Doble: Guest team
A GUEST team in NOPSSCEA? Why not?
It used to be that some 10 teams or a dozen participate yearly in the so-called basketball developmental league of the Negros Occidental Private Schools Sports and Cultural Educational Association, specifically in the 10 Under division.
This year...
USLS humbles Rogers
UNIVERSITY of St. La Salle-NHOJs streaked to its third victory, as it held off Rogers Province of Negros Occidental, 104-101 while JSY Transport rallied past Fil-Sino B-Meg Mang Inasal, 94-79 last Saturday in Class A action of the 12th Tan Kek Pin Memorial Basketball Cup at the Bacolod Tay Tung...
Erco-A bags 2 titles
THE veterans of Erco-A FC bucked terrible playing conditions to defend their title in the 36 above category of the 9th Thirsty Cup Football Festival at the University of San Carlos-talamban Field.
Erco-A FC backed by Philippine Air Force players from the United Football League routed...
Uzbekistan U23 blanks Philippines in Dubai friendly
THE Philippines dropped its first tuneup match, 3-0, to the Uzbekistan Under 23 in Dubai last Saturday.
The national team is in the Middle East for a training camp to prepare for the Asian Football Confederation Challenge Cup in Nepal next month and will play two more friendlies against...
Pason pockets top prize in USC chess
ALLAN Pason added another title as the 14-year-old second year high school student of Pajo National High School in Lapu-Lapu City topped the 1st University of San Carlos-Basic Education Department (USC-BED) Active Chess Tournament held at the USC-North Campus gym last Sunday.
Hayco: CCSC to trim summer program to 11 sports events
THE Cebu City Sports Commission (CCSC) has trimmed the number of sports events they will offer to the barangays in summer.
CCSC chairman Edward Hayco told Sun.Star Cebu that 11 sports events will be offered to the residents of Cebu City after the Holy Week. The disciplines are taekwondo...
Players hail Ceva’s plan for commercial league
FORMER varsity players in Cebu are looking forward to the staging of the planned Cebu Volleyball Association (Ceva) commercial volleyball league this summer.
Genie Alonzo Sabas, a former standout of the University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJR), said the tournament will allow her to...
Limpag: Weiss and the Azkals: whiners and losers?
THERE, I said it. I know some folks want to see these seven words on print and I’m granting their wish.
Mary Grace Delos Santos beats Joy Tabal in SM2SM 21K
MARY Grace Delos Santos raised the banner for locals as the only Filipino to win the premier half-marathon category while the rest of the categories were dominated by Kenyans in the second SM2SM Run yesterday.
Delos Santos’ stint in this year’s race was unplanned as she is currently on a...
Batch 2002 wins in BKBL tourney
BATCH 2002 defeated the 420 team, 82-77, to pick up its first win in the 4th Blue Knights Basketball League (BKBL) at the Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU) Matina Campus Sports Complex Saturday.
Cycle foils Zoelo
CYCLE Fork Oil handed Zoelo Extreme its first loss in the 3rd Trip Ko Phoenix Fuels U-16 Basketball Cup at the Almendras Gym Davao City Recreation Center Sunday.
Cycle Fork Oil edged the Zoelo Extreme, 60-54, to halt the latter's win streak at two.
Ronald Jabican led Cycle Fork...
Sabaldan: Run for Kythe and Zoofari Kid's Adventure
WE HAVE an announcement to make.
On Tuesday, February 14, 2012, Valentine's Day, the Sports Communicators Organization of the Philippines (Scoop-Davao) will hold its forum outside its mother host Royal Mandaya Hotel to make a way for the invitation of Davao City's newest pride, the...
Kalinga scores grand slam in baseball
TABUK CITY, Kalinga -- From day one up to the championship game, Kalinga was eyeing that three peat in the baseball competition as the province hosted the Cordillera Administrative Region Athletic Association (Caraa).
Apayao starts prep for Caraa 2013
TABUK CITY, Kalinga -- Not even a last place finish will hinder Apayao from hosting the 2013 edition of the Cordillera Administrative Region Athletic Association (Caraa).
With the weeklong sporting spectacle of the region coming to a close, Apayao formally received the regional banner in...
Casimero stops Lazarte to win IBF title
CEBU CITY -- Johnreil Casimero redeemed himself and gave his countrymen something to be proud of as he captured the vacant International Boxing Federation (IBF) light flyweight title Saturday in front of a hostile crowd of Argentineans.
Casimero’s career has been a rollercoaster ride as...
Barili FC overcomes odds, bag Players 8 title in first attempt in Thirsty Cup
IF CATMON has a strong foundation in volleyball, Barili is aiming to have a football powerhouse team.
The Players 8 team of Barili FC hit it big in its first attempt in the Thirsty Cup as it beat the visiting Masbate, 2-1, in an exciting shootout in the final.
“It is our dream for...
Pachanga tops gutsy Queen City
CEBUANO keeper Charles Villarta played exceptionally but paid dearly for a single mistake in Cebu Queen City United’s 1-0 loss to leaders Pachanga FC in the United Football League Division 2 at the Rizal Memorial Stadium yesterday.
Cebu is stuck at seventh place with four points on a win...
Football dads to organize summer tournament
A CASUAL conversation resulted to an agreement among three friends to host the 1st BRO National Football Festival on April 20 to 22 at the Aboitiz Sportsfield.
Engr. Keith Buyco, Engr. Rodney Orale and Don Bosco high school head coach Glen Ramos got inspired to put up a tournament that...
Sy wins gold in Asian Youth
CEBUANA bowler Alexis Sy captured the 16th Asian Youth Tenpin Bowling Championship girls’ masters title last Friday night in Cairo, Egypt.
Sy, who was the top seed, beat No. 3 qualifier Soon Hye-Rin of Korea, 493-389, to win the gold medal.
The Cebuana trashed Soon, 247-168, in the...
Casimero stops Lazarte to win IBF title
JOHNREIL Casimero redeemed himself and gave his countrymen something to be proud of as he captured the vacant International Boxing Federation (IBF) light flyweight title yesterday in front of a hostile crowd of Argentineans.
Pages: Is Lance joining Cebu’s Xterra or Ironman?
YES. I mean, yes, there’s a possibility. The 7-time Tour de France champion joined two Xterra races last year.
What’s Xterra? It’s an off-road triathlon with an open-sea swim, a mountain-bike ride, and an off-road trail run.
Lance joined the Xterra USA Championship in Utah last...
Mendoza: Coke back to SMC? Nothing wrong there
WHAT’S all this fuss about Coke being owned again by San Miguel Corp. (SMC)?
If true, I see no problem there.
It’d just be a plain business deal. Nothing more, nothing less.
I don’t see this, it indeed it’s true, as interfering in the life and existence of the Philippine...
Quijano: Congratulations, Johnreil Casimero
IT couldn’t have come at a better time. With his birthday only two days away, Johnreil Casimero (16-2, 10KOs) stopped Luis Alberto Lazarte for the interim IBF light flyweight title in Club Once Unidos at Buenos Aires, Argentina.
No small matter beating an Argentinian at his own backyard...
CCSC’s new project
CEBU City Sports Commission’s (CCSC) comprehensive batted sports program is off and running.
CCSC chairman Edward Hayco and executive director Brando Velasquez watched more than 50 kids from four school districts get their basic lessons from the volunteer trainers lead by Dionisio...
DHC marks another milestone
THERE'S no stopping the Davao Horse Club (DHC) from soaring high.
Now on its 15th year, the long-running group of horse riders in Davao City marked another milestone when it held its induction of officers last January with sportsman-educator William "Butch" Ramirez as the inducting...
