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MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — FIFA members vote Wednesday on whether to award the 2026 World Cup to a slick North American bid or to Morocco, which has African support to bring football’s showpiece event back to the continent. On the eve of the 2018 World Cup, delegates from 207 nations gathered in Moscow are faced with a clear choice. The United States, Mexico and Canada are the frontrunners, boasting modern, established stadiums and well-developed transport links. […]
By Vivem Soriano Eagle News Service Spanish giant and recently-crowned European champions Real Madrid has announced that current Spain national team manager Julen Lopetegui will be the new manager of the capital club after the conclusion of the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Lopetegui will be replacing legendary France midfielder Zinedine Zidane as Madrid’s manager after the latter suddenly resigned just days after guiding the club to a historic third straight Champions league crown. Lopetegui […]
By Vivem Soriano Eagle News Service Serbia edged rivals the Netherlands, 16-13, to capture their third straight men’s 3×3 crown in a rematch of last year’s finals while Italy dethroned defending women’s champions Russia, 16-12, as the 2018 FIBA 3×3 World Cup came to a close at the Philippine Arena. Dusan Bulut led Team Serbia in the finals, scoring 7 points to lift the 3-time defending champions in a come-from-behind win over back-to-back runners-up the […]
By Vivem Soriano Eagle News Service Gilas Pilipinas has been officially eliminated from the 2018 FIBA 3X3 World Cup being held at the Philippine Arena after Mongolia defeated Brazil to clinch the 2nd seed in Pool C. The host nation still had a glimmer of hope to advance to the knockout stage despite losing their second game against Brazil, 20-19, but Mongolia secured the last qualifying spot in Pool C by beating Brazil, 19-16.
BRONNITSY, Russia (AFP) — Argentina captain Lionel Messi said his international future will be determined by his country’s performance at the World Cup in Russia. “It will depend on how far we go, how we’re going to finish” at the finals, Messi said in an interview with Spanish daily Sport. “We’ve just lost three finals in a row, which has led to us going through some difficult moments with the press,” added the Barcelona forward. […]
MUMBAI, India (AFP) — India’s football captain Sunil Chhetri Sunday joined Argentine star Lionel Messi as the second highest international goal scorer among active players with his 64th strike for the country. Chhetri scored twice in his team’s 2-0 win over Kenya to lift the Intercontinental Cup in Mumbai that saw another good crowd turnout after the the star striker’s appeal for fan support earlier in the tournament. The 33-year-old Chhetri scored in the eighth and […]
By Vivem Soriano Eagle News Service US boxer Terrence Crawford stopped Australian Jeff Horn at 2:33 mark of the ninth round to score a huge and dominating TKO victory to capture the WBO welterweight crown. The undefeated Crawford hammered Horn all throughout the fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, then unleashed a flurry in the ninth to knock the Australian down. Horn managed to beat the count but Crawford did […]
By Vivem Soriano Eagle News Service Women’s tennis world number one Simona Halep finally captured her first Grand Slam title by beating American Sloane Stephens in the 2018 French Open final, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. After dropping the first set against the younger Stephens, Halep took control and started strongly in the second set. The Romanian then broke the tiring Stephens serve in the third set to put her in firm control of the match. With […]
By Vivem Soriano Eagle News Service The Golden State Warriors accomplished a rare NBA Finals sweep with a dominant 108-85 Game 4 road win over the Cleveland Cavaliers at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. They repeat as NBA champions in 2018 and lift the Larry O’Brien Trophy for the 3rd time in 4 years. After barely surviving the Houston Rockets in the Western Conference Finals, the Warriors were simply too much to handle […]
By Vivem Soriano Eagle News Service Germany survived a pesky Perlas Pilipinas squad, beating the Pinay ballers 12-10 in the last game of Day 1 of the 2018 FIBA 3×3 World Cup at the Philippine Arena. The obviously much taller Germans raced to a quick 3-0 lead as it seemed the Europeans were heading to an easy victory against the lowest seeded team in the tournament. But Pinay baller Afril Bernardino led the Perlas comeback, […]
By Vivem Soriano Eagle News Service Lowest-seed Perlas Pilipinas lost their opening match of the 2018 FIBA 3×3 World Cup against powerhouse Netherlands, 21-11, at the Philippine Arena this afternoon. The Pinay ballers, who qualified for the first time in the tournament, grabbed an early 3-2 lead but the Dutch lady ballers countered with a massive run to mount a 12-4 lead. Perlas Pilipinas cut the lead down to 3, 13-10, with 3:40 left in […]
By Vivem Soriano Eagle News Service Thousands of basketball-crazy Pinoy fans are expected to witness the best and the brightest 3-on-3 ballers on the planet battle for supremacy as the 2018 FIBA 3×3 World Cup opens today at the massive Philippine Arena. Forty teams from 37 different countries will join and compete in the event, which runs from today up to the Philippine Independence Day on June 12. Serbia and Russia are expected to defend […]
