Philippines did it again! Handing Japan's first defeat by trampling them in the third quarter. Philippines ran a 26-12 in the third quarter including a 10-0 run that led to their 83-76 victory. Marcus Douthit again dominated the court with 19 of his 25 points and 12 of his 18 rebounds, all in the second half. Philippine coach Rajko Toroman said that, “The key was we stopped Takuya Kawamura.” It was an unlucky time for Japan as they went to the foul-line 28 times, but only 16 were successful.... → Continue reading

Philippines struggled on the first half as Jordan dominated the game. Led by Sam Daghlas by scoring 9 points in the first quarter, Jordan was on its way to sure victory. But center Marcus Douthit has risen up to the challenge and along with Marcio Lassiter, led the Philippines to a 72-64 victory. Philippines guard Chris Tiu said, “I think we showed a lot of character.” And Philippines coach Rajko Toroman confessed that, “I think this was the biggest win of life, considering the circumstances.”... → Continue reading

After the Nationals lost 1-2 last Thursday to Kuwait in the home leg of their Asian World Cup qualifying match, the Philippine Azkals will be flying to Nepal in April for the 2012 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Challenge Cup tournament. According to German coach Michael Weiss, it’s time for the Philippine Azkals to move on and set their sights on their next big target, the 2012 Asian Challenge Cup. Asian Football Confederation Executive Committee approved Nepal as the host; this is after... → Continue reading

The Philippine Azkals had lost again to Bahrain for their second round friendly match with a score of 3-1. Chieffy Caligdong the only Filipino who had made a goal against Bahrain in their first round friendly match, is made another goal in the first quarter of the second round, but not enough to beat the Under-23 Olympic team of Bahrain. Bahrain made two goals in the first half and third time as the match was about the end. German coach Michael Weiss of azkals had fielded his best 11 players,... → Continue reading