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Get ready to meet your favourite ballers as the City of Smiles hosts the PBA All Star Games 2024 at the University of  Saint La Salle Coliseum in Bacolod City, March 23 to 24. They are expecting over 60 players from four teams who will start coming in on March 21 and will have several events for fans to meet their idols, a press release from the  Bacolod Yuhum Foundation said Friday, March 8. On March 23, Team Greats vs. Team Stalwarts will see action with a Skills Challenge starting at 3 p.m., while the actual game between the two teams will start at 6:15  p.m. The skills challenge will be a 3-points shootout among the players. Team Japhet vs. Team Barroca will have a face off on March 24 starting at 5 p.m. with Shooting Stars, followed by the Dance Showdow...

Basketball fans in Bacolod will have an opportunity to cheer and meet their idols as the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) will bring in the Meralco Bolts and Rain or Shine as part of the highlights of the MassKara Festival 2023 at the University of St. La Salle Coliseum in Bacolod City on October 19.The match, entitled PBA Pasiklaban sa Supercity, is expected to be exciting as both teams have seen close matches in the past, among which was the final games in the PBA Governors’ Cup where Meralco won against Rain or Shine but was defeated by the latter in late last year’s match in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup, a press release from the Bacolod Yuhum Foundation said.Following the recent win of Gilas Pilipinas in the Asian Games, basketball enthusiasts in the City of Smiles are exp...

Billiards champ,Efren “Bata” Reyes will be at this year’s 2nd Mayor Albee Benitez 10-ball Billiards Tournament as a guest.*This year’s MassKaralympics will feature ten sporting events that will bring national and international players to face off with local sports groups.It will kick-off Thursday, October 5, with the 4-day 1st MassKara Beach Volleyball Tournament at the Bacolod Baywalk and is expected to bring in over a thousand enthusiasts and spectators.Nine other sports events will be on their second year, including the much awaited 2nd Mayor Albee Benitez 10-ball Billiards Tournament that will open on October 8 at the Main Atrium of SM City Bacolod, a press release from the Bacolod Yuhum Foundation said Wednesday.This will be graced by renowned billiards champs Efren “B...

The first-ever Ultimate Obstacle Course Race challenge in Negros Occidental, Sidlak Victorias Obstacle Race, gathered more than 450 racers from various municipalities and cities on Saturday, September 30.Victorias City Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez welcomed the participants and guests coming from Manila, Cebu, Capiz, Iloilo, and other neighboring provinces, cities, and municipalities.He also shared that the activity came as a result of the LGU's commitment to providing more inclusive sports activities for Victoriahanons and to elevate the sports tourism of the city.OCR participants competed in 16 categories which hailed a total of 62 winners, a press release from Victorias City said.Elite and age category racers completed 24 obstacles, while the adult open category had 20 cha...

Saraviahanon boxer Herlan Gomez with his two championship belts - WBC Asia silver bantamweight and ABF bantamweight - after winning the WBC Asia match in Bangkok, Thailand Thursday night.*Spaceplus Bangkok photoE. B. Magalona native Herlan Gomez (11-1, 8 KOs) now has two Asian boxing championship belts.This, after the 24-year-old Saraviahanon pride earned a new belt in the WBC Asia (World Boxing Council - Asian Boxing Council) silver bantamweight championship in Bangkok, Thailand Thursday night, September 28.Gomez, who is also the reigning Asian Boxing Federation (ABF) bantamweight champion, crushed the more experienced 40-fight veteran and former IBF Asia champion Komgrich Nantapech of Udon Thani, Thailand, in round one via KO (knockout) of their main featured match on "Highla...

Bago City Mayor Nicholas Yulo with the Bago City Junior League Softball team after winning the 2023 Junior League World Series championship held in Kirkland, Washington, USA over the weekend.*contributed photoThe Bago Junior League Softball team defeated seven other regions and made history for their city by winning the 2023 Junior League World Series championship held in Kirkland, Washington, USA, on Saturday, August 5.The Philippines' team composed of the Ramon Torres National High School (RTNHS) softbelles lifted Asia Pacific Region to a 3-0 victory over Eastern Region during the finals match.Mayor Nicholas Yulo, who was also with the team during the competition, said this was a historic day for Bago City.The Bagonhon team for the first time was able to clinch the Junior...

Bacolod City-based Team Burgas A and Manila-based National University-ACR Shell spikers garnered top honors in the Men’s Category and Women’s Category, respectively, during the Volleyball Association of Negros Island (VANI) Beach Volleyball Open Tournament at the Resorts Negrense, Bacolod City, recently.Angel Canino, the Bacolodnon volleybelle sensation who played for De La Salle in Manila and bagged the rare Most Valuable Player Award and Rookie of the Year Award in Women’s Volleyball of the UAAP Season 85, attended the opening day.Twenty-two teams from the cities of Bacolod, Talisay, Silay, Cadiz, Bago, La Carlota and Sipalay and the Municipality of EB Magalona, spiced up by a teams from Guilhulngan City, Negros Occidental and Manila, blasted the sands of Resorts Negrense in the ...

The launching of the PONY Baseball and Softball Visayas Region Chapter led by Mayor Nicholas Yulo, PONY International Asia Pacific head Takeharu Nasu, and PONY Philippines president Rodolfo Tingzon Jr. at the Manuel Y. Torres Memorial Coliseum and Cultural Center in Bago City on Monday*Bago Citybridge photoBago City in Negros Occidental will send two teams to the PONY (Protect Our Nation's Youth) International Girls Softball World Series in McAllen, Texas, United States, on July 19-23.The 16 Under and 12 Under squads of Bago City will be the first from the Visayas to represent the Philippines in the tournament.On Monday afternoon, June 5, the teams were introduced during the launching of the PONY Baseball and Softball Visayas Region Chapter led by Mayor Nicholas Yulo, PONY Inte...