Gilas Pilipinas edged past Mongolia 21-20 in a tight quarterfinal matchup in the FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup in Singapore on Sunday. Almond Vosotros delivered the game-winning deuce with 1:34 left to lift the Philippines to the semifinals where they will face New Zealand. Gilas Pilipinas faced Mongolia in the quarterfinals of the FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup in Singapore on Sunday. In a back-and-forth battle, Almond Vosotros led the Philippines with 8 points. Anand Ariunbold paced Mongolia with

2. Session
Objectives
Understand the
process of sports
writing.
Appreciate
what makes a
good sports
writer.
Write a winning
sports article.

3. OBSERVER
PLAYER
MENTOR
RESEARCHER
SPORTS
WRITER
JOURNEY IN SPORTS
WRITING

4. SPORTS
WRITING
Sports writing
is news
writing. But
sports writing
is more
entertaining in
nature.

5. Qualities of a sports news
 Must answer the 5 w’s and 1 h.
 Describes the most thrilling and
eventful part of the game
 It uses more colorful words, figures of
speech and longer sentences which are
not present in other news.
 It uses special vocabulary(sports lingo)

6. What makes a good Sports Writer?
Must be a sports enthusiast
Must know the basic rules of the games
Must have the ability to take notes quickly
without missing the important sequence of
the play
Must be fair in reporting even though he
has a favorite team or player in the game
Must observe accuracy in presenting facts
Must have high knowledge on sports lingo

7. Heart of a Sports Writer
 PASSION
 COURAGE
 PATIENCE

8. Kinds of Sports News
1. Coverage Story – an actual game or
event. It contains important reports like the
following.
a. Outcome – the winner, score of both teams
or opponents, draw, suspension of the game
due to chaos and others.
b. Significance of the outcome – the prize or
the chance to move on to the higher level of
competition like the championship games.

9. TUGUEGARAO CITY, Philippines - Gymnast Mizuki
Saito of Japan surprisingly amazed judges in his
tamblings and twists to take gold in an impressive
score 22.800, during the 2018 Aerobics Gymnastics
World Championship Finals, Friday.

10. Nagpabilib ang Japanese gymnast na si Mizuki
Saito sa kanyang tambling at twists sa
Individual Men’s Final para tangayin ang ginto,
22.800 sa Aerobics Gymnastics World
Championship Finals, sa Tuguegarao City
nitong Sabado.

11. TUGUEGARAO CITY, Philippines - CJ Perez
outscored the entire Indonesian squad
helping the PHI 3X3 team to steamrolled its
way to the inaugural gold medal, 21-9, in 3x3
men’s basketball of the 30th Souteast Asian
Games, Thursday.

12. c. Spectacular part of the game –
how the winner outsmarted the
loser, see-sawing scores and
last minute play.
d. Comparison of the strengths
and weaknesses of the athletes
of both teams
e. Star Player.
f. Weather.
g. Audience / viewers.

13. Luka Doncic drew a foul to earn two free throws.
He made the first attempt to cut the deficit to one, 109-
120, but intentionally missed his second as Christian Wood
grabbed the offensive rebound that led to Doncic’s game
winning deuce with .5 seconds left.
Perez scored 10 points to lead the Gilas Pilipinas
team past Indonesia in the final game.

14. The young future Japanese prospect proved too
much in his artistic execution as he surpassed
Daniel Bali of Hungary who scored 22.650.
Nalampasan ni Saito ang 22.650 na iskor ng
Hungarian, Daniel Bali at pangunahan ang mga
galaw sa Aerobics.

15. The Republic of China was among the stand out performers that
captured gold in an impressive score of 22. 333, a little ahead
from Romania’s 22.222. Russian Federation gymnasts also wows
fans as they took 22.100 for their execution.
Samantala, gitgitan ang labanan sa Group Finals kung
saan napa “wow” ang mga manonood sa ipinamalas ng
Republic of China, 22.333 at bahagyang inungusan ang
naitala na 22.222 ng Romania.

16. 2. Advance story- it gives advance
information in the coming event, the line-
ups and list of competing teams.
3. Follow-up sports story – it summarizes
the activities of the team. It also
analyzes the recently concluded game
like a player, who was injured and the
aspects of the players, chaos on the
technicality, statistics and its
significance.

17. The four-man team of Perez, Tautua, chris Newsome
and Jason Perkins made it look easy, as they completed
an eight-game sweep.
After dominating the 3x3 basketball in the SEAGA,
Philippines is set to host a FIBA 3x3 World Tour Masters
tournament on January.

