Palaro: Protest mars closing day

By CLYDE MARIANO DUMAGUETE City – Powerhouse National Capi- tal Region is almost sure of retaining the overall title with two days left before the Palarong Pam- bansa comes to a close Saturday. The Big City athletes, who won the overall with a goldsilver-bronze medal tally of 114-67-64 in Pangasinan last yesar, paced the medal race with 19-10-9 in elementary and 29-17-18 in secondary... 

PRISAA: Central Visayas bets strike

LINGAYEN , Philippines – Calabarzon’s Noli Torres and Central Visayas’ Lorna Olarita became the toast of the PRISAA National Collegiate games yesterday, even as Central Visayas went pulling away in medal tally after just two days of hostilities here yesterday. Incoming search terms:2013 prisaa national games medal tally (1)prisaa 2013 final results and medal tally (1)prisaa... 

SCUAA MEET NCR reigns

ILOILO City, Philippines – National Capital Region emerged as the overall champion anew at the close of the 2012 National SCUAA (State Colleges and Universities) Olympics at the Iloilo Sports Complex. Flaunting its might in nearly all sports, the Big City bets finished with 114 golds, 55 silvers and 50 bronzes to retain the overall title in this prestigious week-long competition... 

Batang Pinoy: Baguio overtakes Laguna

NAGA City, Philippines – Baguio City scored big in the final day of competition on Tuesday to overtake Laguna in the gold medal tally of the Batang Pinoy 2011 national finals here. Baguio City won four gold, one silver and seven bronze medals in taekwondo to overtake erstwhile leader Laguna in the overall standings of the games organized by the Philippine Sports Commission in... 

Indomitable Indonesia

JAKARTA (AFP) ­- Indonesia charged into an unassailable lead at the top of the Southeast Asian Games medals table Sunday as their fans were handed a dream date with arch-rivals Malaysia in the football final. With three days of competition to go, Indonesia hit 140 golds in a bulging 355 medal tally late Saturday and reached the landmark Games’ organizers have calculated they need... 

GOLDEN GIRLS

Blu Girls capture softball title By REY BANCOD/Sports Editor PALEMBANG ­- The Blu Girls gave the Philippines something to cheer about on another dreary day when they whipped Thailand, 6-0, for the women’s softball title in the 26th Southeast Asian Games. Undefeated in Games history, the Blu Girls turned the final into batting practice, scoring 10 hits as Julie Marie Muyco, a 19-year-old... 

Gilas Bows, Eagles Fly

MANILA, Philippines – Saturday was a busy afternoon for basketball, both locally and abroad. But for the people following the games either through television or social media networks, many are surely update by now. Sad or delighted, this is what best describes the two matches that were seen today. As for the 26th FIBA Asia Championships, Filipino hearts were somewhat crushed when the...