San juan: Adamson University pulled off a 77-73 upset over unbeaten Ateneo de Manila University Thursday in the UAAP Season 88 boys basketball tournament at the Filoil Centre in San Juan.
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Despite having to endure pain to reach the finish line of the Malaysian Ironman Championship due to being hit by a fallen tree branch, Muar Member of Parliament Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman managed to finish his maiden participation in more than 13 hours. Syed Saddiq, 31, who is also the former Youth and Sports Minister, managed to complete all three disciplines, namely swimming for 3.8 kilometres (km), cycling for 180km and running for 42.2km. “Prior to the incident, heavy rain and thunderstorm had caused the tree to fall and block the entire road… At that time, I was doing
National shot put thrower Nani Sahirah Maryata stole the limelight when she once again broke her own women’s national shot put record at the Perlis Open Athletics Championships today. During the action at the Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium, the 22-year-old’s energetic throw of 15.39 metres (m) surpassed the old record of 15.22m set last year at the Perak Open Athletics Championships. The result saw Nani Sahirah sweep the gold medal without much difficulty while the silver and bronze medals went to Nurrul Ainin Syauqina M. Nor Azhar (13m) and Norliyana Kamardudin (11.20m) respectively. Commenting on her performance, the Kuantan, Pahang-born
Muar Member of Parliament and former Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman suffered injuries after the bicycle he was riding was believed to have hit a fallen tree branch while participating in the Ironman Malaysia Championship in Langkawi today. It is believed that the incident occurred when Syed Saddiq was doing cycling and the weather conditions at that time was raining. Langkawi district police chief ACP Shariman Ashari when contacted confirmed the incident and said that Syed Saddiq was paddling to the final checkpoint for the next event, which is the running event, when the unfortunate incident
Ironman Malaysia 2024 was a lucky stage for Brazil’s Fernando Toldi and Regan Hollioake from Australia when they crowned themselves as champions in their respective categories in their first participation in the tournament, here in Langkawi. Toldi, 37, won the men’s category with a time of eight hours 10 minutes 23 seconds while Tim Van Berkel of Australia was second with a time of eight hours 12 minutes 38 seconds and third place with a time of eight hours 18 minutes 07 seconds was won by Germany’s Andreas Dreitz. In the women’s category, Hollioake, 35, won the title with a
Professional men’s doubles pair, Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani would have a chance to clinch their third title this year as they cruised to the Arctic Open 2024 final in Vantaa, Finland, today. The fifth seed and China Open 2024 champion pulled off a stunning upset against top seeds of China, Liang Wei Keng-Wang Chang as they came from behind to book a spot in the final at Energia Areena, 19-21, 21-17, 21-18 in 62 minutes. The world number eight pair will lock horns with either second seeds Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen of Denmark or Thailand’s Kittinipong Kedren-Dechapol Puavaranukroh, who
