The 2012 annual sports competition between Ateneo and De La Salle alumni kicks off this year with a golf tournament on May 5, Saturday. The golf match will be at Dunheved Golf Course in St. Marys. Interested players must register by 6:00 am for a tee off at 6:45 am.
Category: Sports
Stunning rugby league debut for the Carabaos by Jaime K. Pimentel
THE Philippines’ Carabaos, playing in their first rugby league tournament as a team, bounced back from losing, 12-4 to Fiji in the first to game. They tied against Niue, 16-16, in the second game but blasted Portugal out of the park 20-0, and finally won by a ‘golden try’ against Burwood-North Ryde, 22-18, in extra […]
Filipino boxer won but was mobbed by the local crowd
Argentina. February 11, 2012 . It was clearly a technical knockout, having floored his Argentinean opponent twice in the 9th round and again on the 10th when the fight was stopped by the referee. It was total insanity and disgrace demonstrated by the local spectators who mobbed and threw bottles and other projectiles to the […]
Filipino cage stars shine with Sydney Kings by Marco Selorio
Sydney. January 20, 2012. Held at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, the Filipino Basketball Extravaganza raised over $1,000 for the benefit of the Typhoon Sendong victims. It was the curtain raiser to the main event which was the Sydney Kings versus league leader Perth Wildcats. The two HOOPDREAMZ basketball selections featured some of the best up-and-coming […]
Philippine-born NFL star to set up hospital in Davao
Tim Tebow, one of America’s hottest new sports heroes, will help pay for a children’s hospital in the poverty-stricken Philippines where he was born, his charity partners said Friday.
Assassin faces King Kong by Jaime Kelly Pimentel
Two Australian-based Filipino fighters take on Thai opponents in Toowoomba, Queensland, on Saturday, March 3, according to their trainer Todd Makelim this week.
Brand New Philippine Rugby League Team in Sydney
Moving away from the Filipinos’ favourite sport of basketball, the Philippine Rugby League Team has just been formed. All of the team players selected reside in Australia and are of Filipino ancestry, either Philippine-born or one parent is Filipino. Some have had no contact with the Filipino community here in Australia but now relish the […]
Ganoy scrapes in by decision by Jaime Kelly Pimentel
He was taken the full distance in one of his toughest fights, but Ranee ‘KO Kid’ Ganoy closed the eight-round main event stronger to win by unanimous decision against Indonesia’s Roy Tua Manihuruk in Melbourne on Friday, December 2.
Martial Arts grand champion by Jaime K. Pimentel
RED Rangers’ martial artist Pia Castray took the three-foot-tall trophy as the traditional weapons ‘grand champion’ of the 16th International Sports Karate Association 2011 World Cup championships recently. Held once every four years, the 2011 competition brought together the best martial artists from Korea, New Zealand, Ireland, Egypt, Nepal, Fiji, India and Australia to the […]
Sargeant Pacquiao promoted to Lt. Colonel
Filipino world boxing legend Congressman Manny Pacquiao has been promoted to the army rank of Lieutenant Colonel, according to sources in Malacañang Palace. Pacquiao holds 9 world titles. The commission in the reserve force was in recognition of the Sarrangani congressman as one of the world’s finest boxers. His promotion was signed by Executive Secretary […]
Marquez prepares for bout with Pacquiao on November 12
Las Vegas. Juan Manuel Marquez has a bizarre concoction and an equally outlandish training method that he believes could hold the key to his success against Manny Pacquiao on Nov. 12 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Marquez revealed in a soon-to-be-released episode of the highly-acclaimed 24/7 series produced by HBO about a routine […]
Ateneo’s Norman Black moving to PBA?
Philippines. After leading the Ateneo Blue Eagles to four straight championship, Norman Black might be headed to a different direction. He is set to make a return to the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) as a coaching rigodon is expected to be formalized this month involving teams bankrolled by business tycoon-sportsman Manny V. Pangilinan.