taekwondo Championships held in Uzbekistan on August 7-10. Mangin also won a bronze ...
Caloocan scores four in a row; Marikina gets first win
Caloocan sustained its winning run Thursday night even as Marikina finally barged into the win column of the MPBL Lakan Season at the Caloocan Sports Complex. The Victory Liner-supported Supremos notched their fourth straight win, this after whipping the SOCCKSARGEN Marlins-Armor On, 93-77. Rene P...
UAAP to inroduce girls' basketball as demo sport
For the first time in the history of the UAAP, a girls' basketball tournament will be held as demonstration sport. The tournament will start either on October 26 or 27, according to event sub-host National University. "It's long overdue for the UAAP to have a basketball tournament for...
Caloocan runs supreme over visiting Bacolod
The Caloocan Supremos-Victory Liner ran past the Bacolod Master's Sardines, , to wrap up Thurday games in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) Lakan Cup at the Caloocan Sports Complex. The Supremos outrebounded the visiting Bacolod, 50-31, as well in second chance points, 23-8. Ren...
Makati outlasts Bicol in MPBL match
The Makati Super Crunch remained high in the end game to hold off the Bicol Volcanoes, 83-75, in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) Lakan Cup at the Caloocan Sports Complex. Pressure defense and the run and gun game delivered pretty well for Makati to claim their second straight win. ...
Marikina's young guns need a leader to orchestrate win
Head coach Elvis Tolentino emphasized the need for a leader of his young Marikina Shoemasters to finally book a win in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) Lakan Cup. After seven games, they are yet to file a victory as they got manhandled by the at the Ynares Sports Arena last Tue...
Relentless Reverente empowers Pasay to defeat Batangas
The Pasay Voyagers ran behind Dhon Reverente to overcome the Batangas City Athletics-Tanduay, 72-61, in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) Lakan Cup at the FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan. Reverente was a monster all throughout, stamping a 26 point, 15 rebound performance to give P...
Coach lauds San Juan's defense vs QC Capitals
Head coach Randy Alcantara acknowledged the defense shown by his San Juan Knights in the second half to defeat the visiting Quezon City Capitals. "Buti nalang nakabalik kami sa dati naming depensa. Nung first three quarters mahina yung depensa namin sa outside eh, buti nalang nakadep...