18. Parts of a Sport News
1. Headline
2. The Lead
 The Key Play
 The Outstanding Player
 The Analytical Approach
3. The Body
 Highlights of the Game
 Decisive Play
 Play by play
 Comparison of the Teams
 Best Score of the Day
 Quotation
 Weather Condition
 Crowd and Celebration

19. The headline should be
an abbreviated sentence
summarizing the game.

20. What is a striking headline?
-The headline of a sports coverage story
should tell right away who or which
team won over whom or whose team
( and whenever appropriate or
applicable, by what score).
-Appropriate action words should be
used to indicate who won depending
on how the event unfolded

21. The headline should have:
SUBJECT + VERB (Present tense) + OBJECT
Example:
Juniors dethrones Seniors
It would be better if you will add the final score.
Juniors dethrones Seniors, 93-86

22. Examples:
Beermen dump Gins, 106-93
Fil-Am sprints for gold in 100m,
sets new record in SEA Games
Busch sweeps all 3 Bristol races
NU escapes UP on 'controversial' free throw
Davydenko beats del Potro to win ATP Tour Final
Don King: 'Mayweather will KO Pacquiao'

23. Perez leads Gilas men past beat-up Indonesia to take gold
Mizuki Saito finishes hard twists to snare aerobics gold
Mizuki Saito, nagningning sa aerobics, inuwi
ang makasaysayang ginto sa Japan

24. Examples:
In straight-sets semis win, Creamline flaunts
firepower depth
Lady Archers end basketball’s most enduring
run with stunner over Lady Bulldogs
PVL: Cignals hopes strong start in semis leads
to finals berth
Brazil grinds to halt as World Cup party starts
Ronaldo scores in fith World Cup as Portugal
squeeze past Ghana

25. Examples:
World Cup: Batshuayi fires Belgium past
Canada
Kings seek quarterfinal bonus, face Road Warriors
PVL: Despite faulty air conditioning, Creamline
keeps cool in win over Petro Gazz
Pacquiao revives Blow by Blow and inspires young
to chase greatness

26.  LEAD – summarizes or analyzes the event by
giving the significance, the winner, the hero, the
score, the place and time.
 BODY – contains the play-by-play account of the
game like the most crucial part, star player,
weaknesses and strengths.
 CONCLUSION – usually contains quotes from
players, coaches and statistics.

27. Lead
 Key Play
 Key Player / Outstanding Player
 Analytical

28. Key Play- this is usually used
when the best angle of the sports
is through the collective effort of
all the mentors of the team.

29. •Example:
Defending champion Seniors overcame
a jittery start to get back in the winning track as
they trounced the Juniors, 82-65, in the
Basketball Championship Game during
ASSNHS Intramural Meet at Covered Court,
today.
Note: This time, in developing the lead and body
of your story use past form of the verb.
To indicate time like TODAY,
YESTERDAY, THIS MORNING, THIS
AFTERNOON are enough.

30. Key Player / Outstanding Player
when one or two members of the
team seem to standout of the rest of
the players to push the team to
victory, the player/s’ heroic deed is the
best angle to start the story.

31. Example:
James Yap shone like there was no tomorrow
when his do-or-die three pointer shot dove ringless
with less than five seconds to lead Purefoods Giants
to its convincing victory, 76-73, over Red Bull
Barakos in a basketball exhibition game yesterday at
the Araneta Coliseum.
Note: Spell out the name of the
team or school in the lead.
Always indicate the
final score or set score in the lead.

32. Analytical - this is used when the
team employs a very spectacular
strategy or action that brings them
to victory.

33. Example:
Seniors proved that height is not the
end-all and be-all as they outclassed the
Juniors in a battle of skills and perseverance,
78-76, to win the match at the FTC
basketball court, today.

34. What should lead contain?
The leadshould contain these elements:
1. Who were involved
2. What happened
3. When
4. Where
5. What is the sport
6. What is the final score
7. Howthe game was won.

35. Example:
QUEZON CITY. Lightly-regarded NU Bulldogs pulled
another come-from-behind victory over perennial
favorite UST Growling Tigers, 64-62, Saturday to stay
in the hunt for a Final Four slot in the 67th UAAP
Men’s Basketball Tournament at the Blue Eagle Gym
in Quezon City.

36. We can see the most of the elements are present:
1. Whowere involved? – NUBulldogsandUSTGrowlingTigers
2. What happened?– NUpulledanothercome-from-behindvictoryoverUST
3. When?– Saturday
4. Where?– BlueEagleGymin QuezonCity
5. What is the sport?– Basketball(specifically,UAAPMen’sBasketball)
6. What is the finalscore? – 64-62
7. Howthe game was won? – Come-from-behind

37. End the story with a quotation
3. Quote – This is where you can
provide a quote from the coach or a
key player from both teams. You can
precede each saying with a lead-in
paragraph or go straight into the
quote.

