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MANILA, Philippines–Team Philippines continues its campaign in the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on Tuesday with more athletes seeing action across several sports. The Philippines has a shot at its first gold medal in mixed martial arts, while Filipino swimmers return to action in Tokyo. The Gilas Pilipinas women’s
MANILA, Philippines–Alex Eala will enter the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games as the highest-ranked player in the women’s tennis field, and Cignal TV will air her matches so Filipino fans can follow the world No. 18’s campaign. Eala sits atop a women’s singles entry list thinned by the absence of several of Asia’s leading play
SINGAPORE–Sixth seed Leylah Fernandez scraped past Japanese qualifier Kyoka Okamura, 6-2, 5-3, to reach the second round of the Singapore Open on Monday night at OCBC Arena. The Canadian-Filipino needed to overcome a gutsy performance by Okamura, who’s ranked 307th. “I’m just glad to be playing in front of you guys, th
UNCASVILLE, Connecticut — Olivia Miles broke Caitlin Clark’s WNBA record for points by a rookie in a season on Sunday in the Minnesota Lynx’s 101-89 victory over the Connecticut Sun. Miles, who finished with 21 points, was tied with Clark at 769 points coming into the game and moved atop the list when she made
TORONTO — Breanna Stewart scored 27 points to help the New York Liberty rout the Toronto Tempo 106-69 on Sunday and stay in the hunt for home-court in the opening round of the playoffs. New York (26-16) could finish anywhere from fourth to eighth in the playoff standings with two games remaining. The Liberty host
LOS ANGELES — Nneka Ogwumike had 20 points, 12 rebounds and five assists to help the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Portland Fire 105-84 on Sunday night. Ogwumike became the fourth player in WNBA history to reach 8,000 points, joining Diana Taurasi (10,646), Tina Charles (8,396) and DeWanna Bonner (8,217). The 2016 WNBA M
SINGAPORE–Alex Eala won’t be making her much-awaited debut in the Singapore Open main draw until Wednesday night. But Filipino fans will have someone to root for as early as Monday night when Leylah Fernandez hits center court at OCBC Arena here. Fernandez, born and raised in Montreal, Canada, but also proud of her Fil
READ: Follow Inquirer Sports’ special coverage of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026 MANILA, Philippines–Gilas Pilipinas produced two victories, including an upset of powerhouse Mongolia, on Monday at the start of its men’s 3×3 basketball competition campaign in the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026 at Kinjo-futo Station Sq
SINGAPORE–Living out of a suitcase in different cities across the globe, Alex Eala couldn’t hide her excitement about finally playing “closer to home.” After stops in Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and North America, Eala is now in Singapore to kick off the WTA Tour’s Asian swing. “I’m excited [to play in Singapor
READ: Follow Inquirer Sports’ special coverage of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026 MANILA, Philippines — Jean Claude Saclag earned a shot at an Asian Games gold medal after advancing to the mixed martial arts men’s traditional -65kg final in Aichi-Nagoya 2026. Saclag, who is confident that he will bring home a gold, p
READ: Follow Inquirer Sports’ special coverage of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026 The Gilas Pilipinas women’s team did what its more prominent male counterparts couldn’t pull off in the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. In a first in Team Philippines’ participation at the Games, the female dribblers are again in the quarterf
READ: Follow Inquirer Sports’ special coverage of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026 NAGOYA—The bronze medal may have been modest in color, but for Bien Zoleta and the Philippine women’s soft tennis team, it carried the shine of something brighter. The Filipinas’ breakthrough at the 20th Asian Games was more than a podi
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