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Jiu-jitsu fighter Kaila Napolis added another feather to her cap after clinching the country’s first gold medal in the World Combat Games in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Thursday, Oct. 26. Kaila Napolis becomes the country’s first gold medalist in the World Combat Games. (File Photo) The 25-year-old Napolis displayed her …

Philippine Army asserted its dominance in boxing by clinching five gold medals in the 2023 ROTC Games National Championships inside the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex on Thursday, Oct. 26. Florence Sumpay, right, prevails over fellow Army Rodrigo Lumogda in the ROTC Games. With all five matches being disputed by Army …

Creamline made short work of Gerflor, 25-15, 25-12, 25-10, to remain unscathed in the Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference at the Ynares Center in Antipolo on Thursday, Oct. 26. Creamline celebrates a point in its match against Gerflor. (PVL Images) Everybody contributed a little of everything for the Cool Smashers …

LONDON (AFP) — Two London police officers were fired on Wednesday, Oct. 25, after a disciplinary hearing found them guilty of gross misconduct during the stop and search of two black professional sprinters, in the latest scandal to hit Britain’s biggest force. British athlete Bianca Williams (AFP) The capital’s Metropolitan …

Sarina Bolden stepped up as the Philippine women’s national football team turned back 38th-ranked Chinese Taipei, 4-1, in the second round of the AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament on Thursday, Oct. 26, at the Perth Rectangular Stadium, HBF Park. From down a goal in the second half, the world No. …

National University escaped a gritty University of the East, 64-61, for its fifth straight win in the second round of the UAAP Season 86 men’s basketball tournament on Wednesday, Oct. 25, at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. The Bulldogs hung tough in the third period to turn …

Jielo Razon ignited a fourth quarter attack to power Perpetual past reigning champion Letran, 73-61, in the NCAA Season 99 men’s basketball tournament at the FilOil EcoOil Centre in San Juan City on Wednesday, Oct. 25. Perpetual’s John Abis (NCAA Media) Razon spearheaded the 19-0 spurt for the Altas to …

Blacklist International came through with a methodical Game 5 performance to dispatch a hard-fighting Onic Philippines, 3-2, and advance to the upper bracket semifinals of the MPL Philippines Season 12 playoff at the EVM Convention Center on Wednesday, Oct. 25. The Codebreakers pulled themselves together and returned to their old, …

L-Jay Gonzales sank the buzzer-beating triple to give Far Eastern University another upset win over defending champion Ateneo, 62-59, in the second round of the UAAP Season 86 men’s basketball tournament on Wednesday, Oct. 25, at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. The Tamaraws held on to the …

Jeron Teng is thrilled to join San Miguel Beer – the very same team his father Alvin played for and carved a name for himself in the PBA. First look at Jeron Teng in SMB uniform (Reynald Magallon/MB) The second generation player was the latest addition to the stacked Beermen …