MANILA, Philippines–New import Jordan Murphy was glad to provide what Barangay Ginebra asked of him in Friday’s 129-111 rout of Rain or Shine in the PBA Governors’ Cup before a big crowd at Ninoy Aquino Stadium. Murphy turned in 30 points, 13 rebounds, seven assists and four blocks in his debut as the Gin Kings

MANILA, Philippines–Coach Yeng Guiao offered no excuses for the way Rain or Shine played poorly in its 129-111 loss to Barangay Ginebra as it resumed its PBA Governors’ Cup campaign on Friday. The Elasto Painters never got it going after the Gin Kings stormed to a big lead and were left to ponder what went

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MANILA, Philippines -- Far Eastern University tightened its grip of the top spot after blasting Ateneo de Manila, 93-70, in the UAAP Season 89 men's basketball tournament at the Smart Araneta Coliseum Saturday. Mo Konateh dominated with 29 points, 11 rebounds, and three blocks to lead the Tamaraws, who pulled away from the Blue Eagles in the final canto to roll to their fourth straight win after a season-opening loss. FEU broke the game wide open with a 15-4 run capped by a Luke Felipe free throw to turn a 71-56 lead into its biggest advantage of 26 points, 86-60, with 4:45 left.  Jared Bahay logged 17 points and seven assists for Ateneo, which suffered its second straight loss to fall to 3-3 in fourth place.

UAAP Season 89 Men’s Basketball Tournament   FEU def. Ateneo, 93-70 Mo Konateh Player of the Game #UAAPSeason89

Juami Tiongson and Geo Chiu led the local support as Terrafirma piled on Macau"s woes with a 146-127 beatdown in the PBA Season 50 Governors" Cup on Saturday at the Ynares Center Antipolo.

MANILA, Philippines -- Alex Eala will face a qualifier to start her singles campaign at the WTA 1000 Wuhan Open in China. Eala will take on that qualifier likely on Monday.  The draw on Saturday also revealed that Eala will reunite with close pal Zeynep Sönmez in the doubles side. The Filipino-Turkish tandem will face the Ukrainian duo of Anhelina Kalinina and Dayana Yastremska in the first round.  Eala and Sönmez last teamed up at the Madrid Open last May in Spain where they made a second round finish.

Alexandra Eala will face a qualifier in the first round of the Wuhan Open, according to the draw released on Saturday.

UAAP Season 89 Men’s Basketball Tournament   NU def. UST (OT), 87-85 Reinhard Jumamoy  Player of the Game #UAAPSeason89

MANILA, Philippines -- Reinhard Jumamoy drained the off-the-glas game winning trey as National University survived University of Santo Tomas' fightback in overtime, 87-85, in the UAAP Season 89 men's basketball tournament at the Smart Araneta Coliseum Saturday. Down by a point in the last 5.3 seconds, Jumamoy pulled up the go-ahead basket against the defense of Mark Llemit with 0.5 ticks left. Mo Diassana then preserved the win for the Bulldogs after blocking Amiel Acido's last-gasp trey, denying the Growling Tigers who came back from 15 points down.  NU improved to 4-2 for second place in the standings while UST dropped to 2-3 for second to last spot in the 8-team league.