France tops Poland, Spain beats Germany in EuroBasket semis
BERLIN—France sent a message on its way to grabbing a spot in the EuroBasket championship game and a showdown with Spain.
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BERLIN—France sent a message on its way to grabbing a spot in the EuroBasket championship game and a showdown with Spain.
WOLLONGONG, Australia—Ellen van Dijk defended her title and claimed a third women’s time trial gold medal at the opening event of the world road cycling championships on Sunday.
CAVITEX scored its breakthrough in the Philippine Basketball Association 3×3 after toppling one heavyweight after the other on its way to the Leg 2 title in the season-opening conference Sunday at Robinsons Novaliches.
LAS VEGAS—After 36 rounds together in the ring over the past five years, Canelo Álvarez finally put a convincing finish on his remarkable trilogy with Gennady Golovkin.
ROGER FEDERER never let ’em see him sweat.
WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden plans to meet at the White House on Friday with family members of Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) star Brittney Griner and Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan, both of whom remain jailed in Russia, the White House announced Thursday.
NEW YORK—A picture story co-authored by Olympic gold medalist Tommie Smith and a novel by Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk were among the nominees Wednesday on long lists for the National Book Awards.
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey—Nearly one in five US adults bet money on sports over the past year, according to a survey released Wednesday.
TAGAYTAY City—Ernest John “EJ” Obiena spent Day 2 of his three-week vacationing paying Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino a visit on Friday and thanking the POC head for fully supporting his campaign.
THE timing of it all hardly could be more symbolic: Within a span of two weeks, Serena Williams plays what is believed to be her last match at age 40, Roger Federer announces he’ll be retiring at 41, Iga Swiatek wins her third Grand Slam title at 21, and Carlos Alcaraz gets his first at 19.
MANILA Chooks! went off to a flying start while world No. 29 Cebu Chooks! got stunned in the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3×3 International Quest Friday at Ayala Malls Solenad in Sta. Rosa, Laguna.
TNT finds itself bracketed with two top contenders as the Tropang Giga target a second straight title in Season 2 of the Philippine Basketball Association 3×3 First Conference on Saturday.
VNS-One Alicia sets out for an all-important match leading to its semifinal drive but faces a team coming off a key reversal as the Spikers’ Turf Open Conference heads to its last two elimination playdates at the Paco Arena in Manila Saturday.
ENDEAVOR Streaming announced its newest partnership with Tap Digital Media Ventures Corp. (TapDMV) to launch TapGO TV, the Philippine’s first pure-play subscription streaming service.
Roger Federer announced Thursday that he is retiring from professional tennis at age 41 after winning 20 Grand Slam titles.
THE two Philippine women’s teams made it to the round-of-16 in the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Senior Women’s Beach Volleyball Championship Thursday in Roi-Et, Thailand.
UNIVERSITY of Perpetual Help System Dalta shoots for its second straight win as it plays Arellano University Friday in the National Collegiate Athletic Association men’s basketball tournament at the Filoil EcoOil Centre.
BERLIN—Luka Doncic and Slovenia roared back from a 23-point deficit, and looked as if they were well on their way to a berth in the EuroBasket semifinals.
ATLANTA—A new fan-controlled basketball league is expected to begin play in February.
NEW YORK—Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver was likely spared even stronger sanctioning by the National Basketball Association (NBA) for his racist, misogynistic and hostile words and actions because of one key conclusion by investigators, Commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday.
NO Carlos Alcaraz, no problem for Spain.
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy—For Rory McIlroy, it’s a flat-out “no.”
SAN DIEGO—Although four years are an eternity in sports, Canelo Álvarez still remembers every round of his two fights with Gennady Golovkin. He recalls every tactical decision and momentum shift during those now-distant meetings with arguably his greatest rival.
ERNEST JOHN “EJ” OBIENA has a full three weeks ahead of him to rest his mind and body before he plunges into a spartan-like 2023 season to prepare for his qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympics.
ARMY-KATINKO recovered from a fourth set struggle with a fiery start in the decider then blitzed Santa Rosa with a barrage of hits to hack out a 25-21, 22-25, 25-20, 17-25, 15-6 decision and stave off elimination in the Spikers’ Turf Open Conference at the Paco Arena in Manila on Thursday.
SIX-TIME Most Valuable Player June Mar Fajardo and explosive and do-it-all players Scottie Thompson and CJ Perez are being eyed to form the core of the national men’s team that will vie in the fifth window of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) World Cup Asian Qualifiers in November.
BOUNTY Agro Ventures Inc., mother company of Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3×3, has rendered major events to celebrate its silver jubilee.
NEW YORK—Nike released the United States’ World Cup jerseys Thursday, including a mostly white design for home matches that was criticized in advance by a pair of American players and some fans.
LOS ANGELES—A California mother must pay more than $9,000 in restitution and apologize to a teenage basketball player she told her daughter to hit during a youth basketball game in 2021, a judge ruled Wednesday.
WHEN Ernest John “EJ” Obiena arrives Thursday morning from Italy for a much-needed vacation after a golden run in his strenuous European outdoor sortie, he won’t be alone—the world No. 3 pole vaulter brought along his girlfriend, German long and triple jumper Caroline Joyeaux.
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