Is Thomas Dooley returning to the Azkals?

This is my Fair Play column for SunStar Cebu’s May 24 edition. I got an interesting message last night from…

6-hour wait for gas and other mis-adventures in the city post-Odette

(This is part two of my Post-Odette story, about my trip to Cebu City on Dec. 18, two days after…

6-hour wait for gas and other mis-adventures in the city post-Odette

(This is part two of my Post-Odette story, about my trip to Cebu City on Dec. 18, two days after…

Surviving Odette and ending an Azkals streak

(I always thought that I’d end 2021 with a post about the Myanmar-Azkals game. Then Odette came. Here’s my story)…

PFF names Fegidero, Marcaida to Azkals coaching staff

Former national team standout and one time national team mentor Norman Fegidero of Bacolod returns to the squad, this time…

Phil’s Philippines

(Throwback post. This is a column I wrote on Nov. 19, 2019, just a day after Phil Younghusband announced his…

Cooper stitching together Azkal pool for Suzuki Cup

Scott Cooper, the coach who some thinks should be sacked for the dismal U23 campaign, is serving as the glue…

Sacking Scott and another fan-driven idea for PHL football

To be perfectly honest, I didn’t expect much from our U23 and it’s not because I have no faith in…

Holtmann introduces self to Asean fans

This is my Fair Play column for SunStar Cebu’s Aug. 28 edition WHILE most of the country was focused on…

Lolo Angel

Back when he was one of the rookies of the teams, Angel Guirado Aldeguer teased then 38-year-old Yanti Barsales, the…