Philippine News

March 15 ------ Olympians EJ Obiena and John Cabang Tolentino will banner the Philippine team competing in the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland from March 20 to 22. Pole vault star Obiena expressed his excitement on social media about qualifying for the indoor championships. “Last year I missed, didn’t make the cut, grade or whatever is synonymous with ‘failing to qualify.’ That was a tough shake. I said I would bounce back time and time again but it didn’t

MANILA, March 15 ------ The MPL Philippines will be opening its newest season on March 20 as Mobile Legends: Bang Bang celebrates its 10th anniversary. Alongside the commencement of Season 17 is a new battle cry, "Palag na 'To!", and a new home venue at Victoria Sports Tower in South Triangle, Quezon City. In a press release, MPL PH said the new battle cry with "palag" at its core, "embodies confidence, resilience, and the readiness to face any opponent regardless of the odds

March 14 ------ Shai Gilgeous-Alexander broke the NBA record for consecutive 20-point games by delivering his 127th in a row in Oklahoma City's 104-102 home win over the Boston Celtics. Gilgeous-Alexander scored 35 points on sizzling 13-of-18 shooting from the floor, including 2-of-5 from three-point range, and 7-of-8 from the free throw line while adding nine assists, six rebounds, three blocks and two steals. "All the records and accomplishments are great, but they don't ma

March 14 ------ GILAS Pilipinas Women dropped its second straight contest in the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2026 Qualifying Tournament, as it was beaten by Germany, 113-80 in Villeurbanne, Lyon, France. The Philippines was no match for the double-double of former UCLA standout Emily Bessoir who tallied 25 points and 13 rebounds in the Germans' win. Sumayah Sugapong had 21 points on 7-of-11 shooting from the field, while Afril Bernardino had 13 points and nine rebounds

March 13 ------ PLDT became the first team to clinch a spot in the qualifying round of the 2026 PVL All-Filipino Conference following Creamline’s four-set loss to Akari at the Playtime Filoil Centre. The result ensured the High Speed Hitters, who currently hold a 6-1 record, cannot fall out of the top four even with two games left in the preliminary round. PLDT sits alone atop the standings and has been one of the most consistent teams of the conference so far. The permutatio

INDIAN WELLS, United States, March 13 ------ World No. 2 Jannik Sinner powered past Learner Tien, 6-1, 6-2, to book a semifinal showdown with fourth-ranked Alexander Zverev at Indian Wells. Sinner is in the semifinals at the prestigious ATP and WTA Masters 1000 for the third time, but he has never made it to the championship match. The four-time Grand Slam champion was untroubled by 27th-ranked Tien, capitalizing on a double fault from the 20-year-old American for a break in

INGLEWOOD, California, March 13 ------ Kawhi Leonard scored 45 points and the Los Angeles Clippers routed the Minnesota Timberwolves, 153-128 moving above .500 with their third straight victory and sixth in seven games. Eighth in the Western Conference at 33-32 after opening 6-21, the Clippers had their highest points total of the season. They blew out Minnesota after beating New York on Monday night to open a five-game homestand. Leonard was 15 of 20 from the the field, 6 of

March 13 ------ Sweden's Armand Duplantis attempts to pass 6.25m in the men's pole vault final of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 5, 2024. Andrej Isakovic, AFP/File Armand Duplantis broke the pole vault world record on Thursday for the 15th time at the meet that bears his name in Uppsala, Sweden, clearing 6.31 meters on his first attempt. The 26-year-old Swede broke the record he has owned since

MANILA, Philippines, March 12 ------ Alex Eala went down to a crushing defeat at the hands of world No. 14 Linda Noskova, 6-2, 6-0, in their Round of 16 duel in the Indian Wells Open in Indian Wells Garden in California yesterday.   Eala, WTA No. 32, was in the thick of the fight at 2-3 in the first set against the Czech powerhouse but couldn’t win another game in the match ending inside one hour. The 20-year-old Filipina was up 2-0 in head-to-head duels with Noskova back in

MIAMI, March 12 ------ It’s Wilt, then Bam.   Bam Adebayo had a night for all time on Tuesday, with a point total second only to Wilt Chamberlain in the NBA record books. Adebayo scored 83 points, setting league marks for free throws made and attempted in a game for the Miami Heat in a 150-129 win over the Washington Wizards. “An absolutely surreal night,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said.   Adebayo started with a 31-point first quarter and never stopped rolling. He was up to 4