38. SPORTS LINGO
back - to - back rainbow shots
quick fast break plays response
dribble penetration
fast breaks
spin moves
dominates the paint
fast catch smashes
kill shots
drive and drop shots
powerful smashes
Basketball Badminton

39. SPORTS LINGO
fast dig and block
properly sets the ball to his spiker
counter the spikes
roll spikes
successive faults
fast dig and block
counter the spikes
topspins and sidespins
drop shots and chop block
powerful service toss
Sepak Takraw
Table Tennis

40. 3 MAIN POINTS
TO REMEMBER IN WRITING
A SPORTS ARTICLE

41. 1. USE SIMPLE TERMS / LINGO’S
2. GO STRAIGHT TO THE POINT /
MAIN POINT
3. REFRAIN FROM STATING NONSENSE
WORDS IN PARAGRAPHS

42. HEADLINE
- make it striking and appealing
to the judges but don’t oover
exaggerate it
- must be easy to understand

43. LEAD (1st paragraph)
- general overview but
don’t give out every detail
of the game highlights
- 5 W’s

44. 2nd and 3rd
paragraph
- reveal the lead through
stats
- final score of the game
- players key in winning
the game / how did the

45. PLAY-BY-PLAY
- focus only on one angle
- if it’s a dominant game, state
the impactful plays
- if late surge or come from
behind (upset), build up the
game but in the chosen angle.

46. LOSERS SIDE
- most highlighted play of
the loser
- must be followed up by
“But it wasn’t enough”

47. QUOTE
- either the winner or the
loser of the game
- must be connected to how
the winner won the game or
how the loser lost the game

48. LAST
PARAGRAPH
- winners upcoming match /
plans in the future

49. tips for improving

50. 1. Always reveal the final score in the
lead.
2. Be on the lookout for great
moments, outstanding players,
interesting tidbits, records
established, crowd reaction, crowd
numbers, weather condition, or any
unexpected “twists” that occurred
during the game.

51. 3 . Know sports writing style: scores are
numerals separated by hyphens (12-6, not
12 to 6); team records are numerals
separated by hyphens (8-2, not 8 and 2);
winning scores always come first, even if
your school did not win the contest (your
team lost 12-6, not 6-12). Spell your
opponents' school name and nickname or
mascot correctly.

52. 4. To avoid using the player’s name over
and over in the story, “identifyers” or
backgrounders” may be used, such as:
•5-foot-8 libero from Brazil
•The son of four-time MVP Alvin Patrimonio
• the former Atlanta Braves pitcher
• the multi-titled trackster
• the southpaw (left-handed) boxer from
General Santos

53. 7. Keep your paragraphs short. An
adequate sports story should
consist of not more that 500 words.
8. Do not put a summary at the end of
the story or editorialize in the
concluding paragraph. End the
article with the least important fact
there is or with an interesting quote.

54. SW-EE-01 SW-EF-O1
SW-SE-01 SW-SF-01
ENGLISH FILIPINO

55. GOD
YOU
COACH
SOMEONE
WHO
INSPIRES

56. References:
.
Taray, Jecel D. Three Main Points to Remember in Sports
Writing.
Terrado, Reuben. Perspective in Understanding sports
writing.

57. Suggested ways to gather data
1. Before the game:
 Know the rules of the game
 Know key people
 List down the names in full and check the spelling
 Interview key people involved in the game
2. During the actual game:
 Look for good working place where you could get
the best view of the game
 Observe closely
3. After the game:
 Check the accuracy of the scores from the
officials
 Interview star player or coach of the winning team

58. Directions: Write a 5-7 paragraph of sports news on the following data:
Teams: Gilas Pilipinas Vs. Mongolia
Final Score: 21 - 20
When: Sunday - July 10, 2022
Where: Singapore
Event: FIBA 3X3 Asia Cup quarterfinal
Star Playmaker: Almond Vosotros of Philippines
The scores
Philippines – Almond Vosotros 8, Rodel Samboy de Leon 7, Joseph Emmanuel Jr.
Eriobu 5, Lervin Flores 1.
Mongolia - Anand Ariunbold 8, Delgernyam Davaasambuu 6, Enkhbaatar Tsogt 4,
Dulguun Ekhbat 2.
How the game was won: Almond Vostros delivered the game-winning deuce, 1:34 left
Interview:“I just shot it. Every time I’m open, I shot it. We didn’t give up and we gave our
best,” said the TNT Tropang Giga star (Almond Vosotros )
Advance information:
The Philippines faces New Zealand, which beat Japan in the quarters, in the semifinals
at 6 p.m.