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The government’s decision to re-impose Moderate Enhanced Community Quarantine to the National Capital Region and neighboring provinces is going to push back the target departure date of two Filipino fighters bound for the US.

The Joint Administrative Order (JAO), made up of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), Games and Amusements Board (GAB) and Department of Health (DOH), admits it will take more than just the submission of safety protocols for contact sports to get the go signal to resume training.

Chief of mission Nonong Araneta is entering the homestretch of his daily online discussions with leaders of about 16 national sports associations that have athletes waiting for the green light to resume full-scale training for qualifying events for Tokyo Olympics.

Newly-signed Olympic boxer Eumir Marcial should find himself on board a US-bound jet by next month to set the stage for his professional debut.

Archery chief Clint Aranas, the recognized leader of a band of officials given the tag ‘Group of Seven,’ vowed Monday to work with the Philippine Olympic Committee to put things in order.

After planting rice and forging a machete in his native Albay for almost half a year, Pedro Taduran has decided to head back to Metro Manila to prepare for the impending go-signal that will allow professional boxing’s restart.

“Malayo pa,” exclaimed Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski, 46, admitting she still has plenty to learn to even start entertaining thoughts of grandeur.

Host Vietnam is keeping its hosting of the 2021 Southeast Asian Games limited almost exclusively to the staging of Olympic and Asian Games events.

The three Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) venues tapped by the government to house COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms are starting to fill up once again.

PSC chairman Butch Ramirez, who was on leave to attend to his wife who had been hospitalized, was on working mode the entire Monday.

He is taking a page from Manny Pacquiao’s storied career by sending prized recruit Eumir Marcial to Freddie Roach’s landmark sweat shop in Hollywood, California.

Apparently, John Riel Casimero has been given the assurance that he will finally get the opportunity to defend his World Boxing Organization bantamweight crown.

Ice hockey was formally accepted into the Philippine Olympic Committee family yesterday, according to president Bambol Tolentino.

National wrestler Jason Balabal is more than halfway from earning the coveted SEAL badge from the Philippine Navy.

Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski was elected as member of the influential Executive Board on Friday night during the International Olympic Committee's 136th session via video conference.

The Philippine Navy Wednesday handed world boxing champion Jerwin Ancajas the Certificate of Acceptance as honorary member of the Special Operations Group after passing a stern test recently.

Philcycling vice president and MTB chief Oscar ‘Boying’ Rodriguez said Dormitorio was all pumped up to compile needed points for qualification to Tokyo when the roof caved in several months ago.

An alleged payroll fraud committed by one of its employees has forced the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) to ask for the help of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), PSC deputy executive director Guillermo Iroy bared on Tuesday.