Messi claims record-extending seventh Ballon d’Or
LEO MESSI FB PAGE ARGENTINA'S Lionel Messi won the Ballon d'Or award for the best player in the world for a record-stretching seventh time on Monday, beating Robert Lewandowski and Jorginho to lift soccer's most prestigious trophy yet again. The forward
Nikola Jokic’s return helps Denver Nuggets end skid
DENVER NUGGETS FB PAGE REIGNING league MVP Nikola Jokic returned from a four-game injury absence to account for 24 points, a game-high 15 rebounds and a team-high seven assists as the Denver Nuggets defeated the host Miami Heat (120-111) on Monday
Olympics official slams critics of Peng Shuai call as ‘silly’
LONG-TIME International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Dick Pound has dismissed claims the organization vouched for the safety of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai to avoid angering Beijing and credited it with getting in touch with her when others couldn't. "Frankly, I
Tiger Woods hopes to return to golf, won’t be full-time
TIGER Woods spoke in-depth about his future in golf for the first time since a single-car accident in February resulted in injuries to his right leg and foot. Woods said on Monday during an interview with Golf Digest that he is
Djokovic likely to skip Australian Open over vaccine mandate, says father
CARINE06 NOVAK Djokovic is unlikely to play at the Australian Open if rules on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccinations are not relaxed, said the world number one's father, Srdan Dokovic. Organizers of the year's first Grand Slam have said that all players
FIFA to trial semi-automated offside technology at Arab Cup
WORLD soccer's governing body International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) will test its semi-automated offside technology at the Arab Cup 2021 which begins in Qatar on Tuesday, with Chief Refereeing Officer Pierluigi Collina saying the competition represented its most important
Kemba Walker drops out of the NY rotation
There was once a time when Kemba Walker took the National Basketball Association by storm. He was drafted ninth overall in 2011 after being named the NCAA Tournament's Most Outstanding Player in leading the Huskies to the championship. He then
Singapore’s long-awaited opening flops
REUTERS EVEN before the new Omicron variant forced the delay of several vaccinated travel lanes, Singapore's grand reopening was off to a slow start. Despite the social media hype and initial bookings rush, the number of people actually traveling using the city-state's
Barbados becomes a republic after almost 400 years
The flag of Barbados flutters at the Parliament building in Bridgetown, Barbados, Nov. 29. REUTERS/TOBY MELVILLE BRIDGETOWN -- Barbados ditched Britain's Queen Elizabeth as head of state, forging a new republic on Tuesday with its first-ever president and severing its last
Puppet mastered
Movie ReviewHistorya ni HaDirected by Lav Diaz Lav Diaz's Historya ni Ha (History of Ha) may be his strangest work yet. If in Ang Hupa (The Halt, 2019) he proposes a Filipino dystopia complete with dictatorship and pandemic and volcano-induced darkness,