Category: Sports

GEARING up for this year’s CONQuest Festival which will be held on the 23rd and 24th of July in SMX Convention Center Manila, AcadArena will host the prominent gaming and pop culture convention. It will be a weekend filled with gaming, live music, industry panels, booths, and more. AcadArena will also cover the grand finale of the Alliance Games (A-Games).

CURRENTLY hailed as the national basketball team of the Philippines, Gilas Pilipinas proudly represented the country at the FIBA (Federation Internationale de Basketball Amateur) Basketball World Cup 2023: Asian Qualifiers which commenced on Aug. 31, 2021 and will end on Aug. 25, 2023. FIBA opens the Asian Qualifiers to 16 teams from Asia-Oceania regions during six “Windows” qualifying games to qualify seven teams to the World Cup that will take place in the Philippines, Indonesia, and Japan.

FILIPINO Olympian pole vaulter Ernest John “EJ” Obiena dominates the world ranking of Orlen Copernicus Cup 2022 in Poland. He successfully took home two gold medals last Feb. 22 after battling against different athletes from Brazil, Belgium, and Netherlands. The international competition was streamed through different platforms like Youtube, and also on television in some countries.

STEPPING up the gaming experience for Filipino gamers, Riot Games and Mineski which are among the country’s premier esports organizations, hosted the VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) 2022: Philippines Stage 1 Challengers. The event was held from Feb. 10 until Feb. 27, sponsored by ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG).

IGNITING the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics as the only Philippine representative, Asa Bisquera Miller continues to shine in the field of winter sports as an alpine skier. The respective dates of his games were marked last Feb. 13th for the Men’s Giant Slalom category and Feb. 16th for the Men’s Slalom event.

SPARKS flew into the world of Valorant as they welcomed the newest agent in their roster, the Manila-born Agent 19, Neon. Also known as “codename: SPRINTER”, Neon hit the servers of Valorant last Jan. 11, 2022. Her release is part of the game’s ACT 4 wherein in every Act changes to the game is made.

VICTORY is in sight for Blacklist International with players Johnmar Villaluna (OhMyV33nus), Danerie James Del Rosario (Wise), Kiel Calvin Q. Soriano (OHEB), Edward Jay Dapadap (Edward), Salic Alauya Imam (Hadji), Dexstar Louise Cruz Alaba (Dex Star), and Mark Jayson Gerardo (ESON), along with 16 teams that showed their skills in Moonton’s 2021 M3 World Championship held last Dec. 6 to 19 wherein teams coming from eight regions competed to be the next champion of MLBB (Mobile Legends Bang Bang) and get the prize pool of $800,000 (PHP 41,058,760).

REPRESENTING Southeast Asia for the Valorant Champions 2021 in Berlin, Team Secret which composed of Filipino players: Jessie Cristy Cuyco (JessieVash), Jayvee Paguirigan (DubsteP), Jim Timbreza (BORKUM), Kevin Te (Dispenser), and Riley Go (Witz) fought against different teams from NA (North America) and EU (Europe) that lasted from Dec. 1 to Dec. 12, 2021 and was streamed through various streaming and social media platforms such as Twitch, Facebook, and YouTube.

SETTING a historical record for the Philippine gymnastics, Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo became the first multi-medaled Filipino at the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan.

AFTER dominating the second season of the Call of Duty Mobile (CODM): Valkyrie Series, Tyrant LXIX has been dubbed as the best all-female CODM in Southeast Asia (SEA). The CODM: Valkyrie Series is an all-female esports tournament operated by the Esports League in SEA or ESL SEA. The latest season of the tournament was held last Nov. 3 and concluded on the 18th of the same month.