Philstar.com

WRECKORDER

+ Follow Column

Detestable

by FGS Gujilde - July 10, 2025 - 12:00am

World number one Aryna Sabalenka is one player you’d love to lose, or even get lost. Not necessarily because she is from Belarus that enabled Russia to wrongfully invade Ukraine.

Wimbledone

by FGS Gujilde - July 3, 2025 - 12:00am

Alex Eala is the whole country’s expectation.

Comeback

by FGS Gujilde - June 26, 2025 - 12:00am

Alex Eala bounced back from a series of early exits, including the first round of the French Open where she was entered in the main draw of a grand slam for the first time.

Not easy as AVC

by FGS Gujilde - June 19, 2025 - 12:00am

Alas Pilipinas reached the AVC Women’s Volleyball Nations Cup final for the first time. Playing in an unfamiliar position against powerhouse Vietnam, the Filipinas lost in straight sets. But silver is still...

King Carlos

by FGS Gujilde - June 12, 2025 - 12:00am

Be careful with what you wish for. Or in the case of Novak Djokovic, with what you see in the future.

Timeless

by FGS Gujilde - May 29, 2025 - 12:00am

As a kid I read the slam book of my mother. In that relic she wrote her motto in life simplicity is beauty.

Bloody

by FGS Gujilde - May 15, 2025 - 12:00am

Mexico finally bans a 500 year tradition of bullfighting.

Lethal

by FGS Gujilde - May 8, 2025 - 12:00am

The greatest Filipino athlete is reported to fight one more time. No one knows if it is for the last time. He called it a career four years ago, but now wants to defy time and slug against a foe almost half his age....

Unknown

by FGS Gujilde - May 1, 2025 - 12:00am

Despite losing to Iga Swiatek in the second round of Madrid Open, Alex Eala still won, in the heart of her heartless countrymen.

Phenomenal

by FGS Gujilde - April 24, 2025 - 12:00am

Alex Eala proved she belongs to the top 100. She beat a higher ranked foe in the first round of the Madrid Open, another WTA 1000 level tournament. But she struggles for consistency under public expectation as she...

Nomad

by FGS Gujilde - April 17, 2025 - 12:00am

Two mooting teams of the University of San Carlos separately swept the preliminary rounds of two of the most prestigious mooting competitions in the world.

Crossroads

by Ferdinand Gujilde - April 10, 2025 - 12:00am

What’s next for Alex? Her latest success brings her tougher challenges. Foremost is how to sustain her solitary journey.

Dreamy

by FGS Gujilde - April 3, 2025 - 12:00am

Alex Eala stunned herself more than she did world number two Iga Swiatek at the Miami quarterfinals.

Unity

by FGS Gujilde - March 27, 2025 - 12:00am

After Carlos Yulo, another athlete unites the country in celebration. Invited a wild card to the main draw of the Miami Open, Alex Eala played wilder and sent her country to wildest frenzy.

Womyn

by FGS Gujilde - March 20, 2025 - 12:00am

Women take center stage on social media these days, largely because the world devotes the entire month of March to march them on, even as the country devotes the hot and humid month to fire prevention.

Free

by FGS Gujilde - March 13, 2025 - 12:00am

I am free to write today. Whatever I write about sports, no one cares anyway. Everyone weighs in on the historic arrest of a former president for alleged crimes against humanity.

Choice

by FGS Gujilde - March 6, 2025 - 12:00am

EJ Obiena forgoes the world indoor championships this year.

Non-negotiable

by FGS Gujilde - February 27, 2025 - 12:00am

Michael Martinez now coaches figure skating wannabes. Aside from wanting to transfer the skill that qualified him for the Winter Olympics twice, he wants to popularize the ice sport in a tropical country.

Expect the unexpected

by FGS Gujilde - February 6, 2025 - 12:00am

No one is indispensable. Not even Luka Doncic who was traded to Los Angeles Lakers.

Match, interrupted

by Ferdinand G.S. Gujilde - January 30, 2025 - 12:00am

Fans booed Novak Djokovic when he quit after losing the first set to eventual finalist Alexander Zverev in the first major of the year.

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ... | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

Get Updated: