Just Scraping Past

Coach Chot Reyes is hoping his shock troopers can hold the fort for TNT while some of its key players miss time in the early parts of the PBA Governors’ Cup eliminations. Reyes and his depleted Tropang 5G sorely missed the likes of Calvin Oftana, Jayson Castro and Kelly Williams in their 106-103 win over

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World Cup: Saka hat trick lifts England past France for third place

MIAMI GARDENS, Florida — England and France delivered a thriller in a World Cup match that was supposed to be an afterthought. A day before Lionel Messi and Argentina were set to try and defend their title in a highly anticipated final, Bukayo Saka scored three goals to lead England past Kylian Mbappé and France

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Beermen go through wringer that they needed in close win vs Dyip

ANTIPOLO—San Miguel Beer turned what looked like an epic collapse into a great escape on Saturday to remain unbeaten in the PBA Governors’ Cup. And for import George King, their 109-104 win over Juami Tiongson and the Terrafirma Dyip on Saturday at the Ynares Center here should be considered something the Beermen needed to endure

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Frigoni polishes a gem with Alas’ 5th-place finish

Alas Pilipinas coach Angiolino Frigoni praised the commitment of every player who answered the national team’s call despite settling for fifth place in the first leg of the SEA V Cup, singling out newcomer Joshua Magalaman as one of the squad’s brightest positives. Magalaman capped an impressive debut tournament with 12 points built on eight

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World Cup: Disappointed France and England meet for third place

MIAMI GARDENS, Florida — France and England agree on this: Neither team wanted to be playing on Saturday. France was a favorite to win the World Cup. England was close to ending a decades-long wait for its first World Cup title since 1966. Both fell one match short of their ultimate goals after losses in

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Jurado embraces challenges as new Tigresses captain

Reg Jurado’s captainship era begins in the Shakey’s Super League National Invitationals, as she leads the young University of Santo Tomas Golden Tigresses starting on Sunday against the finalists of the NCAA, Enderun Colleges, and two guest teams from Australia and Vietnam. Deciding to play out her remaining UAAP year of eligibility, Jurado is taking

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Fuel Masters know strong start means little in Governors’ Cup ‘Group of Death’

Coach Charles Tiu and Phoenix are not making a big deal of their 2-0 start in the PBA Governors’ Cup, knowing they are playing in what he described as the tougher of the two groups in the elimination round. “They keep calling it the ‘Group of Death.’ I like to think that we’re in the

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