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By Melissa Potes EBC Florida Bureau ORLANDO, FL (Eagle News Service) — The National Basketball Association (NBA) took a great leap of faith in the basketball skills of the youth of our generation by launching the first-ever Junior NBA World Championships…and they succeeded. Gathered at ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando from August 7-12 the eight top boys and eight top girls international teams, as well as U.S. teams, clashed to become the world’s […]
(Eagle News) — Several lawmakers in the House of Representatives have filed a resolution seeking for the naturalization of PBA import Justin Brownlee. In filing House Bill No. 8106, 1Pacman Party List Rep. Mikee Romero, vice chairman of the House Committee on Sports; Reps. Enrico Pineda; Erico Aristotle Aumentado; and Scott Davies Lanete said Brownlee “has brought enormous pride and joy to the Philippine Basketball Association as well as to all basketball enthusiasts in the country.” […]
by Scott Williams Agence France-Presse Cincinnati, United States (AFP) — Roger Federer began his US Open preparation with a quick 6-4, 6-4 defeat of Peter Gojowczyk in his first ATP Cincinnati Masters appearance since 2015. The 20-time Grand Slam champion, who turned 37 last week, is pacing his tennis year, playing a limited schedule and skipping events when he feels the need to rest. He has missed the last two editions of this tournament because […]
WELLINGTON, United States (AFP) — New Zealand Cricket appointed former Test batsman Gary Stead as the new Black Caps coach Wednesday, with pundits describing him as a steady pair of hands to replace predecessor Mike Hesson. Stead, 46, was a journeyman opening bat, playing just five Tests in 1999 before being dropped. But he has excelled as a coach, guiding Canterbury to domestic titles in 2014, 2015 and 2017. He also took the national women’s […]
(Eagle News)–Cleveland Cavalier Jordan Clarkson has been given the green-light to play in the Asian Games for the Philippines. This was after the National Basketball Association gave him the clearance to do so, following its initial denial of the request of several Philippine sports officials he be allowed to play. In denying their request, US National Basketball Association deputy commissioner Mark Tatum had said there was an existing agreement with FIBA that bans NBA players […]
CINCINNATI, United States (AFP) — Serena Williams re-established her customary superiority, hammering Daria Gavrilova 6-1, 6-2 to reach the second round of the Cincinnati Masters on Monday. The 23-time Grand Slam champion showed full recovery in her first match since suffering the worst defeat of her career two weeks ago in San Jose when she was crushed 6-1, 6-0 in 51 minutes by British No. 1 Johanna Konta. But the 36-year-old was all business […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — The Asian Games, the world’s second largest multi-sports event, begins this week. Here are five global stars who can shine at the continental showpiece in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia. Su Bingtian (CHN), athletics The Chinese flyer is in the form of his life and ready to cement his status as Asia’s fastest man. Su stormed to a 100 metres personal best of 9.91sec in Madrid as recently as June 22 and […]
by Talek Harris © Agence France-Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Thousands of athletes are flying in as Indonesia makes final preparations to host the Asian Games — the world’s second biggest multi-sports event, taking place against a backdrop of terrorism fears, environmental concerns and logistical headaches. Organisers are making reassuring noises about their arrangements but Indonesia has never hosted a sports event on this scale, with 16,000 competitors and officials descending on Jakarta and Palembang, […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte sent off over 200 athletes to the 18th Asian Games on Monday, Aug. 13, assuring them of the government’s support. “All I ask from you is that you do your best and that you do it fair and square,” President Duterte said during send-off ceremonies in Malacañang. Duterte noted that “every victory you bring back home is shared by the nation.” The government for its part, he said, “will continue to support […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A Philippines bid to have Cleveland Cavaliers shooting guard Jordan Clarkson play for their Asian Games team has been dashed after the National Basketball Association refused to release him. Clarkson, who appeared off the bench in two 2018 NBA finals games against repeat champions Golden State Warriors, was included by the basketball-crazy Asian nation in their squad last week as they tried to get his paperwork done on time. However, the […]
by Jim SLATER Agence France-Presse ST. LOUIS, United States (AFP) — Sitting on a couch watching the Masters on television with an injured left wrist, Brooks Koepka never dreamed he would win two majors this year, much less battle his boyhood idols. But the 28-year-old American did just that, defending his title at the US Open in June and taking his third major crown Sunday at the PGA Championship by two strokes over Tiger Woods. […]
Madrid, Spain (AFP) — Retired Brazilian striker Ronaldo has been hospitalized with pneumonia on the Spanish holiday island of Ibiza and is recovering well, a local newspaper reported Sunday. The 41-year-old, widely considered one of the world’s best-ever players, was admitted to the intensive care unit of the Can Misses Hospital on the island on Friday afternoon where he was diagnosed with pneumonia, local daily newspaper Diario de Ibiza reported. Several hours later Ronaldo […]
