Sports | ABS-CBN News

MMA: Team Lakay’s Gina Iniong pregnant with first baby

ABS-CBN News
Jun 07 02:53 AM

Now Iniong is contemplating taking a lengthy furlough from MMA, maybe even retiring. Read more »

Proud of his showing vs Naoya Inoue, Donaire feels he can still be world champ

ABS-CBN News
Jun 07 12:45 AM

Donaire gave Japanese champion Inoue a hell of a fight last year, which, for Donaire, proved he still has a lot left in his tank even at age 37. Read more »

Why Pacquiao’s trainer doesn’t worry about the champ getting in shape

ABS-CBN News
Jun 07 12:24 AM

Conditioning coach Justine Fortune said he believes Pacquiao will have no problem getting back in competitive shape once he gets the call to fight again.   Read more »

It’s 2021 or never for Tokyo Games, says senior Olympic official

Agence France-Presse
Jun 06 09:20 PM

High-ranking Olympic official Pierre-Olivier Beckers on Saturday made plain that the delayed Tokyo Olympics "will be held in 2021 or not at all". Read more »

Djokovic worried by 'extreme, impossible' US Open health restrictions

ABS-CBN News
Jun 06 05:45 PM

World number one Novak Djokovic described the strict hygiene restrictions under which the US Open is likely to be played as "extreme" and a cap on support teams as "really impossible" on Friday. Read more »

NBA: Players on return-to-play plan — ‘Various details remain to be negotiated’

Reuters
Jun 06 05:09 PM

The National Basketball Players Association agreed to further talks with the NBA on a proposed 22-team return-to-play format on Friday. Read more »

NFL's Roger Goodell admits 'We were wrong' over player protests

Agence France-Presse
Jun 06 05:03 PM | Updated Jun 06 05:32 PM

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell admitted Friday the league had been wrong to silence player protests as it responded to calls from a group of players to issue an explicit condemnation of racism. Read more »

Soccer: Dortmund's Sancho, Akanji fined for getting haircuts without face masks

Reuters
Jun 06 04:58 PM

BERLIN - Borussia Dortmund's Jadon Sancho and Manuel Akanji were fined an unspecified amount by the German Football League (DFL) on Friday for failing to wear face masks during a visit from a hair dresser. Read more »

Golf: Memorial cleared to be first PGA Tour with fans amid COVID-19

Reuters
Jun 06 04:53 PM

Next month's Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio will be the first on the PGA Tour's revamped schedule to allow spectators amid the COVID-19 pandemic, organisers announced on Friday. Read more »

NBA: Durant won't play for Nets this season- report

Reuters
Jun 06 02:37 PM | Updated Jun 06 02:38 PM

Former NBA MVP Kevin Durant will not make his Brooklyn Nets debut when the season resumes next month, the New York Post reported Friday, ending speculation that the veteran forward might salvage some games in the 2019-20 season.   Read more »

NBA legend Michael Jordan donating $100 million to social justice groups

Agence France-Presse
Jun 06 06:20 AM

Michael Jordan said Friday he is making a record $100 million donation to groups fighting for racial equality and social justice amid a wave of protests across the United States. Read more »

MMA: Danny Kingad would love to avenge defeats to Johnson, Moraes

ABS-CBN News
Jun 06 03:20 AM

Team Lakay's Kingad said he wouldn't say no to fighting either ONE flyweight champion Adriano Moraes and flyweight Grand Prix king Demetrious Johnson.    Read more »

Mixed messages, as sports world backs US protesters

Rob Woollard, Agence France-Presse
Jun 06 01:56 AM

It appears that there's a sharp contrast between the solemn statements of support and how some sports bodies view protests by their own athletes. Read more »

PBA: Jaworski walang trademark shot? Arnaiz sinagot ang pambabash ni Atoy Co

ABS-CBN News
Jun 06 01:46 AM

Maaaring walang pinasikat na isang offensive move si Jaworski noong naglalaro pa siya sa PBA, pero jack of all trades naman ang tinaguriang "Living Legend," sabi ni Arnaiz. Read more »

PBA: In wake of US protests, Phoenix players share own experience of racist abuse

ABS-CBN News
Jun 06 12:59 AM

Calvin Abueva and his Fuel Masters teammates took to Instagram to share their personal experience of discrimination. Read more »