The Philippine women’s national football team won their first-ever international trophy, defeating Thailand, 3-0, in the finals of the 2022 AFF Women’s Championship on Sunday night, July 17, at the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium before a record crowd of about 8,000.
Filipino cue artist Carlo Biado fell short of taking home a medal in the men’s billiard’s 9-ball singles of the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, Alabama on Saturday, July 16.
Many had hoped that the Donnie ‘Ahas’ Nietes of old – the four-division world champion with a 37-fight winning streak – would show up in his rematch with WBO super flyweight champion Kazuto Ioka last July 13 at the Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
The Philippines showed grit and determination but fell short in their FIBA Asia Cup 2022 encounter against Lebanon, 80-95, on Wednesday (July 13) at the Istora Senayan in Jakarta, Indonesia.
The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) issued on Wednesday, July 13, a statement on the domestic abuse allegation against Blackwater player Paul Desiderio by his former partner.