Sports

Philippines to host FIBA 3×3 World Tour in August

MANILA, Philippines, June 23 (Eagle News) – According to the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, the Philippines will once again host the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3×3 World Tour this coming August 1 and 2. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)

PSC to increase national coaches’ salary

MANILA, Philippines, June 22 (Eagle News) — The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) is planning to implement an increase on the salaries of national coaches as a solution to improve the performance of Filipino athletes in sporting competitions like the Southeast Asian Games (SEA GAMES). (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/AbhsI_TjLkM

Spain win mens’ road cycling race at the Baku Games

(Reuters) Luis Leon Sanchez Gil won gold for Spain in the men’s road race at the Baku 2015 European Games on Sunday (June 21) in a time of five hours, 27 minutes and 25 seconds as Andriy Grivko secured silver for Ukraine and Czech Republic’s Petr Vakoc took bronze. The climax came of the race happened as Sanchez Gil joined a final lap breakaway that denied the sprinters the mass finish they were hoping for. […]

Seppi and Monfils to meet in Halle quarter’s

(Reuters) Andreas Seppi and Gael Monfils win their matches at the Halle Open so will meet in the quarter-finals. Andreas Seppi beat fifth seed Tommy Robredo on Thursday (June 18) to reach the quarter-finals of the Halle Open. The Italian defeated the Spaniard 6-2 6-7(6) 6-3. Seppi will next face Frenchman Gael Monfils, who defeated Mikhail Kukushkin in straight sets. Fourth seed Monfils beat the Kazakh 7-6(1) 6-4.

Warriors sets tie against Cavs, 2-2

CLEVELAND, United States (Eagle News) – With a score of 103-82, the Golden State Warriors proved that they are the number one NBA team in the Game 4 of the NBA finals. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Dexter Magno, Vince Alvin Villarin) https://youtu.be/hykk8gfEnDw

Philippine Azkals win over Bahrain in World Cup qualifier

BOCAUE, Bulacan (Eagle News) – In the World Cup qualifier held at the Philippine Sports Stadium in Ciudad de Victoria, Bocaue, Bulacan, the Philippine Azkals won what was touted as historic victory against the much stronger Bahrain with a score of 2-1. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Dexter Magno, Vince Alvin Villarin)

Hawks tie series with Game 4 win

(Reuters)Chicago netminder Corey Crawford stole the spotlight as the Blackhawks beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 to square the Stanley Cup Final at two games each on Wednesday (June 10). Crawford was strong early and even stronger in the game’s closing minutes, stopping Steven Stamkos on two point-blank shots to preserve the victory. Chicago were outshot 25-19 in the game. Brandon Saad got the winner for Chicago at 6:22 of the third period, after earlier […]

Malacanang salutes Filipino athletes in 28th SEA games; Phl gets 7 golds so far

JUNE 9 (Eagle News) — Malacanang saluted Filipino athletes competing in the 28th Southeast Asian Games in Singapore, and congratulated a triathlete who won the country’s first gold medal in the ongoing SEA games. Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr., in a radio interview, said the President congratulated all Filipino athletes who won medals for the country, and made special mention of triathlete Ma. Claire Adorna for winning the first gold medal for […]

FBI extends FIFA scrutiny to World Cup host bids of Russia, Qatar

(Reuters) The FBI’s investigation of bribery and corruption at FIFA includes scrutiny of how soccer’s governing body awarded World Cup hosting rights to Russia and Qatar, a U.S. law enforcement official said. Russia and Qatar have denied wrongdoing in the conduct of their bids for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments, which were not the subject of charges announced by U.S. prosecutors a week ago against FIFA officials that stunned world soccer. The U.S. law enforcement […]

Sports world shocked by the news of Sepp Blatter, FIFA president resignation

JUNE 3 (Reuters) —  Sports world shocked by the news of FIFA President, Sepp Blatter, resignation on Wednesday (June 3). The 79-year-old Swiss, who beat challenger Prince Ali bin Al Hussein of Jordan in last week’s vote, resigned on Tuesday (June 2) in the wake of a corruption investigation that reportedly may include the embattled chief himself. In Japan, Kozo Tashima, the Vice President of the Japan Football Association, called for urgently needed reforms and […]

Blatter defies calls to quit as FIFA scandal widens

(Reuters) The corruption charges engulfing world soccer’s governing body have heaped shame and humiliation on the game, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said on Thursday, although he flatly rejected calls to resign over the widening scandal. With FIFA facing the worst crisis in its 111-year history, Michel Platini, who heads Europe’s soccer confederation UEFA, said he had told Blatter to go “with tears in my eyes”, but the 79-year-old had refused. “I said, ‘I’m asking you […]