SHAKEYS V-LEAGUE NOW TO BE AIRED BY ABS-CBN SPORTS AND ACTION

Shakey's V-League will now be aired by ABS-CBN Sports + Action starting with this upcoming season.

The league was previously being televised by the rival station's sister channel - GMA News TV. Unfortunately, not all games were broadcasted live. Only 1 game is shown live and the other games were shown on a delayed basis.

With the new partnership, games are reported to be shown live. Double header games are scheduled every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. First game will be at 4pm and the 2nd game will be at 6:30pm. Games will be broadcasted both on the free TV channel (Channel 23) and the HD channel in cable TV. Live stream will also be availablr in the ABS-CBN sports website.

For this season, 8 teams will be vying for the championship, namely Pocari Sweat, Bali Pure, Philippine Air Force, college teams NU and UP and provincial teams Baguio, Iriga and Laoag.

Games will start on Saturday, May 28. Here is the initial schedule as posted in the Shakey's V-League Facebook page :

2015 SOUTHEAST ASIAN GAMES : PHILIPPINE VOLLEYBALL TEAM RECOGNIZED DURING THE SHAKEYS V-LEAGUE FINALS

The members of the Philippine Volleyball National Team for the 2015 Southeast Asian Games was called and recognized during the finals of the Open Conference of Shakey's V-League. All 13 members of the team was present and were called out before the awarding ceremonies where PLDT got the championship after winning over Army.

Here is a glimpse of the national team from Tiebraker Times Twitter account :

#LabanPilipinas PH WVT SEA Games team present earlier. pic.twitter.com/HqVziijpeU

— Tiebreaker Times (@TiebreakerTimes) May 31, 2015

The team will join other athletes during the opening ceremonies on June 5, where Alyssa Valdez will be the flag bearer, and will start their quest for a medal after a decade long absence on June 10.

Here is a promo released by Sports5 in their YouTube channel:

The team will start their campaign on June 10, their schedule is as follows:

June 10 - vs Indonesia (12pm)
June 11 - vs Malaysia (10am)
June 13 - vs Vietnam (10am)

Semifinal matches will be played on June 14 and the finals on June 15.

Wishing good luck to Team Philippines and I am hoping that everyone will cheer for them, politics aside.