MANILA, Philippines—Meralco’s Aaron Black admitted that the Bolts were more hyped than usual in their most recent victory over Phoenix in the PBA Philippine Cup. With the playoff race getting...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563357/pba-last-conferences-heartbreak-fuels-aaron-black-meralco
NorthPort got it together just in time to avert disaster on Saturday, staying in the hunt for a playoff spot in the PBA Philippine Cup. Arvin Tolentino hit a step-back, go-ahead jumper with aroun...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563408/pba-northport-gives-life-to-playoffs-bid-edges-blackwater
MANILA, Philippines—The Daegu Kogas Pegasus will continue to have Filipino blood in their lineup for two more years. On Friday, the Pegasus announced via Instagram post that Filipino import has...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563363/kbl-sj-belangel-signs-two-year-extension-with-daegu
MANILA, Philippines–Casiey Dongallo wrapped her rookie year with University of the East (UE) with a 23-25, 25-17, 27-25, 25-22 victory against University of the Philippines (UP) at the UAAP Sea...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563382/uaap-casiey-dongallo-powers-ue-past-up-in-final-season-86-game
MANILA, Philippines—San Miguel’s CJ Perez is seemingly at his best whenever he faces Magnolia. During the PBA Commissioner’s Cup Finals a few months ago, Perez won the Finals MVP plum after...
MANILA, Philippines—San Miguel’s Jericho Cruz successfully returned to action for the Beermen on Friday after suffering a heel injury a few days ago in the PBA Philippine Cup. While Cruz is s...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563294/pba-jericho-cruz-credits-veterans-for-san-miguel-success
PHOENIX — Anthony Edwards hit a jumper late in the fourth quarter and snarled as he ran down the court, pounding his chest with his fist for emphasis as Minnesota pulled away for another domina...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563361/nba-anthony-edwards-fuels-timberwolves-3-0-series-lead-over-suns
DALLAS — Luka Doncic called out to his coaches during a flurry of 3-pointers from James Harden. The Mavericks superstar and NBA scoring champion wanted to defend the star guard of the Los Angel...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563337/nba-luka-doncic-mavericks-take-chippy-win-over-clippers-for-lead
INDIANAPOLIS — Tyrese Haliburton struggled to find his shooting touch Friday night. So he looked for other ways to impact the game — a thunderous slam dunk off a rebound, finding open teammat...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563329/nba-haliburton-pacers-beat-bucks-in-ot-to-take-2-1-series-lead
UAAP volleyball schedule of games (April 27) Smart Araneta Coliseum 10 am– UP Fighting Maroons vs UE Red Warriors (men’s) 12 nn – UP Fighting Maroons vs UE Lady Warriors (women’s) 4 pm ...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563331/live-updates-uaap-season-86-volleyball-april-27
MANILA, Philippines — Jorge Souza De Brito will have his last dance with the Philippine women’s volleyball team in the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Challenge Cup from May 22 to 29 in ...
De La Salle University (DLSU) and University of Santo Tomas (UST) will be seeing a lot of each other in the coming weeks, and whether that starts with Angel Canino’s comeback game for the defen...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563293/uaap-volleyball-ust-la-salle-face-off-in-crucial-clash
Petro Gazz battles Nxled on Saturday in a game that the Angels could use just to make sure that they have all the components in their game working in time for the semifinals of the Premier Volley...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563292/angels-shoot-for-top-seeding-against-chameleons
Chris Newsome allayed fears of a serious injury that could play a big factor in Meralco’s chances of advancing to the quarterfinals of the Philippine Basketball Association Philippine Cup. “I...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563286/clinging-for-dear-life-bolts-hope-newsome-shakes-off-injury-bug
The man tasked to make sure the Philippines won’t be just a mere participant in its maiden appearance in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women’s U-17 Asian Cup believes the preparation...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563289/young-filipinas-ready-for-maiden-afc-campaign
Looking to scale new heights, Gilas Pilipinas’ path in trying to do that will begin in Rwanda this August when it battles higher-ranked teams in the Fiba (International Basketball Federation) W...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563290/tough-draw-for-gilas-women-in-fiba-world-prequalifiers
MANILA, Philippines—The NBA Playoffs, particularly the first-round series between Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets, are bringing basketball fans around the world into a frenzy, including P...
MANILA, Philippines–At the edge of what looked like its first loss in the PBA Philippine Cup, San Miguel’s top gun in the conference and its veteran playmaker came through down the stretch to...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563283/pba-san-miguel-hikes-unbeaten-run-to-8-0-fends-off-magnolia
MANILA, Philippines — In her first stint with Chery Tiggo, Aby Maraño is beyond grateful to return to the PVL semifinals with “very talented and passionate” teammates. Although Crossovers ...
MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Bucks face the possibility of continuing their NBA Eastern Conference first-round playoff series against the Indiana Pacers on Friday without two of their top three pl...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563271/nba-khris-middleton-joins-giannis-on-bucks-injured-players-list
MANILA, Philippines–With its window to make the playoffs getting more and more perilous, Meralco on Friday night made sure that it gave itself a good chance of advancing with an 82-76 nipping o...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563268/pba-meralco-fans-playoff-hopes-after-edging-phoenix
MANILA, Philippines — Cignal swept the elimination round for the fifth time after dominating Maverick, 25-20, 25-9, 25-12, in the Spikers’ Turf Open Conference on Friday at Ynares Sports Aren...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563255/spikers-turf-cignal-completes-elimination-round-sweep
MANILA, Philippines — Galeries Tower libero Alyssa Eroa proved that she still belongs to the pros after emerging as one of the top-performing floor defenders in the 2024 PVL All-Filipino Confer...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563241/pvl-alyssa-eroa-grateful-for-chance-to-shine-with-galeries
MANILA, Philippines–The Philippine team that will compete in the AFC Women’s U-17 Asian Cup edged out PFF Women’s League champion Kaya-Iloilo, 1-0, in a friendly match held Thursday at Ayal...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563258/womens-asian-cup-bound-filipinas-u-17-beat-kaya-in-friendly
MADRID — Rafael Nadal couldn’t learn much from his comfortable straight-set win over American teenager Darwin Blanch in the first round of the Madrid Open. Nadal cruised to a 6-1, 6-0 victory...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563249/rafa-nadal-cruises-to-straight-set-win-in-madrid-open-first-round
MANILA, Philippines — PLDT may have bombed out of semifinal contention even before its final game, but Savi Davison and the High Speed Hitters made sure to finish the 2024 PVL All-Filipino Conf...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563202/pvl-savi-davison-pldt-eager-to-build-on-win-over-creamline
MANILA, Philippines — Alex Eala ended her Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Mutua Madrid Open campaign with a tough loss to World No. 30 Sorana Cirstea of Romania in three sets, 3-6, 7-6(6), 4...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563234/alex-eala-bows-out-of-wta-madrid-open
Golden State’s Stephen Curry led the league in clutch scoring this NBA season, and now he’s got another trophy to add to his collection. Curry was announced Thursday night as the NBA’s Clut...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563244/steph-curry-wins-nbas-clutch-player-of-the-year
ORLANDO, FLORIDA— After never even having a lead in Cleveland, the Orlando Magic came back with the biggest postseason victory ever over the Cavaliers. Paolo Banchero had 31 points and 14 rebou...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563233/nba-magic-hand-cavaliers-worst-playoff-loss-to-cut-deficit-to-2-1
PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid is suffering from Bell’s palsy and played Game 3 with a bulky knee brace to sturdy the 7-footer after dealing with injuries all NBA season. The lingering effects ...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563229/nba-joel-embiid-leads-76ers-past-knicks-to-cut-deficit-to-2-1
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia 76ers All-Star center Joel Embiid has been diagnosed with Bell’s palsy, a form of facial paralysis he says has affected him since before the NBA play-in tournament...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563222/nba-76ers-joel-embiid-says-hes-suffering-from-bells-palsy
LOS ANGELES— With one championship ring and a tenacious veteran core, the Denver Nuggets are a daunting matchup for any opponent in the NBA. They’re clearly a particular nightmare for LeBron ...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563217/nba-nuggets-on-brink-of-sweeping-lakers-with-game-3-win
Marcio Lassiter and Paul Lee are two of four active players with at least 1,000 three-pointers in their Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) careers. And being two of the youngest from that ba...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563188/marcio-lassiter-jumps-into-race-for-pba-all-time-threes-leader
Thailand’s PK Kongkraphan had just enough buffer in the final round on Thursday as a two-over-par 74 proved enough to hold off Filipino Harmie Constantino and two Taiwanese for the ICTSI Luisit...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563182/thai-ace-holds-on-to-win-despite-a-74
Chery Tiggo made a point clear in the fourth set: It was going to the semifinals. And that point also completed Premier Volleyball League (PVL) All-Filipino Conference Final Four cast, even if th...
MANILA, Philippines–With its fate already decided just before clashing with defending champion Creamline, PLDT capped off its PVL 2024 All-Filipino Conference with a bang. The High Speed Hitter...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563201/pvl-pldt-scores-first-ever-win-over-creamline-to-end-campaign
MANILA, Philippines — Sisi Rondina heaped praise on Farm Fresh’s rising star Trisha Tubu after her career-high 32 points pushed Choco Mucho to its limits in the 2024 PVL All-Filipino Conferen...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563074/pvl-trisha-tubu-leaves-sisi-rondina-impressed-after-showdown
MANILA, Philippines — Mylene Paat will miss some games in the 2024 PVL All-Filipino Conference semifinals as she tries out in South Korea from April 29 to May 1. Paat will try to earn a spot in...
MANILA, Philippines–Chery Tiggo notched its seventh consecutive win in the PVL All-Filipino Conference and along with it a ticket to the semifinals. The Crossovers survived the gallant stand of...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563157/pvl-chery-tiggo-gets-semifinals-spot-with-tough-win-over-galeries
NEW YORK — Naz Reid was having a productive season as a reserve when the Minnesota Timberwolves needed him in the starting lineup while playing without All-Star Karl-Anthony Towns. Reid was exc...
https://sports.inquirer.net/563147/nba-timberwolves-naz-reid-wins-sixth-man-of-the-year-award