March 12 ------ Olympics Silver medalists France gave Gilas Pilipinas a harsh welcome to the world stage after hacking out a 115-66 decision in the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournament Thursday morning (Manila time) at the Astroballe in Lyon.   Seattle Storm’s Dominique Malonga was one rebound away from a double-double outing after pacing France with 21 points and nine boards. Sumayah Sugapong led Gilas with 13 points while team veteran Afril Bernardino del

March 12 ------ Converge came from behind to spoil the debut of Macau, 102-94, for a winning start to its PBA Season 50 Commissioner’s Cup campaign Wednesday night.Sports Analytics Software   The FiberXers leaned on the troika of Alec Stockton, Kylor Kelley, and Justine Baltazar to turn things around after finding themselves trailing by four, 92-88, following Damian Chongqui’s freebies for the Black Knights with 5:47 to spare.   Kelley cleaned up Mikey Williams’ missed jumper

March 11 ------ THIRD time proved to be the charm for Farm Fresh as it rediscovered its rhythm in the 2026 PVL All-Filipino Conference, snapping a two-game skid with a 21-25, 25-22, 16-25, 25-18, 15-9 win over Choco Mucho at the Playtime Filoil Centre. Former Flying Titan Royse Tubino came through in the clutch in her first game against her old team, scoring four of her 14 points off the bench to help repel the squad she spent nearly two years with. The Foxies bounced back fr

MANILA, March 11 ------ The Philippine women's national football team has reached the quarterfinals of the AFC Women's Asian Cup 2026. The Filipinas' place in the knockout stage was confirmed thanks to Japan's 4-0 demolition of Vietnam in their final Group C match in Perth. Thanks to that result, the Filipinas finished as the second-best third-place team. They had finished Group A with one win and two losses, with a minus-2 goal-difference. Uzbekistan, the third-placer in Gro

LOS ANGELES, March 11 ------ Shai Gilgeous-Alexander equalled Wilt Chamberlain's 63-year-old 20-point scoring record as the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Denver Nuggets 129-126 in a pulsating clash of the Western Conference titans. Gilgeous-Alexander finished with 35 points, 15 assists and nine rebounds to pull level with Chamberlain's longstanding mark of scoring 20 points or more in 126 consecutive games set between 1961 and 1963. But Gilgeous-Alexander's equalling of

INDIAN WELLS, United States, March 11 ------ Novak Djokovic clawed out a 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 victory over 72nd-ranked American Aleksandar Kovacevic to reach the fourth round at Indian Wells for the first time since 2017. Djokovic, playing his first tournament since falling to Carlos Alcaraz in the Australian Open final, had all he could handle from the 27-year-old New Yorker, who peppered the Serb superstar with 16 aces. Djokovic made an early break stand up to take the first set,

LOS ANGELES, March 10 ------ Victor Wembanyama scored 29 points as the San Antonio Spurs laid down a playoff marker with a dazzling 145-120 thrashing of the Houston Rockets. French superstar Wembanyama was one of six Spurs players to reach double figures as San Antonio bombarded Western Conference rivals Houston with a stream of 21 three-pointers. Wembyanama dominated at both ends of the court, fleshing out his stat line with four blocks and two steals in addition to eight re

INDIAN WELLS, March 10 ------ World number two Jannik Sinner took another step toward a first Indian Wells ATP Masters title, easing past Denis Shapovalov 6-3, 6-2 to reach the fourth round. After dropping just two games in his second-round opener against Czech qualifier Dalibor Svrcina, Sinner was caught napping to drop his serve in the opening game. He responded with confidence against a potentially tricky opponent known for producing winners. Sinner quickly recouped the br

March 10 ------ GEORGE Russell converted pole position into victory after a hard-fought Australian Grand Prix in 2026 season opener at Albert Park. The Mercedes driver secured the sixth win of his Formula 1 career, finishing nearly three seconds ahead of teammate Kimi Antonelli (+2.974s), who matched his career-best result from São Paulo last year. The result marked Mercedes’ first one-two finish since the 2019 Russian Grand Prix in Sochi, and the team’s first without seven-t

MANILA, March 10 ------ Up and coming Filipino gymnast Karl Eldrew Yulo wrapped up his debut in the senior level at the 2026 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Baku in Azerbaijan. Eldrew is the younger brother of two-time Olympic gold medalist Carlos Yulo. The 18-year-old gymnast came up empty-handed in the finals of his pet event, the floor exercise and the horizontal bar. Yulo finished seventh out of eight competitors in the men's horizontal bar on Sunday, after scoring 13.0