There is a first time for everything — including 3-0 starts in Charlotte. After winning their first three games for the first time in franchise history, LaMelo Ball and the Hornets will look to keep rolling as they welcome Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics into Spectrum Center on Monday night. Ball scored 18 points […]Read More

The future of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) was given more clarity after it was announced that Chooks-to-Go will be handling the league’s basketball operations from here on. In an announcement made on Monday, Chooks-to-Go said an agreement was reached at the weekend between its President Ronald Mascarinas and MPBL founder Manny Pacquiao for […]Read More

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (12) drops back to pass during warm-ups before taking on the Chicago Bears at Raymond James Stadium on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021 in Tampa. (Dirk Shadd/Tampa Bay Times/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM – NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY Tom Brady threw for 211 yards and four touchdowns (TD), including the […]Read More

FEMALE golfer Princess Superal is set to compete in the Philippine Golf Tour restart in November. The ladies of the Philippine Golf Tour gear up for another restart of the circuit forced to go on a second respite due to the spike of coronavirus late July with a two-tournament swing at Eagle Ridge and Tagaytay […]Read More

BERNHARD Langer made a short birdie putt on the first playoff hole to defeat Doug Barron and win the Dominion Energy Charity Classic in Richmond, VA on Sunday. Langer, who turned 64 in August, became the oldest winner in Professional Golfers Association (PGA) Tour Champions history. It was the German’s 42nd victory on the 50-and-older […]Read More

RED Bull’s Max Verstappen doubled his lead in the Formula One (F1) world championship to 12 points after holding off charging title rival Lewis Hamilton to win the US Grand Prix in Austin on Sunday. Mercedes’ seven-times world champion Hamilton slashed the Dutch driver’s lead with a late attack on fresher tyres but finished 1.333 […]Read More

MELBOURNE — Unvaccinated athletes will be able to take part in next year’s Australian Open after undergoing 14 days of quarantine, the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Tour has told its players, according to an e-mail leaked to US media. The e-mail, obtained by freelance tennis journalist Ben Rothenberg, contradicts a statement made last week by […]Read More

Vehicles are stranded on the snow-covered expressway in Minamiuonuma in Niigata Prefecture, Japan in this photo taken by Kyodo December 18, 2020. — Kyodo/via REUTERS A weather phenomenon that typically delivers harsher winters is on the way and expected to add to Asia’s energy crisis. The La Nina pattern, which forms when equatorial trade winds […]Read More

TEL AVIV — Tourists hoping to visit Jerusalem or Tel Aviv after Israel’s announcement last week that it would open to some vaccinated foreign travelers should read the fine print before booking, local hoteliers say. The new rules, due to go into effect on Nov. 1 ahead of the Christmas season, permit individual tourists who […]Read More

Reuters BEIJING — President Xi Jinping vowed on Monday that China would always uphold world peace and international rules, amid concerns expressed by the United States and other countries over the nation’s increasing assertiveness globally. The comments come after Taiwan said this month that military tension with China was at its worst in more than […]Read More