By Michael Rosenthal | The Ring

Some boxing fans will love the fact Manny Pacquiao is fighting Antonio Margarito on Nov. 13 in either Las Vegas or Monterrery, Mexico, and some won’t. And both sides will have their arguments.

Here are four reasons to embrace Pacquiao-Margarito and four reasons to reject it. Read the rest of this entry »

By The Philippine Star

BIEL, Switzerland – Wesley So agreed to a draw with Evgeny Tomashevsky of Russia in the sixth round to remain within striking distance in the 2010 Biel Young Grandmasters chess championship here Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »

By Jerry Greene | Espn.com

Does anybody out there understand boxing anymore? And does boxing understand how the world works? Don’t those guys read comic books?

Floyd “Pretty Boy” Mayweather and Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao are considered superheroes by many. Each considers the other to be his nemesis. And nothing is cooler than having a nemesis. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – In a reversal of Game Two fortunes, San Miguel Beer battled back from a huge deficit and hacked out a come-from-behind 74-70 victory over B-MEG Derby Ace in Game Three of their PBA Fiesta Conference best-of-seven semifinal showdown at the Araneta Coliseum last night. Read the rest of this entry »

By Abac Cordero (The Philippine Star)

MANILA, Philippines – Newly appointed Philippine Sports Commission chairman Richie Garcia said athletes who were scratched from the national pool and stripped of their monthly allowances since January this year may soon regain their old status. Read the rest of this entry »

By Ronnie Nathanielsz | PhilBoxing.com

Promising 20 year old Johnreil Casimero faded in the championship rounds and lost his WBO light flyweight Interim title to Ramon Garcia Hirales in Sinaloa, Mexico on Sunday, Manila Time. Read the rest of this entry »

By Abac Cordero (The Philippine Star)

MANILA, Philippines – It’s going to be Antonio Margarito against Manny Pacquiao in November. “Yeah, that’s where we want to go – with Margarito,” Bob Arum told The STAR over the phone yesterday. Read the rest of this entry »

By AP

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece – Greek officials have conducted a full dress rehearsal for the lighting of the Olympic flame that will burn at the inaugural Youth Olympics Games in Singapore next month. Read the rest of this entry »

By Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines – A pair of training stints in the United States await the Philippine men’s and women’s boxing teams as part of their preparations for the coming Asian Games. Read the rest of this entry »

By Philstar

GM Wesley So failed to shake off winless GM Parimarjan Negi in a Queen’s Gambit Declined game and settled for a draw, keeping a half-point lead over three others after four rounds of the 2010 Biel Young Grandmasters Chess Championship in Biel, Switzerland Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »

By Jonah Freedman, Special to SI.com

All hail King Roger. The average earnings of the top 20 non-American sportsmen have broken the $30 million barrier for the first time, led by a new No. 1. With the all-time record for majors and unprecedented millions in winnings, endorsement dollars and lucrative exhibition fees, Roger Federer has dethroned David Beckham as the top-earning foreign athlete with a near $62 million haul. Read the rest of this entry »

By ABS-CBN News

MANILA, Philippines – Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao seemed to prefer to fight Mexican Antonio Margarito on November 13 instead of having a rematch with Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto.

“Maganda ‘yun (That’s good),” Pacquiao said when asked about his possible clash with the former World Boxing Association (WBA), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion. Read the rest of this entry »

By Abac Cordero | The Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Sports Commission yesterday said there’s no limit on the number of athletes that will represent the country in the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou in November. Read the rest of this entry »

By Ronnie Nathanielsz

The Philippines under 14 Boy’s tennis player Jurence Mendoza has done quite well in the 2nd leg of the International Tennis Federation’s Asian Team European tour.

The tournament was played at the Tennis Centrum “De Molen” in Leeuwarden, Netherlands on an artifical clay court. Read the rest of this entry »

By PhilBoxing.com

As a young lad from Bacolod City, Philippines looking for his place in this world, Donnie Nietes reached the shores of Cebu City to look for work. An unassuming boy who only had his drive and dreams with him, never in his wildest dreams that he thought he would be a world champion in the hard nose sport of boxing. This is his story. Read the rest of this entry »