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By Ace Ramirez, EBC Correspondent, Washington DC Bureau The Citi Open Tennis tournament will showcase world-ranked tennis stars such as the 2016 defending champion Gael Monfils and three-time Champion Juan Martin del Potro. Crowd favorite Genie Bouchard, and Puerto Rico’s first and only Olympic Gold medalist Monica Puig also committed early to this tournament. Expected to pump up the heat and rock the Rock Creek Park Tennis Center are American favorite, the giant John Isner, […]
(Eagle News) –A misfiring Gilas Pilipinas bowed to Korea on Wednesday night, ending a winning streak that saw them defeat a number of teams in the Jones Cup. The Korean team held a solid lead over the Philippine contingent by the end of the third quarter, their lead going to as high as 15 points. Gilas managed to cut down the lead in the last quarter despite a below par outside shooting, with Mike Myers […]
BOSTON, United States (AFP) — American forward Paul Pierce signed a one-day contract with the Boston Celtics on Monday in a move that allows him to retire as a member of the NBA franchise. The 39-year-old Pierce spent the first 15 years of his career with Boston, helping the club to a league championship in 2008. “It’s an honor to have this opportunity to once again call myself a Boston Celtic,” said Pierce, a 10-time […]
HOUSTON, United States (AFP) — Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander has put the NBA club up for sale less than two weeks after he signed star forward James Harden to the richest contract in league history. The Rockets are the eighth most valuable franchise in the league at $1.65 billion and their annual revenue is $244 million, according to Forbes magazine That is substantially more than the 73-year-old Alexander purchased the team for in 1993 […]
by Dave James Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Roger Federer won a record eighth Wimbledon title and became the tournament’s oldest champion Sunday with a straight-sets victory over injury-hit Marin Cilic who dramatically broke down in tears midway through the final. Federer claimed his 19th Grand Slam title 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 and at 35 is Wimbledon’s oldest men’s winner of the modern era, succeeding Arthur Ashe, who was almost 32 when […]
(Eagle News) — Gilas Pilipinas took home the win against team B of Chinese Taipei on Monday in a close game that saw the Philippine contingent trailing its opponent at one point. The first quarters saw both teams fighting tooth and nail for the lead, prompting an apparently irritated Chot Reyes to dish out a few words to his men, who had singlehandedly beaten a stronger Chinese Taipei team the day before. The second half […]
By: EBC Sports International, New York Bureau Tennie Sumague Joanne Blanco Soriano (LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM) Eleven Finals. Eight Championship Titles. Roger Federer is crowned the King of Wimbledon. Federer proved to the world why he is the greatest tennis player of all time, making history by winning his eighth Wimbledon title – his 19th overall Grand Slam with a straight-set win over Marin Cilic 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 at the All-England Club Sunday afternoon. Federer became […]
(Eagle News) — Gilas Pilipinas throttled to victory in their second game in the Jones Cup tournament on Friday, after losing to the Canadians a day before. Kiefer Ravena, Matthew Wright and Christian Standhardinger led the national contingent’s offensive against Chinese Taipei, who until then had had no loss in the tournament. The white shirts led Chinese Taipei at the end of all three quarters, but not without their worthy opponents putting up a fight. […]
EBC Sports International Joshua Cruz, Los Angeles Bureau Rodney Delapaz, New York Bureau Tennie Sumague, New York Bureau INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA – Filipino boxer Mercito Gesta dominated against Mexico’s Martin Honorito with an eighth round knockout in their lightweight bout last Saturday night at the Forum. Here are some thoughts on each round of the fight. Round 1 The fight starts in a chess match, with both fighters looking to establish his jab. Body shots […]
by Dave JAMES Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Seven-time champion Roger Federer reached his 11th Wimbledon final on Friday, downing 2010 runner-up Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/4), 6-4. The 35-year-old, bidding to win a record eighth title and become the oldest champion at the All England Club in the Open era, will face Croatia’s Marin Cilic in Sunday’s final. Seventh seeded Cilic reached his first Wimbledon title […]
EBC Sports International Renee Suarez, Florida Bureau Tennie Sumague, New York Bureau MIAMI,FLORIDA – The American League prevailed over the National League at the 88th annual All-Star Game for the fifth straight meeting, winning 2-1 in 10 innings at Marlins Park last Tuesday night. Tied at 1-1 at the top of the 10th inning, Robinson Cano, the Seattle Mariners second baseman blasted a solo home run off Chicago Cubs closer Wade Davis. Cano circled around […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Floyd Mayweather was on the attack on Thursday, branding Conor McGregor a quitter as the four-stop tour hyping their cross-combat superfight hit New York. “Eejit” and “Circus Clown” were the tamest epithets the former welterweight king, who retired from boxing with a perfect 49-0 record in 2015, threw at McGregor, one of the biggest stars of mixed martial arts. “Gave up not once, not twice but three times!” said […]
