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Basketball: Gilas Pilipinas-China tune up ends in a draw

ABS-CBN News
Jun 23 06:40 PM | Updated Jun 23 09:33 PM

Gilas Pilipinas' tune up with the China national basketball team ended in a 79-79 tie on Wednesday at the Angeles University Foundation Gym in Pampanga. Read more »

Alapag impressed by Belangel, Abarrientos: Point guard position 'in good hands'

Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News
Jun 23 05:14 PM

Jimmy Alapag admitted he was impressed by the latest batch of point guards Gilas Pilipinas has in its disposal. Read more »

WATCH: Funnyman Benjie Paras scares nurse during COVID jab

ABS-CBN News
Jun 23 05:01 PM | Updated Jun 23 05:22 PM

Ever the funny guy, PBA legend Benjie Paras scared a health worker shortly before he got his COVID-19 vaccine. Read more »

Basketball: Alapag believes Gilas still needs PBA help for FIBA World Cup

Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News
Jun 23 03:49 PM

Former Gilas Pilipinas stalwart Jimmy Alapag was impressed by the latest crop of Pinoy players who shocked South Korea in the final window of the FIAB Asia Cup Qualifiers.   Read more »

Boxing: Dasmariñas still has good years ahead despite loss to Inoue

Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News
Jun 23 03:15 PM

Not all is lost for Michael Dasmariñas despite his knockout defeat against Japan's Naoya Inoue over the weekend. Read more »

Kristina Knott, Kiyomi Watanabe book spots for Tokyo Olympics

ABS-CBN News
Jun 23 02:54 PM

Two more Filipinos were added in the Olympic roster of the Philippines as sprinter Kristina Knott and judoka Kiyomi Watanabe secured their tickets to the Tokyo Games, increasing the country’s delegates in the quadrennial event to 15.  Read more »

MMA: Danny Kingad wants another shot against Demetrious Johnson

ABS-CBN News
Jun 23 02:31 PM

Team Lakay's Danny Kingad felt like he was already on the cusp of greatness when he faced one of the greatest MMA fighters in October 2019. Read more »

NBA: Deandre Ayton's last-second dunk lifts Suns over Clippers

Field Level Media, Reuters
Jun 23 02:08 PM

Deandre Ayton made a go-ahead alley-oop dunk off an inbound pass with 0.7 seconds remaining as the Phoenix Suns earned a 104-103 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday to take a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals. Read more »

Basketball: Sparks coach Derek Fisher not happy about Nneka Ogwumike's snub from Team USA

Field Level Media/Reuters
Jun 23 12:37 PM

Los Angeles Sparks coach Derek Fisher did not hold back Tuesday when asked about star forward Nneka Ogwumike's omission from the United States national team for the 2020 Olympics. Read more »

Pandemic Games will show 'true Olympic values': Tokyo 2020 chief

Sara HUSSEIN, Agence France-Presse
Jun 23 12:25 PM

The stripped-back Tokyo Games, held despite the ongoing pandemic, will highlight the Olympics' "true values", Tokyo 2020 chief Seiko Hashimoto said as organisers mark a month to go.   Read more »

MLB: Blue Jays sneak past Marlins with ninth-inning RBI double

Field Level Media/Reuters
Jun 23 12:04 PM

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit a go-ahead, run-scoring double in the top of the ninth inning, leading the Toronto Blue Jays to a 2-1 win over the host Miami Marlins on Tuesday night. Read more »

Olympics: Tokyo 2020 organisers ban alcohol, defend allowing spectators

Reuters
Jun 23 12:03 PM

TOKYO - With 30 days to go until the start of an Olympic Games dogged by the coronavirus pandemic and by controversy, Tokyo Olympics organisers decided on Wednesday against selling alcohol at venues while defending plans to allow thousands of spectators. Read more »

NBA mock draft: Pistons can't pass up Cade Cunningham

Adam Zielonka, Field Level Media
Jun 23 12:01 PM

The Detroit Pistons won the NBA draft lottery Tuesday night, meaning they will select first overall for the first time since 1970. Read more »

Basketball: Juan Gómez de Liaño signs with B.League's D2 team Earth Friends

ABS-CBN News
Jun 23 11:57 AM | Updated Jun 23 12:23 PM

Former University of the Philippines Fighting Maroon Juan Gómez de Liaño is joining Japan B.League by signing with Division 2 team Earth Friends Tokyo Z.   Read more »

Reports: Jrue Holiday, Khris Middleton, Kevin Love added to Team USA

Field Level Media via Reuters
Jun 23 11:44 AM

Jrue Holiday, Kevin Love and Khris Middleton will play for Team USA in the Olympic Games in Tokyo, according to media reports Tuesday.   Read more »

Settlement reached in suit over Kobe Bryant helicopter crash

Field Level Media via Reuters
Jun 23 11:39 AM

The families of Kobe Bryant and others who died in a 2020 helicopter crash reached a settlement Tuesday in a lawsuit targeting the late pilot's estate and the company that owned and operated the helicopter.   Read more »

Pistons win lottery, land No. 1 pick in NBA draft; Rockets, Cavs 2-3

Field Level Media/Reuters
Jun 23 10:06 AM

The Raptors, who entered with a 7.5 percent chance of landing the No. 1 pick, vaulted into the top four and will have their highest pick since selecting at No. 1 in 2006.   Read more »

Chess: Wesley So wins 2021 Paris Rapid & Blitz tournament

ABS-CBN News
Jun 23 09:46 AM

Including the Bucharest leg of the Grand Chess Tour, So has lot only once in 36 matches.  Read more »

‘Time has come’: Harlem Globetrotters want NBA expansion franchise

Agence France-Presse
Jun 23 09:40 AM

The Globetrotters called on the NBA to reward the team's work in helping to spread basketball worldwide by welcoming it into the league. Read more »

What advice Alex Eala learned from Rafael Nadal

Karl Cedrick Basco, ABS-CBN News
Jun 22 10:39 PM

Filipino tennis prodigy Alex Eala has continued to turn heads in major tournaments after winning her second grand slam title in girls doubles at the French Open -- all thanks to the support she is receiving including from the Rafa Nadal Academy. Read more »

Defiant Folayang not done with his MMA goals, wants to challenge Lee

ABS-CBN News
Jun 22 07:40 PM

Former ONE lightweight champion Eduard “Landslide” Folayang continues to keep his eyes on the goal even if he knows that goal is getting harder to reach.  Read more »

WATCH: Tab Baldwin recreates Belangel's game winner

ABS-CBN News
Jun 22 05:03 PM

Gilas Pilipinas coach Tab Baldwin showed he's still capable of shooting long range. This as he imitated SJ Belangel's game winning triple, fake pumping a shot before going for the boarding triple. Read more »

Basketball: Mon Fernandez hopes SBP sticks with Gilas young guns

ABS-CBN News
Jun 22 04:47 PM

Pinoy basketball legend Ramon Fernandez hopes the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) will stick to the current set up of sending a younger Gilas Pilipinas squad to international competitions. Read more »

MMA: Team Lakay fighters hail 'bunso' Jhanlo Sangiao as 'new breed'

ABS-CBN News
Jun 22 04:46 PM

Carrying the proud tradition of Team Lakay isn't the only thing Jhanlo Mark Sangiao will have to think of when he makes his debut in ONE Championship. Read more »

Wild Rift: PH teams secure SEA Icon Series: Summer Super Cup playoffs slots

ABS-CBN News
Jun 22 03:48 PM

Both Team Secret and Amihan Esports have qualified for the quarter finals of the tournament, with a prize pool of around US$150,000 at stake.  Read more »