Credit to Author: Associated Press| Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 16:14:21 +0000
CHICAGO: Miami Heat forward Derrick Jones Jr. celebrated his 23rd birthday by winning the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest, edging Orlando Magic forward Aaron Gordon in a memorable showdown that required two tiebreaker jams. Jones and Gordon each got a perfect 50 on both of their dunks in the final. Then they got two more perfect […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 16:12:57 +0000
LOS ANGELES: Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker will take the place of injured Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard in the NBA All-Star Game and the three-point contest, league commissioner Adam Silver said on Thursday (Friday in Manila). The nod from Silver gives Booker his first NBA All-Star selection in his fifth season, although he […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Josef T. Ramos, TMT| Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 16:11:50 +0000
Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) Executive Director Sonny Barrios announced on Friday the postponement of the Philippines vs Thailand first window game of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Asia Cup qualifiers on February 20 at the Araneta Coliseum because of the 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease outbreak. “At 7:55 p.m. [on Thursday], the SBP […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Eddie G. Alinea| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 13:28:13 +0000
The second World War that hovered above when Berlin hosted the 11th Olympic Games in 1936, finally broke out in the years that followed obliterating the holding of the Games as originally scheduled in Tokyo in 1940 and London in 1944. In 1948, despite endless rain, food rationing, housing shortages, and the damage wreaked by […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 16:15:56 +0000
MELBOURNE: Novak Djokovic paid “huge respect” to old rival Roger Federer on Thursday night after he swept past the ailing star and into a record eighth Australian Open final to move closer to his 17th Grand Slam crown. In the 50th installment of one of sport’s greatest rivalries, the Serb shrugged off a tentative start […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 16:14:30 +0000
MELBOURNE: Roger Federer’s fans call him the Greatest Of All Time but after defeat at the Australian Open his hold on the men’s record for career Grand Slam titles is growing ever weaker. When Federer walked gingerly off Rod Laver Arena on Thursday after his injury-hit semi-final loss to Novak Djokovic, he will have been […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 16:18:37 +0000
LOS ANGELES: LeBron James passed Kobe Bryant on the all-time scoring list with a 29-point performance on Saturday (Sunday in Manila), but his Los Angeles Lakers suffered a one-sided loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, 108-91. James, who was named to his 16th straight all-star game this week, etched his name in the record books by […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 16:17:31 +0000
MELBOURNE: Coco Gauff’s bid for history at the Australian Open ended in tears in the last 16 on Sunday as the 15-year-old crashed out in three sets to fellow American Sofia Kenin. The 14th seed Kenin recovered from a set down to win convincingly 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-0. She plays China’s 27th seed Wang Qiang […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Josef T. Ramos, TMT| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 16:13:41 +0000
Top Rank Promotion boss Bob Arum clarified that he was not stealing Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) superstar Conor McGregor from either Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather Jr. when he brought up the idea of a possible crossover bout between welterweight champion Terence Crawford and McGregor. McGregor, who fought Mayweather in 2017, announced recently that there […]
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Credit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2020 16:15:26 +0000
LOS ANGELES: Mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor returns to the Octagon after a 15-month absence seeking — he says — to leave controversy behind him. The Irish star takes on experienced Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas — where Wednesday’s final press conference offered a remarkable […]
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