Change of pace for power-spiking mother-to-be Dindin Manabat

Dindin Santiago-Manabat has been playing the active lifestyle for almost half her 22-year life, but with a baby coming her way the 6-foot-2 middle blocker is taking a little break from volleyball. She played her last volleyball early in December on Game 3 of the Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix finals where her Petron Blaze Spikers lost to her sister Jaja’s Foton Tornadoes and she’s ready to move on from the sport—temporarily at least. With...

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Rio-bound swimmer Ernie Gawilan wins second gold medal in Asean Para Games

THERE is no stopping Ernie Gawilan, the first Pinoy para swimmer to qualify for the 2016 Paralympics.On Tuesday night, the 23-year old Dabawenyo born with underdeveloped extremities and orphaned at an early age, won the gold medal in the men’s 200-meter individual medley S8 event in another record-shattering performance in the 8th Singapore Para Games. Gawilan, who also broke the 400-m freestyle event record on the wy to a gold medal on Monday,...

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Azkals drop two notches in FIFA rankings

photo © Interaksyon.com Following their recent loss to Yemen, the Philippine Azkals dropped from 137 to 139 in the latest FIFA rankings. The team’s regional rank¬ings in the ASEAN Football Federation also dropped two notches, from No.1 to No.3 in Southeast Asia. Australia and Thailand now occupy the first and second places, respectively. The Azkals remain No.19 in the whole of Asia. After playing six matches in the second round of the joint...

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Spain ends Philippines' hopes, slams door on host country in Spike for Peace

photo © Jerome Ascano THE country’s final hope in the 2015 Spike for Peace International Beach Volleyball Tournament went down on Tuesday as Philippines-A was eliminated following a 21-14, 21-10 loss to Spain at the Philsports Arena. The tandem of Amaranta Fernandez and Ester Ribera blasted the Filipina pair of Charo Soriano and Alexa Micek in just 29 minutes to advance to the quarterfinals. As easy as it looked, Fernandez, who finished with...

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8th ASEAN Para Games List of Athletes

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