The Philippine Azkals, fresh from an impressive third place finish in the recent AFC Challenge Cup in Nepal where striker Phil Younghusband won the “Golden Boot” award for scoring the most number of goals (6) face an exciting challenge in three matches lined up this June.   Philippine Football Federation president Mariano “Nonong” Araneta told [...]

A third South Korean professional football player who was banned for life from the top pro league in Korea has apparently committed suicide.   24 year old Lee Gyeong-hwan, a midfielder for the Daejeon Citizen and Suwon Samsung Blue Wings from 2009 to 2011 was found  his home after  reportedly jumping off from his apartment [...]

  America’s most popular sport – American Football – is coming to town in an organized fashion with the formation of the National Gridiron League Pilipinas.   Former national chess master Sammy Estimo informed the Manila Standard that his group has already been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission for  the promotion of American [...]

Philippine  Azkals coach Michael Weiss is eager to face China in a Philippine Independence Day match at the Rizal Memorial Stadium on June 12 as part of a possible three-game stint with teams from Indonesia, Vietnam or Thailand on June 5 and 8 which are FIFA playdates.   Weiss welcomed the initiative of Philippine Football [...]

  The Philippine Azkals responded to the challenge of coach Michael Weiss to play for “Pride and Glory” in their third place match against “The Knights” of Palestine and came through with a win to give the country its best finish ever in the AFC Challenge Cup at the Dashrath Stadium in Kathmandu, Nepal yesterday [...]

The Philippine Azkals scored a  magnificent 2-1 victory over a strong Tajikistan side to enter the semi finals of the AFC “Challenge Cup” and prove that a ten-day sojourn together and a pre-tournament training program in the middle-east made all the difference at the Halchowk Stadium, Tuesday.   Right after Tajikistan kicked off skipper Chieffy [...]

A confident Philippine Azkals coach Michael Weiss believes that even with the suspensions meted out to key players Angel Guirado and James Younghusband and the injury of  Jason Sabio the team spirit is high as the Azkals hope their historic run will continue and they will beat Turkmenistan to earn a berth in the AFC [...]

BARRIOS, BAUMANN TO MEET IN GENEVA     Renauld ‘Sonny’ Barrios, executive director of the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilpinas, left Thursday night for Geneva, Switzerland on the invitation of International Basketball Federation (FIBA) secretary-general Patrick Baumann to a meeting of the Competitions Commission on next-phase discussions of the new system that will govern world basketball tournaments.   “Your [...]

The Philippine Azkals dream run in the AFC Challenge Cup ended in a nightmare when  they held a 1-0 lead going into the 80th minute before conceding two goals  to Turkmenistan in the semi finals in Kathmandu, Nepal on Friday. Turkmenistan Player of the Year Arslanmyrat Amanov  equalised in the 80thminute before Chonkayev settled the [...]

Philippine Azkals coach Michael Weiss is obviously disappointed that while the team had a 1-0 lead going into the 80th minute of the crucial semi final game against Turkmenistan in the AFC Challenge Cup on Friday, they let it slip away by missing scoring opportunities and giving away two goals on defensive lapses. In a conversation [...]