Filipino esports rising star Patrick “PatMen” Mendoza capped an incredible tour debut with Rookie and Initiator of the Year honors as PRX (Paper Rex) dominated the trophy haul in the 2025 VCT Pacific Awards last Dec. 7. VCT (Valorant Champions Tour) is the official esports circuit for Valorant, a first-person tactical hero shooter video game...
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Let’s assess UP’s chances vs NU and La Salle
Come Dec. 6, the University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons will know who they are fighting in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines Season 88 men’s basketball finals: the National University Bulldogs or the De La Salle University Green Archers. These teams, the first and fourth seeds, respectively, will meet in a winner-take-all battle...
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UP’s shaky path to Final Four in UAAP Season 88 men’s basketball
Barring any more season-ending injuries and based on the first elimination round performance, my prediction for the UAAP Season 88 men’s basketball contenders for the final four slots is as follows (not in any order): University of Santo Tomas, National University, University of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila University and De La Salle University. For...
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Remogat comes alive for UP’s first win in UAAP Season 88
Rey Remogat’s three-point eruption paved the way for the University of the Philippines’ (UP) Fighting Maroons to finally enter the win column in the UAAP Season 88 since the country’s premier collegiate tournament opened a week ago. After struggling in the past two games, Remogat hit six three pointers for a 46.2% shooting to fuel...
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Team Liquid PH remain unscathed, romp Aurora TÜrkiye in MSC 2025 quarterfinals
Team Liquid Philippines (TLPH) sped toward the semifinals of the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Mid Season Cup (MLBB MSC) 2025 after a 3-0 stomping of Aurora Türkiye (AUR) last July 30 at the Amazon Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Three blue shirts shared the MVP plum throughout the series, with gold laner Kiel “Oheb” Soriano...
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Team Liquid PH crush Ultra Legends in MLBB Mid Season Cup 2025 opener
Kiel Calvin “Oheb” Soriano and Karl Gabriel “KarlTzy” Nepomuceno held the frontlines of the cavalry as Team Liquid PH collected their first win against the Ultra Legends (UL) in the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Mid Season Cup (MLBB MSC) 2025 last July 23 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Filipinos drubbed Egypt’s Ultra Legends, the MLBB...
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You defied the odds again but enough of the hubris, Manny Pacquiao
You’ve made your point: You can still go toe-to-toe with the best in your weight class. You have a lot of fight left in you. Maybe an extra month of training could have added zest and spring to those once-nimble feet. A point or two in the judges’ scorecard might have swung the contest in...
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Filipino women’s squads suffer crushing losses in MLBB tournament exit
Natus Vincere Philippines (NAVI PH) and Team Liquid Aqua (TL Aqua) absorbed tough losses to miss out on a podium finish in the knockout stage of the MLBB Women’s Invitational (MWI) in the 2025 Esports World Cup (EWC) tournament in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Filipino women’s squads aced their opening games and topped their respective...
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Team Secret beat Global Esports for first win in VCT Pacific: Stage 2
Filipino-dominated Team Secret notched their first victory in the Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) Pacific: Stage 2 after surviving a three-map thriller against Global Esports, 2-1, last July 19, at Sangam Colosseum in Seoul. After a losing debut against Nongshim Redforce (NS), the new-look Team Secret lineup, including new pickups Nguyễn “n1zzy” Tấn Thành, Sha “ZesBeeW”...
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2 Philippine teams enter playoffs as top seeds in the MLBB Women’s Invitational 2025
NAVI PH and Team Liquid Aqua hacked out full three-game series wins and swept their respective groups to emerge as top seeds in the playoffs of the MLBB Women’s Invitational (MWI) 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Defending champion NAVI PH, formerly known as Omega Empress, took down the Myanmar-based squad Terror Queens, 2-1, to barge...