Sports
PSC urged to release athletes' allowance
Senator Bong Go asked the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) to expedite the release of the allowances of the national athletes amid the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Go, chairman of the Senate committee on sports, made his call after he received queries from some national athletes who have ye...
Football team's financial status in question
The Games and Amusements Board (GAB) is investigating the financial status of Global Makati. In a statement, GAB gave the Philippines Football League (PFL) outfit 10 days to explain about the allegations by some of its players that they have not been receiving salaries for a long time already. &qu...
Isaac of Orlando Magic gets knee surgery
Orlando Magic forward Jonathan Isaac had successful surgery to repair a torn ACL in his left knee, the team announced. Isaac was injured in the fourth quarter of Sunday's 132-116 win over the Sacramento Kings in a game during the NBA's restart near Orlando. Isaac also had some meniscal rep...
NBA teams pledge $300 million to black empowerment
NBA team owners will contribute $300 million over the next decade to establish a charitable foundation dedicated to economic empowerment in the black community, the league announced Wednesday. The NBA Foundation, launched in partnership with the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), will ...
Athletes stop practice under MECQ
Games and Amusements Board (GAB) Baham Mitra expressed optimism that provinces that reverted to modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) would have their quarantine status downgraded to a less strict general community quarantine (GCQ) so that professional athletes could resume their practice. ...
Gilas secures spot in FIBA WC '23
Gilas Pilipinas and Japan were assured of slots in the 2023 FIBA World Cup, the first time that multiple nations will collaborate as hosts, as announced by FIBA on Monday night. The world's basketball governing body said both squads, which participated in last year's edition of the quadrenn...
GAB to prepare stakeholders under MECQ
The Games and Amusements Board (GAB) will devote the two-week return to the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) of Metro Manila and other areas to better prepare its partners for the professional teams' return to practice. With the resumption of training among Philippine Basketball As...
Tamayo, Abadiano to join UP Maroons
University of the Philippines (UP) got the commitment of Carl Tamayo and Gerry Abadiano to join its men's basketball team for the upcoming University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) season. Tamayo and Abadiano, formerly of Nazareth School of National University, will be playing f...
Abelardo loses in One Championship return
Filipino-Kiwi fighter Mark Abelardo fell prey to One Championship debutant Fabricio Andrade of Brazil in the promotion's return to action amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic at the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand on Friday night. During the “One: No Surrender&rdq...
Second season of Chooks 3x3 attracts 10 teams
Ten clubs expressed intention to join the second season of the Chooks-To-Go Pilipinas 3x3. League commissioner Eric Altamirano met the officials of these teams on Thursday to discuss how the new season will start. Present in the owners meeting that took place at the C3 Events Place in San Jua...
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